Eight Thalidomide victims are seeking compensation from drug makers Papers filed to the High Court on behalf of people whose mothers took the anti-morning sickness drug when pregnant in late 1950s ...

Thalidomide survivor Lisa McManus has been critical of Australia's response Australia has fallen behind many other countries in its response to one of the world's worst pharmaceutical scandals.

Foster agrees to help Thalidomide victims Battling against the pain What's became of Thalidomide babies? In her first ever in-depth interview, Agnes tells a BBC Radio Ulster documentary why she ...

Born with no arms after her mother was given thalidomide while pregnant, Mandy Masters became an iconic symbol of the scandal. 'When I was born they took me away from my mum and phoned my dad.

The Irish Thalidomide Association has said it is "really disappointed" with the incoming coalition's Programme for Government ...

The os petrosum, on the other hand, is, and malformations of the os petrosum are common in thalidomide victims, resulting in damage to the inner ear and deafness. It is difficult to explain these ...

“Today, on behalf of the people of Australia, our government and this parliament offers a full unreserved and overdue apology to all thalidomide survivors, their families, loved ones and carer ...

But the Thalidomide survivors in the rest of the world mostly have had some access to financial compensation or support because these injuries can be so extreme that these are people who cannot ...

Thalidomide, a sedative that caused severe birth defects 50 years ago when it was prescribed to pregnant women, has enjoyed revived interest owing to its potency as an antiangiogenic and anti ...

"It's amazing how many people have similar stories. "The last big legal class action I did was for thalidomide victims and it was for people like the Bulldogs – they were born 50-55 years ago; they'd ...