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The German manufacturer of anti-morning sickness drug thalidomide has for the first time apologized to people who were born with congenital birth defects as a result of its use.

BERLIN - The German manufacturer of a notorious drug that caused thousands of babies to be born with shortened arms and legs, or no limbs at all, issued its first ever apology Friday — 50 years after pulling the drug off the market.

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper has issued an unexpected rebuke to his government's own firearms advisory committee, rejecting its recommendations and suggesting the group's membership may need revisiting.

BERLIN - The German manufacturer of a notorious drug that caused thousands of babies to be born with shortened arms and legs, or no limbs at all, issued its first ever apology Friday — 50 years after pulling the drug off the market.

SYDNEY - An Australian woman born without arms and legs after her pregnant mother took the anti-morning sickness drug Thalidomide has reached a multimillion dollar settlement with the medicine's British distributor, her lawyer told a court Wednesday. The German maker of the drug refused to settle.

TORONTO - A U.S. company that sells a thalidomide-based drug into Canada has agreed to lower the price of the medication.

The federal NDP chastised the Conservative government for missing a deadline to provide funding to 95 thalidomide victims.

Health Canada is warning people taking a thalidomide drug that users may be at risk of developing blood clots in their arteries.

Mass abuse of the opioid tramadol spans continents, from India to Africa to the Middle East.

Members of a group of thalidomide survivors accused Disabilities Minister Kent Hehr of belittling them with insulting and degrading remarks during a meeting earlier this year.

A Calgary woman is coming forward with complaints about Disabilities Minister Kent Hehr, saying he was disrespectful and condescending when she raised her concerns with him.

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Cancer patients desperate enough to order cheaper, unlicensed versions of the drug thalidomide from Mexico now face another challenge to getting treatment: Federal authorities have reportedly begun seizing supplies of the life-extending medicine at the border

Cancer patients desperate enough to order cheaper, unlicensed versions of the drug thalidomide from Mexico now face another challenge to getting treatment: Federal authorities have reportedly begun seizing supplies of the life-extending medicine at the border Tom Blackwell

<p>The British government apologized on Thursday to sufferers from the thalidomide scandal, half a century after thousands of babies were born with birth defects after their mothers took the morning sickness pill.</p>

Faced with massive costs here for a life-extending drug with a dark history, many desperately ill Canadian cancer patients are turning to Mexico, Brazil and other developing countries for far-cheaper supplies of Thalidomide. Tom Blackwell

If you’re hearing about thalidomide for the first time, or wondering if it’s still sold in Canada, here’s the latest information with data from Health Canada.

Frances Kelsey, a Canadian scientist who prevented a deadly drug from hitting the U.S. market passed a special milestone on July 24.

TORONTO - A U.S. company that sells a thalidomide-based drug into Canada has agreed to lower the price of the medication.

WASHINGTON - Three pharmaceutical giants are unlocking their freezers to see if government-funded scientists can reinvent some of their old drugs.