Rosie,
Hi I think the TVAC site is the best you can look at in regards to
thalidomide. On that page should be a list of applications for
thalidomide. should be 132 applications.
Cheers
Gregor a fellow thalidomider
On Fri, 28 May 1999, ROSIE MORIARTY-SIMMONDS wrote:
>
> Dear All,
> I am a new member on the list, and have been viewing the messages for the
> past fortnight. The information has been stimulating, intellectual and
> interesting - Thank you.
>
> My own specific areas of interest are 'Disability Equality Training' and
> 'Thalidomide'.
> I am a disabled person. My impairment was caused by the drug Thalidomide.
>
> I am in the process of gathering information for a TV documentary which I
> hope to be presenting for BBC (Wales) or Channel 4. Subject being the
> 're-licensing of the drug thalidomide in Great Britain'.
>
> Thalidomide has been re-licensed in the USA & Canada, I have it on 'Good
> Authority' that it is likely to be re-licensed in GB within two years'. I
> strongly feel that the public over here needs to be aware of the ever
> increasing use of 'Thalidomide' for 'research purposes'. Also, that we need
> to keep monitoring the situation, before it slips through the back door and
> is licensed here before we have had any chance of discussion; consultation
> or information etc. with the Government, Drug Companies and Doctors.
>
> Just to set the record straight, I personally am not opposed to Thalidomide
> being given to patients, as a last resort or when all other avenues have
> failed. However, I am very concerned about the procedures and ad hoc
> guidelines used in its administration in GB(Doctors set their own guidelines
> and rely on the patients good-will). There is an accident out there waiting
> to happen! Unless, like TVAC we ('Thalidomide people' & our allies) are
> involved, consulted and informed.
>
> I regularly check the TVAC & other web sites, but information on the
> situation is hard to come-by. So, if you hear anything about Thalidomide
> particularly with a UK link, if you know of any research or web sites worth
> visiting, I should be grateful if you would let me know.
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Rosie.
>
> Rosaleen Moriarty-Simmonds BSc (Hons)
> RMS - Freelance Journalist & Disability Issues Consultant
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> Web Site http://www.rms-cons.demon.co.uk
>
>
>
Dr. Gregor Wolbring
Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Faculty of Medicine
University of Calgary
3330 Hospital Drive NW
Calgary, T2N 4N1
Alberta, Canada
Phone 1403-220-5448
Fax 1-403-283-4740
eFax 1-603-761-3704 (USA based number). If you fax to this number I will
receive the fax as an attachment in my e-mail. Better for me than normal
Fax
e-mail [log in to unmask]
web http://www.thalidomide.ca/gwolbring
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