Hundreds of women who were exposed to a now-banned drug given on the NHS, dubbed “the hidden thalidomide”, are launching a campaign for a public inquiry and compensation, after a year-long ITV News investigation exposed the scale of the medical scandal. #itvnews #news | ITV News

All Australians affected by the "thalidomide tragedy" have received an apology from the nation's Prime Minister. It comes more than 60 years after the pharmaceutical disaster that caused distress, disability and death for hundreds of families. #ABCNews #Thalidomide #Apology #NationalApology #Survivors #Australia | ABC Brisbane

Thalidomide was marketed as an anti-nausea drug for pregnant women in the 1950s, but caused birth defects including shortened or absent limbs, blindness, deafness or malformed internal organs. Decades on, those who survived are still impacted. The birth defect crisis led to greater medical oversight worldwide, including the creation of Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration. Today, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese gave a formal apology. It's something Lisa McManus had been campaigning for f