Drug was removed from most markets in 1961 following links to birth defects, but was sold in Ireland until 1964 ...

The Irish Thalidomide Association (ITA) met with Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Tánaiste Simon Harris on Thursday afternoon to ...

The Government has met Thalidomide survivors in Dublin and outlined a series of measures to help them, including the provision of medical cards.

The drug thalidomide was withdrawn in 1961 after it was shown to have caused birth defects in thousands of children worldwide ...

In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, researchers have turned to existing medicines to see whether they can be repurposed to treat COVID-19. And surprisingly, the drug thalidomide is also being ...

Disappointing phase III results for thalidomide combined with gemcitabine and carboplatin in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer might be related to poor efficacy of targeted therapies ...

Vienna, Austria: The same properties that caused birth defects when it was given to pregnant women, the inhibition of blood vessel formation (anti-angiogenesis), have led to an interest in thalidomide ...

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DISCRETIONARY MEDICAL CARDS are to be provided to individuals who are still waiting for acknowledgement and confirmation that their injuries were caused by the Thalidomide drug. Board members of the ...

Researchers demonstrate that the hypnotic and teratogenic effects of thalidomide are separable. Thalidomide is a medication with several different effects, one of which is promoting sleep in the ...