The authors recount the factual and personal tragedy as well as the subsequent revival of thalidomide, and demonstrate the impact thalidomide has had not only on the process of drug development ...

Born with no arms after her mother was given thalidomide while pregnant, Mandy Masters became an iconic symbol of the scandal. 'When I was born they took me away from my mum and phoned my dad.

A 2019 Greens-led parliamentary inquiry into the thalidomide tragedy found that, if the government had acted urgently when the drug was first linked to birth defects, 20 per cent of survivors may ...