Back in 2011, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro filed more than four dozen lawsuits for clients who claimed to have suffered congenital injuries because their mothers took the notorious anti-nausea drug ...

The Irish Thalidomide Association (ITA) committee will meet Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Tánaiste Simon Harris on Wednesday ...

Thalidomide remains an enigma of a drug. Withdrawn from the market in late November 1961, this year marks 60 years since its removal in response to the birth defects crisis. Yet, its mention still ...

‘ I can’t imagine what my dad thought or felt when a grim-faced doctor led him to a delivery room an hour after my birth,” says Louise Medus. “All I know is that he almost fainted with shock when I ...

Thalidomide holds a special place in drug discovery lore. Initially marketed in Europe in the 1950s to help pregnant women overcome morning sickness and to help them sleep, thalidomide was found to be ...

Fifty years ago, the sedative Thalidomide was withdrawn after thousands of mothers gave birth to disabled babies. That ageing Thalidomide generation now faces rising care bills - but some hope a ...

More than five decades on, the battle for justice over birth defects caused by the drug thalidomide continues in only one European country: Spain. Spanish victims of thalidomide are the only ones ...

Survivors of the thalidomide drug scandal will be offered a formal State apology. A commitment to a State apology was given to representative (ITA) following a meeting with Taoiseach Micheál Martin ...

One pill during pregnancy was enough, resulting in thousands of children worldwide born with severe deformities. In 1961, the manufacturer took thalidomide off the market. Survivors are still living ...