• The 92 eligible survivors of thalidomide in Canada have each received a tax-free payment
of $125 000 to address their immediate health needs, announced Federal Health Minister …

• The 92 eligible survivors of thalidomide in Canada have each received a tax-free payment
of $125 000 to address their immediate health needs, announced Federal Health Minister …

• Victims of thalidomide will receive more support from the federal government, promised
Health Minister Rona Ambrose, though no specifics were provided. Ambrose met with …

The thalidomide tragedy, which resulted in thousands of deaths and disabilities in the late
1950s and early 1960s, changed medicine forever. One of its outcomes was the …

As I considered potential topics for this Editorial, the first one written since attending our
Americas Annual Meeting in Chicago in June (our publishing schedule required my July …

This report examined how the Thalidomide Survivors Contribution Program (TSCP) helped
thalidomide survivors and the extent to which program activities were delivered efficiently …

Hospital institutional review boards (IRBs) will need financial help to comply with a new
federal rule allowing emergency-room physicians to test experimental drugs or devices …

Fifty years ago, in December 1961, a letter from an Australian obstetrician alerted the world
to thalidomide-induced teratogenicity. That tragedy became a key driver of the evolution of …

Health Canada's regulatory oversight and data requirements for new drug
submissions.'More recently, a re-introduced thalidomide (THALOMID) was subject to price …