a french study of thalidomide has shown that a significant number of patients with mouth ulcers experienced complete remission or showed considerable improvement on the drug , according to kaitin. ; in another study , 12 of 17 patients with rheumatoid arthritis showed complete remission after taking thalidomide. ; andrulis pharmaceutical initially hopes to enter into an arrangement to supply the johns hopkins university school of medicine , which has been at the forefront of u.s. thalidomide research .