Dr. Günter Nowel, in charge of trade relations at Grünenthal, started visiting the health department of the Ministry of the Interior in North Rhein-Westphalia, promoting the non-toxicity on Thalidomide.

According to the indictment, Dr. Nowel had not been informed about all the reports on the side effects.

Source: Anklageschrift (indictment) from 1967, today archived at the National Archives of North Rhine-Westphalia in Duisburg, Germany (Rheinland Division, Gerichte Rep. 139, No. 1–396), p. 81.