Primodos: New study claims to find link between the pregnancy test drug and malformations

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The government has agreed to look at a new study which claims to reveal how the hormone pregnancy test drug Primodos causes malformations to babies in the womb.

The report comes after alleged victims of the drug had their legal challenge against the manufacturer and the Department of Health struck out by a judge in May this year.

Primodos was a hormone-packed pill and in the 1960s and 70s, GPs gave it to women to test whether they were pregnant.

Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/primodos-new-study-claims-to-find-link-between-the-pregnancy-test-drug-and-malformations-13023763

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