Ok you are right - the drug was banned in 1962, but it was reintroduced in israel a couple of years later and there are victims worldwide long after this date.
I knew all about its reintroduction. I have seen it being used in cancer treatment - which sounds all well and good. Except that they use it to turn an acute illness into a chronic illness, with its resultant "constant revenue stream".
There was an excellent horizon programme earlier this year with Kevin Donellen (a british actor who was a victim of thalidomide). A link to the transcript is below.
I checked out the Boiron site and it looks like propoganda to me. And a bit of psuedoscience thrown in for good measure.