What is Grünenthal?
[[File:Grünenthal 2.jpg|thumb|Old company headquarter]] [[File:Grünenthal logo green.png|right|200px]] '''Grünenthal''' is a [[Germany|German]] [[pharmaceutical]] company. It was founded in 1946. It was the first German company to sell [[penicillin]] in Germany. It became widely known because of the [[Thalidomide scandal]] of the 1950s. It had marketed [[thalidomide]] as a [[sedative]]. Thalidomide can cause [[birth defect]]s,and [[miscarriage]]s, if [[pregnancy|pregnant]] women take it. Today, over half of its revenue is made by selling [[sedative]]s. As of 2020, about 4,700 people worked for Grünenthal. The revenue of the company is about 1.4 billion euro. {{Multistub|med|europe}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Grunenthal}} [[Category:1946 establishments in Germany]] [[Category:Aachen]] [[Category:Pharmaceutical companies of Europe]] [[Category:Healthcare companies of Germany]]