Thalidomide victim Lynette Rowe (centre) with her legal team and supporters leave the Supreme Court in Melbourne on July 18. The German makers of thalidomide were warned of birth defects years before ... more 

Thalidomide victim Lynette Rowe (centre) with her legal team and supporters leave the Supreme Court in Melbourne on July 18. The German makers of thalidomide were warned of birth defects years before it was withdrawn and Australian distributors used pregnant women as the world's first test subjects, court papers have alleged less