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Thalidomide in the News
- Cursed by 'miracle drug,' thalidomide victims wait for Canada's apology
By Ingrid Peritz, from The Globe and Mail, Feb. 05, 2010
- Thalidomide survivors face uphill battle for further compensation – Article from the Canadian Press, published by many other media on Novembrer 9, 2008
- THE INTERNATIONAL MYELOMA FOUNDATION SAYS NEW TREATMENT REGIMEN FOR OLDER PATIENTS COULD SOON BE APPROVED IN EUROPE - Business Wire, January 30, 2008
- Brazil birth defects raise fresh concerns over thalidomide – Financial Times (UK) October 2nd, 2007
- 45 Years later…Where do we stand? Exposé published in the Canadian Journal of Clinical Pharmacology Volume 14 (1) Winter 2007
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation / Société Radio-Canada
Many audio and video documents, aired between 1959 and 2002.
Archives in english
Archives in french
- BBC
Thalidomide: a curse and a blessing? – April 3, 2008
Thalidomide returns to the UK – October 28, 1998
Fresh start for notorious drug – July 17, 1998
Thalidomide on sale again – July 16, 1998
- CNN
FDA panel recommends approval of thalidomide – September 5, 1997
Thalidomide's comeback sparks emotional debate – September 4, 1997
Drug that caused defects may help AIDS Patients – November 8, 1996
Information about thalidomide
- Identification of a Primary Target of Thalidomide Teratogenicity
Takumi Ito et al. Science 12 March 2010:
Vol. 327. no. 5971, pp. 1345 - 1350
DOI: 10.1126/science.1177319
- Longitudinal limb deficiencies and the sclerotomes AN ANALYSIS OF 378 DYSMELIC MALFORMATIONS INDUCED BY THALIDOMIDE
J. McCredie, MD, Visiting Radiologis
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, New South Wales 2052, Camperdown, Australia.
H.-G. Willert, MD, Professor and Director
Georg-August-Universität, Orthopädische Klinik, Robert-Koch-Strasse 40, 37075 Güttingen, Germany.
- La thalidomide. Lorsque l'histoire doit éclairer l'avenir
By Ph. Eucher, cliniques universitaires de Mont-Godinne, service de chirurgie cardiovasculaire et thoracique (2004).
- Thalidomide : A Review, With a Focus on Ocular Findings and New Potential Uses.
By Marilyn T. Miller, Kerstin Strömland, in Teratology 60 :306-321 (1999).
- PharmGkb : The Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacogenomics Knowledge Base
Thalidomide : Mecanism of action and other scientific information
- Optical Isomerism of thalidomide
Created by Alex Lingham, Undergraduate at Bristol University School of Chemistry, 2000.
- Health Canada / Santé Canada
The Status of Thalidomide in Canada
- US-FDA: Thalidomide Information Page
FDA Approves Thalomid (thalidomide) to Treat Multiple Myeloma – May 26, 2006
Thalidomide Approval Letter
Final Approved Labeling Text – July 15, 1998
Thalidomide Information for Consumers
Thalidomide: Important Patient Information
Frequently Asked Questions and Answers about Thalidomide
FDA: Giving Thalidomide a Second Chance - October 1997
Physician's Weekly - Thalidomide Redux
National Library of Medicine Bibliography - Thalidomide: Potential Benefits and Risks
- The War Amps of Canada
Archives and news releases on thalidomide
Other organizations of thalidomiders around the world
Other Interesting Link
- The Celgene Corporation - American manufacturer and distributor of thalidomide.
- Motherisk - Treating the mother - protecting the unborn
- Organization of Teratology Information Specialists (OTIS)
- Teratology Society - The Teratology Society is a multidisciplinary scientific society founded in 1960, the members of which study the causes and biological processes leading to abnormal development and birth defects at the fundamental and clinical level, and appropriate measures for prevention.
- Tetra society of North America - The purpose of Tetra is to recruit skilled volunteer engineers and technicians to create assistive devices for people with disabilities
- Thalidomide Trust UK
- Dysmelia - Belgium.
Since 1963 and for three generations, Dysmelia has been here to listen, to reassure and to provide information and advice to all people involved in the absence or disformation of limbs (caused or not by thalidomide).
