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07/30/2010
Roche Holding AG faces a lineup of Hollywood stars in the New Jersey trial of an actor’s lawsuit alleging he suffered the loss of his colon after taking the company’s Accutane acne drug.
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07/28/2010
A New Jersey jury has hit the pharmaceutical company that makes Accutane with a $25.16 million judgment in a lawsuit filed by an Alabama man who blamed the drug for his inflammatory bowel disorder.
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06/10/2010
Accutane has been touted as a miracle drug for acne due to the amazing results some people have experienced, particularly those with scarring acne. However, a recent study has found that there is an increased risk in developing inflammatory bowel disease in people who have taken the drug. Accutane has a long and controversial past and some wonder--will this news finally take it off the market?
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04/26/2010
In a study published on March 30, 2010 by The American Journal of Gastroenterology, the use of isotretinoin, a medication previously sold under the brand name Accutane, was once again linked to the development of Ulcerative Colitis, Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Crohn's Disease.
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04/21/2010
A nearly seven-year old suit over an acne medication is over. The last defendant in a Madison County product liability-medical malpractice case involving Accutane settled as it was set to go to trial on Monday. Plaintiff Jason Peipert had alleged that the acne medication caused him to develop inflammatory bowel disease when he was prescribed it in the late 1990s. Read More>>>
04/20/2010
Accutane, an anti-acne drug manufactured by Roche, is in the spotlight once again for causing a New Jersey man to have to get his colon removed. Following a lawsuit filed against Roche, alleging that Accutane gave him a severe inflammatory bowel disorder, the man was awarded a $25 million verdict. Read More>>>
04/15/2010
Madison County Circuit Judge David Hylla held what is likely to be the last pre-trial conference in a medical malpractice suit involving the acne medication Accutane. Hylla settled motions in limine filed by defendant Dr. Daniel Goran and testimony objections raised by his team and attorneys for plaintiff Jason Peipert at the Wednesday hearing. Read More>>>
04/12/2010
With a new study citing a link between isotretinoin use and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and a recent lawsuit award of $25 million to a patient who developed IBD after using Accutane, it seems only natural that isotretinoin users would be a bit nervous. Read More>>>
04/06/2010
Adding to evidence that the acne drug isotretinoin may lead to bowel disease in some users, a new study finds that patients on the medication were four times more likely than non-users to develop ulcerative colitis within a year. Read More>>>
02/16/2010
Roche Holding AG, the Swiss drugmaker, must pay $25.16 million in damages to a former user of its Accutane drug who blamed the acne medicine for his inflammatory bowel disease, a New Jersey jury ruled. Andrew McCarrell, 38, won the verdict today at a retrial in Atlantic City, New Jersey. An appeals court ordered the new trial after overturning a $2.62 million award he won in May 2007. McCarrell, a computer technician from Birmingham, Alabama, testified he got sick after taking the drug for acne in 1995. He needed five surgeries, including one to remove his colon. Read More>>>
02/15/2010
The family of an Apopka boy is in the process of filing suit against the maker of the prescription drug, Accutane. It's a medication that treats severe acne. Accutane has been involved in hundreds of lawsuits because of its sometimes deadly side effects. One 17-year-old boy says the drug made him so sick for so long that he can't attend school. Read More>>>
02/05/2010
A New Jersey suit alleging Accutane caused a 19-year-old's suicide is back on track, thanks to an appeals court ruling that gives the plaintiffs another shot at admitting expert testimony that the acne drug causes depression. Read More>>>
01/11/2010
A woman says Roche Laboratories' acne drug Accutane and its generic form Claravis gave her such a bad case of inflammatory bowel disease she had to have her colon removed. Roche pulled the drug from the market in June 2009, but it was too late for her, Nazeena Gangji claims in Essex County Court. Read More>>>
12/10/2009
A 13-year-old Secaucus teen who committed suicide was taking an acne medication that some studies suggested a link to psychological issues, and his parents suspect the drug somehow caused him to suffer a brief psychosis and commit suicide, a report in NorthJersey.com said. Read More>>>
11/23/2009
