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The Archive Hour: Thalidomide - 40 Years On

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

Another chance to hear Geoff Adams-Spink tell the moving story of the drug that has been described as "chemical shrapnel". Disabled by the drug himself, Adams-Spink catches up with a generation of 40-somethings similarly affected and examines the drug's astonishing rehabilitation in the fight against disease. Producer Linda Pressly (R)

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Geoff Adams-Spink
Producer:
Linda Pressly
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