A Thalidomide lawsuit involving over one hundred people form Australia and New Zealand and settled according to news sources. Thalidomide was a prescription drug marketed and sold in the 1950s but was pulled from the market when it was linked to causing thousands of babies to be born with deformities. The British company Diageo, who now owns the firm that originally distributed Thalidomide, agreed to the settlement that is valued at approximately $81 million that will compensate the ...
continue reading...New Thalidomide Birth Defect Information Prompts New Lawsuits
Posted October 21, 2013 in Product News and Recalls
In the 1950s and 1960s, thousands of babies were born with horrible birth defects, such as limb malformations, after their mothers ingested the drug thalidomide during pregnancy. Thalidomide was used to treat morning sickness, anxiety, or insomnia.
Authorities reported that approximately 10,000 people worldwide suffered from birth defects as a result of thalidomide. It was also claimed that only about 40 babies born in the United States suffered malformations from thalidomide because the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) never approved the ...
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