From those wonderful people at Gruenenthal
An apology. Finally. After 50 years.
"The German manufacturer of a notorious drug that caused thousands of babies to be born with shortened arms and legs, or no limbs at all, issued its first ever apology Friday -- 50 years after pulling the drug off the market.
Gruenenthal Group's chief executive said the company wanted to apologize to mothers who took the drug during the 1950s and 1960s and to their children who suffered congenital birth defects as a result."
Read more: http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/thalidomide-maker-ends-50-year-silence-with-apology-to-victims-1.938979#ixzz25EVpj6gd
"The German manufacturer of a notorious drug that caused thousands of babies to be born with shortened arms and legs, or no limbs at all, issued its first ever apology Friday -- 50 years after pulling the drug off the market.
Gruenenthal Group's chief executive said the company wanted to apologize to mothers who took the drug during the 1950s and 1960s and to their children who suffered congenital birth defects as a result."
Read more: http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/thalidomide-maker-ends-50-year-silence-with-apology-to-victims-1.938979#ixzz25EVpj6gd
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