
Research by Dr Martin Johnson - chief executive of Britain's Thalidomide Trust - shows that former nazi doctor Heinrich Muckter was paid huge bonuses before the drug thalidomide was exposed in 1961 as the cause of thousands of deaths and terrible birth defects.
This aggressive world wide marketing campaign was despite the fact the drug had never been tested on pregnant mammals and was chemically similar to drugs known to harm embryos.
A former nazi doctor Heinrich Muckter grew rich promoting the drug that caused the world's worst medical disaster, according to a British thalidomide experts whose claims will be used in a global class action launched by Melbourne lawyer Peter Gordon.
According to News.com.au lawyers for hundreds of alleged victims never before compensated will lead evidence suggesting that Grunenthal wrongly assured distributors, doctors and the public that its new sedative was safe for pregnant women.
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