Remember thalidomide, developed for morning sickness and prescribed to
pregnant women in the 1950s and 1960s? The aftermath of this Big Pharma
fiasco left around 10,000 reported babies born with malformed limbs and
missing arms or legs. Victims of thalidomide defects said that a recent
apology from the German inventor of the drug is too little, too late.
After repeatedly reminding this errant company of its criminal behavior
at the negotiating table, British thalidomide victim Geoff Adams-Spink
is not satisfied with this apology.
But Adams Spink, head of the
European Dysmelia Reference Information Centre, says: "This is an
important first step. The next is to compensate everyone damaged by
their so-called 'totally harmless' drug." At a ceremony in the western
German city of Stolberg, where the company is based, Chief executive,
Harald Stock said: "In the name of Gruenenthal ... I want to take this
opportunity to express our deep regret over the consequences of
Contergan and our deep sympathy for the victims, their mothers and
families."...
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