Assertion: thalidomide | /r/HasProperty | developed
Facets:
value: definitely
type: DEGREE
value: originally
type: OTHER
value: in 1952
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Thalidomide was developed and first released by the German pharmaceutical company Chemie Grünenthal in 1953.
text: In fact one of the lines of defense used by the suppliers of the drug was that safety tests were not normally carried out on pregnant animals at the time thalidomide was developed.
text: Mr Johnson says: "Although, at this stage, we cannot prove that Thalidomide was definitely developed and tested in prison camps by the Nazis, there is overwhelming circumstantial evidence that it was tested as part of their search for an antidote to nerve gas.
text: Mr Johnson says: "Although, at this stage, we cannot prove that Thalidomide was definitely developed and tested in prison camps by the Nazis, there is overwhelming circumstantial evidence that it was tested as part of their search for an antidote to nerve gas.
text: Thalidomide*, a white, crystalline, odorless and tasteless powder which is a synthetic derivative of glutamic acid (alpha-phthalimido glutarimide), now recognized as the cause of an epidemic of infant malformations, was, as the story is told, originally developed in 1952 as a tranquilizer by Swiss pharmaceutical company Ciba AG (now part of Novartis).