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Continued thalidomide research will honour survivors and help future patients

Continued thalidomide research will honour survivors and help future patients

by US Thalidomide Survivors | Dec 30, 2021 | News Coverage

by Neil Vargesson; printed originally in The Press and Journal, November 29, 2021 In late November 1961, the controversial drug thalidomide was withdrawn from the market. It had been approved as a safe and effective sedative in 1957 and was later shown to be useful in...
German family behind Thalidomide apologises to victims

German family behind Thalidomide apologises to victims

by US Thalidomide Survivors | Dec 4, 2021 | News Coverage

FROM THE IRISH TIMES, NOVEMBER 29, 2021, by Derek Scally in Berlin, Olivia Kelly, Dublin Editor. Photo by Nick Bradshaw The Government is coming under increasing pressure to issue a State apology to Thalidomide survivors after the German family behind the drug...
USTS launches campaign to find survivors

USTS launches campaign to find survivors

by US Thalidomide Survivors | Nov 14, 2021 | News Coverage, News Releases

This week, US Thalidomide Survivors launches a nationwide Facebook campaign to try to locate — as many as possible — thalidomide survivors in our country! The campaign consists of two Facebook posts, featuring two of our non-profit organization officers...
Podcast: Neil Vargesson on “Thalidomide –The Drug and Woman That Changed the FDA Forever”

Podcast: Neil Vargesson on “Thalidomide –The Drug and Woman That Changed the FDA Forever”

by C. Jean Grover | Feb 21, 2021 | News Coverage

In a recent Inside Out Quality podcast, Neil Vargesson (who was part of our USTS Online Speaker Series in 2020) was the guest, alongside Justine Peterson, P.A. They covered an overview of Thalidomide and its launch in Europe in the late 1950s. Clinical trials...
British journalist, Sir Harold Evans, dies at 92

British journalist, Sir Harold Evans, dies at 92

by C. Jean Grover | Sep 25, 2020 | News Coverage

Known worldwide to Thalidomide survivors as a hero — the journalist who led the ground-breaking investigation into Thalidomide in Europe — Sir Harold Evans has died of congestive heart failure. In the 60s and 70s, and indeed all his life, Sir Harold Evans...
Client who sued Hagens Berman over failed Thalidomide case settles

Client who sued Hagens Berman over failed Thalidomide case settles

by C. Jean Grover | Sep 25, 2020 | News Coverage, News Releases

From the PENNSYLVANIA RECORD, Thursday, September 24, 2020 PHILADELPHIA – With the case set to press on after a harsh ruling from the judge hearing it, the law firm Hagens Berman has reached a settlement with a disgruntled former client. On Sept. 17, Carolyn Sampson...
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