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• Anti-Nausea Drug Bendectin Linked to Increased Colorectal Cancer Risks: Study

  April 4, 2023

  Martha Garcia

  A new study warns that Bendectin, an anti-nausea drug used in the 60s and 70s, may be contributing to increasing rates of colorectal cancer among certain age groups.

• Thalidomide Side Effects Were Hidden By Manufacturer: Report

  May 16, 2016

  Irvin Jackson

  The makers of a drug linked to rampant birth defects hid information about the drug's side effects and risks decades ago while trying to keep it on the market, according to a new report.

• Pomalyst Side Efffects May Include Birth Defect Risk, U.K. Doctors Warned

  October 16, 2013

  Irvin Jackson

  U.K. doctors have been warned that Pomalyst, sold there as Imnovid, can cause severe and lifte-threatening birth defects.

• Thalidomide Birth Defect Risks Result in Apology 50 Years Later

  September 5, 2012

  Irvin Jackson

  The makers of the morning sickness drug thalidomide, which was recalled more than 50 years ago, have issued an apology...

• Birth Defect Class Action Lawsuit To Move Forward in Australia

  December 28, 2011

  Staff Writers

  An Australian court has cleared the way for a class action lawsuit to move forward against the makers of thalidomide,...