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"en.20131007.18.1-139-000"2
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"Mr President, between 1958 and 1962 tens of thousands of women gave birth to babies with severe birth defects, including missing limbs. The cause of this was the drug Thalidomide, prescribed to pregnant women. In the UK there are about 467 surviving victims. As they age, their health problems are made worse by their disabilities. Some compensation was paid by the Distillers Company Ltd, the UK distributors, but the German inventor of the drug, Grünenthal, has never properly accepted its responsibilities or paid compensation to the British victims. The compensation the victims did receive is now inadequate to meet the rising costs of their care.
The survivors are an extraordinary group of brave, resilient and independent people. All they want is for Grünenthal to face up to its responsibilities and to arrive at a fair settlement. Please register your support for the Thalidomide victims’ campaign by going to their website http://www.showyourhand.org" . This gross injustice has gone on for 50 years too long."@en1
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