Nazi scientist linked to thalidomide signed off on penicillin imports into Ireland

(Left to right) Heinrich Muckter and Otto Ambros were both Nazi scientists involved in the development of thalidomide.

A Nazi scientist working at the company which made controversial compound thalidomide found in pregnancy drugs signed off on imports of penicillin and other drugs into Ireland during the 1950s, the Irish Thalidomide Association (ITA) has discovered.

It is now even more urgent the State shares its papers on the thalidomide controversy to unveil all links with the company now called Grünenthal, the association urged on Thursday.