generate questions: The firm continued to pressure Kelsey and the agency to approve the application—until November 1961, when the drug was pulled off the German market because of its association with grave congenital abnormalities. Several thousand newborns in Europe and elsewhere suffered the teratogenic effects of thalidomide. Though the drug was never approved in the USA, the firm distributed Kevadon to over 1,000 physicians there under the guise of investigational use. Over 20,000 Americans received thalidomide in this "study," including 624 pregnant patients, and about 17 known newborns suffered the effects of the drug.[citation needed]
How many Americans were given the drug Kevadon? {sep_token} When was the drug taken off shelves in Germany? {sep_token} How many newborns were born with issues due to Kevadon? {sep_token} How was Kevadon distributed to doctors? {sep_token} Why was this drug pulled off shelves? {sep_token} In what year was thalidomide banned in Germany? {sep_token} What adverse effect was thalidomide associated with? {sep_token} Thalidomide was distributed in the USA by what name? {sep_token} About how many Americans received thalidomide in a supposed study? {sep_token} How many newborn American babies were affected by thalidomide?