Ranbaxy Laboratories has recalled from the US market a batch of 4,348 cartons of Sotret Isotretinoin capsules used in treating skin infections. According to the information available on US health regulator Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) website, Ranbaxy through its US-based subsidiary Ranbaxy Laboratories Inc, has issued a 'nation-wide class III recall' for a batch of Sotret Isotretinoin capsules of 40 mg strength. Read More>>>
11/14/2009
Ever since my early 20s I’ve been fortunate to have decent skin (I consider it payback for having pretty bad breakouts during my teen years), but I’ve known several people for whom topical creams just weren’t enough to combat blemishes. That’s when they turned to Accutane (isotretinoin), an oral medication that works wonders for the skin but is known for major side effects, including serious birth defects. Read More>>>
11/11/2009
Accutane a sobriquet of the formal isotretinoin, a type of vitamin A, that has been manufactured since 1982. During its registered patent that ended in 2002, was linked to serious birth defects. Women who took it had to sign a consent form, prescribed two forms of oral contraceptives, submit to monthly pregnancy tests, and register with the government. Read More>>>
11/10/2009
Swiss-based Roche Holding quietly pulled its blockbuster drug Accutane off the market in June amid early signs that the drug may be linked to inflammatory bowel disease. Read More>>>
11/01/2009
Results from a retrospective study presented here at the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) 74th Annual Scientific Meeting suggest that use of isotretinoin is associated with the development of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Read More>>>
11/01/2009
It's been over a month since Madison County Circuit Judge David Hylla heard arguments in a case over the acne drug Accutane and, with the case's Oct. 19 trial date past, he is scheduled to hear more motions in the suit on Nov. 3. Read More>>>
10/27/2009
Ennis & Ennis, P.A. announces today it is still investigating and accepting Accutane cases against the manufacturer of the drug Hoffman La-Roche. David Ennis states, "although Hoffman La-Roche announced in June 2009 that it will no longer sell Accutane due to generic competition and large legal costs defending the drug this does not absolve La-Roche from liability from patients who took the drug in the past and have suffered Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease". Read More>>>
10/21/2009
What would have been Madison County's first trial involving acne medicine Accutane has been put off again as discovery in the case continues. Plaintiff Jason Peipert filed notice of another deposition Oct. 13 as the defendants in the case have attempted to bar an unpublished study by the University of North Carolina. Read More>>>
09/24/2009
Madison County Circuit Judge David Hylla is scheduled to hear motions Thursday in a medical malpractice case against a local dermatologist who prescribed the acne medicine Accutane. Godfrey native Jason Peipert sued Dr. Daniel Goran of Edwardsville, Hoffman LaRoche Inc., and Roche Laboratories in 2003, claiming he developed Crohn's Disease, an inflammatory bowel disorder, after using the drug Goran prescribed 10 years ago. Read More>>>
09/13/2009
Ulcerative colitis is a fairly common chronic (long-term) disease that causes inflammation of the colon (the large intestine). It is a form of inflammatory bowel disease that has some similarity to Crohn's disease, a related disorder. Read More>>>
08/13/2009
Madison County Circuit Judge Dave Hylla is set to preside over a medical malpractice trial Monday involving acne medication Accutane. Godfrey native Jason Peipert sued Dr. Daniel Goran, Hoffman LaRoche Inc., and Roche Laboratories in 2003, claiming he developed Crohn's Disease, an inflammatory bowel disorder, after using the drug Goran prescribed 10 years ago. Read More>>>
07/09/2009
Accutane won't be sold any more, drug giant Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. has announced. Generic versions of the acne drug, called isotretinoin, are still available from several manufacturers. But Roche, which has sold the drug to 13 million patients since 1982, will not be one of them. Read More>>>
07/07/2009
The withdrawal of Roaccutane, the anti-acne drug, in the US has a huge effect on legal cases against its manufacturer here. The withdrawal last week of the anti-acne drug, Roaccutane, from the US market has “relevance” for up to 10 pending cases here against the drug manufacturer, Roche Pharmaceuticals, according to the main solicitor taking the cases. Read More>>>
07/06/2009
Since 1982, Accutane has been a godsend and a curse. Millions of people who have used the prescription acne medication call it a miracle. But the drug also has been the target of lawsuits, federal investigations and scientists who say the drug is overused and that its dangers outweigh its benefits. Read More>>>
