Thalidomide maker hushed up drug's side effects, German report says

BERLIN, May 13 (Reuters) - The firm that invented

thalidomide, a drug that caused birth defects in thousands of

babies, carried out a deliberate disinformation campaign when

experts first spotted possible severe side effects, a report

commissioned by the German state of North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW)

said on Friday.

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