Books
Problems of Birth Defects: From Hippocrates to Thalidomide and After
by T.V.N. Persaud (Editor)
Hardcover: 416 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (Aug 31 1977)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0852001509
ISBN-13: 978-0852001509
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Beyond Thalidomide
by McCredie (Author)
Hardcover: 418 pages
Publisher: Royal Society of Med Press; 1 edition (Jun 15 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1853157414
ISBN-13: 978-1853157417 |
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Dark remedy: The impact of thalidomide and its revival as a vital medicine
by Trent D Stephens (Author)
Hardcover: 208 pages
Publisher: Harpercollinscanadaltd; 1 edition (Jan 4 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0738204048
ISBN-13: 978-0738204048
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Thalidomide - A Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References
by Icon Health Publications (Author)
Paperback: 252 pages
Publisher: Icon Health Publications (June 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0597846537
ISBN-13: 978-0597846533
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Suffer the Children: The Story of Thalidomide
by London Sunday Times (Author), Elaine Potter (Author)
Hardcover: 309 pages
Publisher: Viking Press (February 1979)
ISBN-10: 0670681148
ISBN-13: 978-0670681143 |
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Le drame de la thalidomide : un médicament sans frontières
By Jérôme Janicki
Publisher : L'Harmattan, France (2009)
Language : French
ISBN : 978-2-296-08968-6
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Just a Little White Sleeping Pill
By Nadja Yllner
Publisher : Recito, Sweden (2008)
Language : English
ISBN : 978-91-86035-32-7
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Four Fingers and Thirteen Toes
by Rosaleen Moriarty-Simmonds
Publisher: AuthorHouse UK
Language: English
ISBN: 9781438942995
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A Gift of Hope
by Tony Melendez (Author)
Publisher: Angelus Pr (September 1997)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0005235774
ISBN-13: 978-0005235775 |
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Look, No Hands!: The Inspiring Story of Brian Gault
by Joni Eareckson Tada (Foreword), Brian Gault (Author), Helena Rogers (Author)
Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton (February 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 034074636X
ISBN-13: 978-0340746363 |
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Thalidomide Kid
by Kate Rigby (Author)
Paperback: 268 pages
Publisher: Bewrite Books (February 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1904492940
ISBN-13: 978-1904492948 |
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Thalidomide: Index of New Information for Research, Reference & Therapy (Paperback)
by Max C. Dobber (Author)
Publisher: Abbe Pub Assn of Washington Dc (March 1998)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0788318799
ISBN-13: 978-0788318795 |
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PROCÔS DE LA THALIDOMIDE (LE)
by JACQUES PAULUS (Author), JEAN ROZET (Contributor)
Publisher: GALLIMARD (ÉDITIONS) (Dec 13 1963)
Language: French
ISBN-10: 2070249522
ISBN-13: 978-2070249527 |
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Alvin’s Laws of Life : 5 Steps To Successfully Overcome Anything
by Alvin Law(author)
Language: English
ISBN 0-9739450-0-1 |
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The Thalidomide Children and the Law: a report by Sunday Times
Publisher: André Deutsch Limited (1973)
Language: English
ISBN 0-233-965386 |
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Thalidomide Embryopathy in Japan
Edited by Mitsushiro Kida and distributed by Kodansha LTD (1987)
Language : English
ISBN 4-06-202814-x c3047 |
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The Challenge of Thalidomide: A pilot study of the educational needs of children in Scotland affected by the drug
By M.L. Kellmer Pringle and D.O. Fiddes
The National bureau for co-operation in child care, Longman 1970
Language: English
ISBN 0-582-32448/-3 |
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Abnormality and Normality : The Mothering of Thalidomide Children
By Ethel Roskies
Cornell University Press (1972)
Language: English
ISBN 0-8014-0691-9 |
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Thalidomide and the Power of the Drug Companies
By Henning Sjöström and Robert Nilsson
Penguin Books (1972)
Language: English |
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Contergan/Thalidomid : Ein Unglück kommt selten allein
By Catia Monser
Eggcup-Verlag (1993)
Language : German
ISBN 3-930004-00-3 |
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