Concerns about birth defects first raised in 1960s but evidence for causal link to pregnancy test remains contentious
• Families lose bid for compensation over Primodos
The high court in London has struck out a bid by families who believe their babies were harmed to sue the pharmaceutical company behind the hormone-based pregnancy test Primodos. Scientists first published concerns about birth defects in the 1960s, a decade before the tests were withdrawn, but the evidence for a causal link remains contentious.
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