Thalidomide (/θəˈlɪdəmaɪd/; from phthalimido-glutarimide. Currently marketed under the brand names Inmunoprin Talidex Talizer Thalomid) is an immunomodulatory drug and the prototype of the thalidomide class of drugs. It was first marketed in 1957 in West Germany under the trade-name Contergan. The German drug company Chemie Grünenthal (now Grünenthal) developed and sold the drug.
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