So why the apology now? I think it is not unconnected with successful litigation in Australia that has resulted in a multi-million dollar settlement for a hitherto unrecognized thalidomide survivor, Lynette Rowe. Although the settlement was achieved at the expense of the British and Australian succeEarlier this year, Lynette Rowe's lawyers lodged previously secret Gruenenthal records with an Australian court, revealing that for at least two years before the drug was removed from the market in late 1961, German medical professionals had told the company's staff they believed women who had taken
In July, an Australian woman won a multimillion dollar payout from UK company Diageo Plc, the local distributor of thalidomide. Lynette Rowe, 50, was born without arms and legs after her mother took thalidomide, made byGrunenthal,for a month while pregnant.
Date: Aug 31, 2012
Category: Health
Source: Google
Calls for thalidomide maker to take responsibility
SIMON LAUDER: In Australia's first class action over thaliomide, Lynette Rowe took the distributors of the drug, a firm now owned by the British company Diageo, to Victoria's Supreme Court. She also targeted the German drug company which made thalidomide, Grunenthal.
Date: Jul 18, 2012
Category: World
Source: Google
Diageo Settles Australian Thalidomide Suit, Law Firm Says
Lynette Rowe sued Diageo, which in 1997 acquired DistillersCo. (Biochemicals), the Australian and New Zealand distributorof the thalidomide drug, Slater & Gordon, a class-action lawfirm, said in a statement today. Rowe was born without arms andlegs. Diageo, the maker of Smirnoff vodka and Jo
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Lynette Rowe
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Co-Founder and CEO of 2 Points International, a Virginia based company focusing on Process Improvement and Export Management.
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Lynette Rowe is the Co-Founder and CEO of 2 Points International, a certified woman –owned small business (WOSB) and economically disadvantaged women owned small business (EDWOSB) specializing in Process Improvement and Export Management, headquartered in Virginia.