How to pronounce“thalidomide”in English

Thalidomide was one of the biggest medical disasters of the 20th century: some 10,000 children were born with severe deformities, half of them in Germany.

And thalidomide, which is known for causing horrible birth defects, is now utilized for leprosy and the cancer multiple myeloma.

Then there was thalidomide which was being given as free samples to pregnant women to control nausea, and it caused horrible birth defects.

Coming back to the thalidomide, minimize the cost of accidents and the cost of their avoidance.

The choice about thalidomide has huge distributive consequences, huge, enormous.

So babies that were exposed to thalidomide had higher rates of autism.

Peter Braun received compensation from Thalidomide manufacturer Grünenthal — but like other victims, he is still waiting for a meaningful apology.