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  1. Nov 7, 2007 · Contergan: Directed by Adolf Winkelmann. With Benjamin Sadler, Katharina Wackernagel, Hans Werner Meyer, Caroline Peters. A dramatization of the thalidomide drug scandal of the early 1960s.

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    • Adolf Winkelmann
    • 2007-11-07
  2. Thalidomide scandal. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the use of thalidomide in 46 countries by women who were pregnant or who subsequently became pregnant resulted in the "biggest anthropogenic medical disaster ever," with more than 10,000 children born with a range of severe deformities, such as phocomelia, as well as thousands of ...

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › ThalidomideThalidomide - Wikipedia

    Thalidomide, sold under the brand names Contergan and Thalomid among others, is an oral medication used to treat a number of cancers ( e.g., multiple myeloma ), graft-versus-host disease, and many skin disorders ( e.g., complications of leprosy such as skin lesions ). [6] [7] [8] Thalidomide has been used to treat conditions associated with HIV ...

  4. May 3, 2007 · A legal battle between the German media and the manufacturers of the drug thalidomide over the accuracy of a new television drama has thrust the 50 year old tragedy back into the headlines One of the worst tragedies in the history of drug therapy began almost 50 years ago, on 1 October 1957, when thalidomide was introduced as a sleeping pill by the firm Grünenthal onto the West German market ...

    • Annette Tuffs
    • 2007
  5. Summaries. A dramatization of the thalidomide drug scandal of the early 1960s. In 1960, lawyer Paul Wegener founded a law firm together with his friend and colleague Horst Bauer. Wegener's wife Vera is pregnant. One evening she has insomnia and takes a tablet of thalidomide, a popular sleeping pill that her doctor recommends as harmless.

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  8. Dec 6, 2015 · In January 1957, the company began marketing the drug as “Contergan” for daytime use to reduce stress and anxiety, and “Contergan forte” as a sleep aid. Contergan was rapidly taken up by ...

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