Talk:Thalidomide

Notable cases

I added Christian Lohr to the list of notable cases, who is probably the only national politician with disabilities due to the drug (definitively in Switzerland). I could not find a statement / source to specifically say that he is the only one worldwide but I wouldnt know of any other. This makes him notable in my eyes and he should be added to the list. --hroest 22:35, 6 March 2023 (UTC)

Two points needing change/clarification

1. I'm sure the following sentence made sense to the writer, but it is more than a little confusing to me: "The German company had been established as a soap maker after World War II ended, to address the urgent market need for antibiotics." [Found in the section labelled "History"] How does a soap company fulfil a need for antibiotics? There must be a connection there that I'm not seeing, because to me that's the equivalent of saying 'My children were hungry so I gave them a towel.'

2. In the 'Quality of Life' section, it is stated that many babies born in the early 60's were affected by this drug and the babies who survived to adulthood are now middle-aged. Accoring to information earlier in the article, this drug was used from 1957 to 1962, so the babies affected by this drug are now 62-66 years old. I don't think 'middle-aged' is an accurate description of this age group, since many buinsesses use 55 or 60 the cut off to be considered a senior. 2607:FEA8:AA80:A400:1A0:5006:4E00:3392 (talk) 19:14, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

3. Was confused at "By the mid-1950s, 14 pharmaceutical companies were marketing thalidomide in 46 countries under at least 37 different trade names". If the drug wasn't released until late 1957, such marketing couldnt realistically happen until 1958, hardly "mid 1950s". Suggest change to "late 1950s"

“Men wanting to conceive”

I think this phrase is a mistake 47.139.40.54 (talk) 03:06, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

I can't see a problem with the page being protected so I suggest fixing the mistake yourself. See WP:FIXIT. Alexeyevitch^(talk) 04:49, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

Notable cases part 2

Copied from Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lorraine Mercer. Issues to be cleared up. Merge to Thalidomide scandal#Notable cases but also (a) Rename that section to something less offensive and (b) rationalise the current situation where are similar but different, and incomplete, lists at this heading in the two different articles,Thalidomide and Thalidomide scandal. --WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 21:12, 14 June 2026 (UTC)

Omissions include Michaelina Argy Done and Rosaleen Moriarty-Simmonds Done.

• PamD I believe I have completed your suggested edits. I have not renamed the section Notable cases as I can not think of a better heading. Please change to your desired heading. Thanks. --WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 16:02, 16 June 2026 (UTC)

Has anyone else, probably more expert than me on this topic, any thoughts on this? It seems to me that to refer to people as "cases" is not right, but I'm not sure what would be better. PamD 16:17, 16 June 2026 (UTC)