Assertion: thalidomide | /r/HasProperty | introduced as a sleeping pill
Facets:
value: by the firm
type: OTHER
value: onto the west german market
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: One of the worst tragedies in the history of drug therapy began almost 50 years ago, on 1 October 1957, when thalidomide was introduced as a sleeping pill by the firm Grünenthal onto the West German market.