"It continued to sell thalidomide once knew it caused ... - TeleCinco.es

The Court of First Instance number 90 of Madrid has entered judgment against Grünenthal German pharmaceutical by the sale of thalidomide in Spain through its subsidiary Medinsa. Thousands of pregnant women in the 60s took this drug and their babies were born with deformities. During the session, the legal representative of Grünenthal has stated that the drug was “not suitable for pregnant women” but acknowledged that in the prospectus is not excluded them. For his part, counsel for the Association of Victims of thalidomide in Spain, said that “it has been shown is that something very serious and continued selling thalidomide once knew causing malformations. Spanish society has to know this; not told anyone, he continued advertising and has ignored the Spanish affected “.

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“It has proved something serious and that continued to sell thalidomide once knew causing malformations. Spanish society has to know this, not told anyone, he continued advertising and has ignored the Spanish affected, “added Martinez, who has assured feeling with the feeling of having done the right thing.

According Avite, it is estimated that in Spain there were about 3,000 people affected by this drug, which in the 60s was used to treat nausea in pregnant women, leading to many disabilities in newborn born. Of those affected are living between 500 and 1,000 while the proceedings are immersed twenty people.

“The trial has been what was expected. Avite has shown point by point in Spain is sold thalidomide, a lot, and the opposing party has argued it was legal technicalities.’ve talked about prescriptions and personal examples, “he underlined, for his part, Vice President of the association, Rafael Basterrechea, who has argued that the mothers of the victims could not report cases because they did not know the causes of birth of their babies until late .

“moral damage is not repaired”

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Finally, Jose Ros, one of the affected who has witnessed the trial, stressed that it goes with the “satisfaction” of being able to sit on the bench at the thalidomide pharmaceutical developed so that people know publicly “all the evil they did.” “For evil we carry has been hell and still is, regardless of what we have drawn some better than others” has ruled.

“I was not indicated for pregnant”

The legal representative of the pharmaceutical Grünenthal, manufacturer of thalidomide, has stated that the drug was “not suitable for pregnant women” but then acknowledged that, in the prospectus, they are not excluded because that time was “no awareness” for this type of information.

The representative insisted that this drug was withdrawn in December 1961 to suspicions that could have secondary effects and denied, when asked by the attorneys for the plaintiffs, who were sold beyond that date. In fact, you have specified that withdrew 91 kilos of the drug.

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