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The Archive Hour: Thalidomide 40 Years On

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It is 40 years since the Thalidomide scandal. Geoff Adams-Spink , himself affected by the drug, tells the moving story of a generation whose lives were changed by this chemical shrapnel. He also examines the drug's astonishing rehabilitation in the fight against a number of diseases, including Cancer. Editor Nicola Meyrick

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Geoff Adams-Spink
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Nicola Meyrick
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