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What is This Claim About?
U.K. regulators and drug manufacturers are the targets of a group action that claims women who were prescribed the drug Primodos have experienced miscarriages and stillbirths and gave birth to infants with significant deformities.
Primodos victims were prescribed the drug in the 1960s and ’70s. In 2017, a Primodos scandal broke out when dozens of documents were found that showed the government knew about the risks of birth defects, but the drug was still being prescribed.
Who’s Eligible?
According to Oakwood Solicitors, you may be eligible to join the Primodos group action if you or your mother were prescribed Primodos from 1958 to 1978 and you or your child suffered from organ abnormalities, shortened limbs, brain damage, blindness, deafness, heart defects or spina bifida as a result.
How Much Compensation Will I Receive?
If the Primodos scandal group action is successful, eligible Class Members will receive compensation in an amount to be determined in court.
How Do I Join?
Register with one of the following law firms to see if you are eligible for the Primodos group action claim. You have three years to make a claim from the time you or your child suffered injuries, but the there can be exceptions if you are eligible for the claim.
Calio Claims (For claimants in Scotland)
Oakwood Solicitors
PGMBM
SPG Law
More law firms may be added.
Primodos victims have launched a group action against the drug’s manufacturers. Women who were prescribed the drug reported grave side effects, including miscarriages and birth defects.
The Primodos Scandal, Exposed
In the 1960s and 1970s, the hormone pregnancy test drug Primodos was prescribed to thousands of women.
Primodos is now known to cause crushing symptoms including congenital abnormalities, miscarriages and stillbirths, according to Association for Children Damaged by Hormone Pregnancy Tests (ACDHPT).
The ACDHPT is crusading to expose the truth about the Primodos scandal and fighting for Primiodos victims to find justice for the harm the pregnancy test drug has caused women and their children.
Primodos Victims Launch Legal Action After Drug Linked to Birth Defects
In 2017, Sky News exposed documents and information that had been concealed from Primodos victims.
Primodos scandal parents claimed the drug caused devastating birth defects and killed unborn babies.
Also in 2017, The Guardian reported the Primodos victims discovered a 7,000-page document implying the British government knew about the drug’s link to increased risk of birth defects in 1975.
According to The Guardian, 31 Primodos files were discovered in a Berlin archive by Marie Lyons, chairperson of the ACDHPT. Lyons was prescribed Primodos and her daughter was born without a lower arm.
Primodos victims then filed legal action against the government and the manufacturers of the drug.
Sky News reported an independent review found children were being born with “avoidable” defects because of Primodos, and the drug should have been taken off the market in 1967 when the first signs of side effects were found.
Now it is known that Primodos was made from hormones that were later used in the manufacturing of oral contraceptives.
Decades ago, it was believed that if a woman was pregnant and took the drug, the large dose of hormones would be absorbed, but if she was not pregnant, the hormones would initiate menstruation.
The hormones in one dose of Primodos are comparable to that of 40 birth control pills, according to Sky News.
Primodos was taken off the market in 1978.
The Primodos scandal began making waves when concerns about how the drug would affect unborn children were raised.
According to Sky News, the drug’s manufacturer has never officially acknowledged the link between Primodos and devastating birth defects.
Some research shows there is a possible link between Primodos and babies born with organ abnormalities, shortened limbs, brain damage or heart defects, Sky News reported. Many children of women who took Primodos died in childhood, and some individuals who are still living suffer from blindness, deafness or brain damage.
Primodos Victims Group Action Seeks Compensation
In 2019, Sky News reported lawyers were already representing 200 claimants alleging they or their children were victims of the Primodos scandal.
The claimants in the group action say Primodos manufacturers and U.K. regulators have been negligent and put women and children at risk for devastating side effects.
“My overwhelming feeling is relief that we finally have the opportunity to expose the truth about these drugs and the failures of the regulators,” Lyons said, according to Sky News. “We are so grateful SPG Law has chosen to represent us but unbearably sad that many of our members are no longer alive to see justice finally served.”
“We first started our campaign in 1978,” Lyons said. “It has taken 41 years to reach this milestone but today makes it all worthwhile. Our day in court will finally reveal the truth and allow us to move on with our lives.”
The Primodos scandal group action could be worth millions in compensation for the victims who have faced life-changing abnormalities and side effects.
