But she has come across files in respect of other Grünenthal drugs where the company was negotiating their distribution with State departments. Document dated September 1956 concerned with the sale of Grünenthal products Paratebin and Prevecillin in the Republic. As the long-time spokesperson for the Irish Thalidomide Association, she is anxious to stress that others have much more debilitating deformities than her. “Thalidomide products remained in medicine cabinets in homes and even on pharmacy shelves for years,” Cassidy says. [ Thalidomide survivors: ‘Having no arms is an unusual disability, there’s no guidebook.

Source: The Irish Times December 07, 2025 09:01 UTC