Thalidomide link to birth defects covered up by drug's maker, German report says
Friday, May 13, 2016 - 16:50
in Health & Medicine
The firm that invented thalidomide, a drug that caused birth defects in thousands of babies, carried out a deliberate disinformation campaign when experts first spotted possible severe side effects, a report commissioned by the German state of North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW) said on Friday.