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Posted: 2025-04-15 18:51:43 UTC
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The Thalidomide tragedy in the late 1950s and early 1960s involved a drug marketed as safe for morning sickness that caused severe birth defects in thousands of babies worldwide.
Thalidomide was introduced in 1957 in Germany and prescribed to pregnant women to alleviate nausea and insomnia.
Reports surfaced of babies born with severe limb malformations, known as "Thalidomide babies."
By 1961, Thalidomide was withdrawn from the market, but not before affecting at least 10,000 children.
Lack of immediate knowledge about the drug's true effects.
Failure to recognize and address the severe birth defects caused by Thalidomide in a timely manner.
The widespread use of Thalidomide before its harmful effects were fully understood.