Tag: Contergan
Contergan ruling: Victims should not receive double benefits
Living with disability Are people affected by thalidomide allowed to receive aid more than once? The Federal Constitutional Court says no A bottle of the sleeping pill and sedative Contergan…
Court decision – Hundreds of Contergan cases decided illegally?
Status: 05/23/2023 06:00 a.m Since 2009, almost 1,000 people have applied for compensation for suspected thalidomide damage, mostly without success. Now, according to research by NDR, WDR and SZ turn…
Grünenthal family apologizes to Contergan victims – economy
60 years after the thalidomide sleeping pill was withdrawn from the market, the manufacturer’s family has apologized to the victims. On behalf of his entire family, Michael Wirtz said on…
After the Contergan scandal: Grünenthal owners apologize
Status: 11/27/2021 5:41 pm The thalidomide scandal was one of the worst in German post-war history: Thousands of children were born with malformations as a result of the sleeping pill.…