06/29/2009
The drug maker, Roche, has pulled the acne drug Accutane off the market because of jury verdicts regarding bowel disease. The news comes as the drug's purported psychological effects are at the center of a defense argument in a local trial. Read More>>>
06/27/2009
Roche Holding AG, the world’s biggest maker of cancer drugs, is pulling its Accutane acne medicine from the U.S. market after juries awarded at least $33 million in damages to users who blamed the drug for bowel disease. Read More>>>
06/16/2009
Only a dozen prescription drugs (all related to pregnancy, such as those for epidurals and to induce labor) have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use during pregnancy, yet two-thirds of women take at least five different medications during the course of their pregnancy and labor. Read More>>>
03/13/2009
Do you take Accutane to treat severe acne? If you do, hopefully your doctor has already warned you about all of the possible risks. If you are thinking about using Accutane, then there are some serious side effects that you need to be aware of. Read More>>>
01/09/2009
A Taranaki woman says a powerful acne drug made her sick, depressed and suicidal, and she is calling for stronger warnings about the horrific side-effects. Read More>>>
12/12/2008
Whether a medication guide provided by Roche for its Accutane acne drug adequately warned of inflammatory bowel disease will have to be decided by a jury in litigation brought against the drugmaker by 84 people in a New Jersey state court, Mealey’s Emerging Drugs & Devices reports. Read More>>>
10/08/2008
I would bet that no one at TU is making it through the college experience without encountering an occasional blemish or two on his or her sleep-deprived visage. Read More>>>
09/03/2008
Swiss drug manufacturer, Roche Holding AG, was recently ordered to pay damages in the amount of $2.5 million to 36-year old Andrew McCarrell, who was injured as a result of taking the drug Accutane. Read More>>>
08/26/2008
Three warnings from Health Canada on the risk of death and stroke among seniors taking antipsychotic drugs failed to reduce the prescription rates of those drugs, according to researchers who suggest health warnings are ineffective at protecting patients. Read More>>>
08/25/2008
More babies will be aborted if authorities push ahead with a decision to make the controversial acne drug Roaccutane available through the family doctor, specialists warn. Read More>>>
07/28/2008
For teenagers around the world, acne is a constant source of depression and lack of confidence. Egyptian youth are no different, as they continue to seek both mainstream and alternative medicines to get rid of the coming-of-age disease. Read More>>>
05/31/2008
The active ingredient in the acne drug Accutane— known generically as isotretinoin—more than doubles the risk of depression, according to a recent study. The study is the first controlled investigation to find a statistically significant link between Accutane and depression, Dr Anick Berard, from CHU Sainte-Justine Research Centre in Montreal, and colleagues, state in a report in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. Read More>>>
05/27/2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Use of isotretinoin, the active ingredient in the acne drug Accutane, apparently more than doubles the risk of depression, according to results of a study. Read More>>>
05/07/2008
When Kate Miller of Queensbury, N.Y., filled a new allergy drug prescription for her 15-year-old son, Cody, last July, she hoped it would improve his bothersome allergy symptoms. Now, Miller is wondering whether a possible side effect of the drug, Singulair, caused Cody — who she describes as a happy, athletic teenager — to take his own life about a month later. Read More>>>
05/04/2008
Accutane is as drug for treating severe acne. There are important and significant side-effects disclosed on the written warning. One side effect caused by ingesting Accutane is ulcerative colitis. A New Jersey state court jury awarded a 24 year old woman $10.5 million for compensatory damages. Read More>>>
04/25/2008
The Law Offices of Ennis & Ennis, P.A. congratulates attorney Mike Hook and his team for their $10.5 million dollar verdict in a New Jersey state court for a 24 year old woman who was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis after using the acne medication Accutane. Attorney David F. Ennis stated: "We have been fighting with Mike and his team since 2003 and it is refreshing to see these stories are coming to light. Our only concern is there are many more victims out there who have not been advised of their legal rights. Read More>>>
04/22/2008
A New Jersey state-court jury awarded a 24-year-old woman $10.5 million in a case involving acne medication Accutane, one of 425 cases against Hoffmann-LaRoche Inc. alleging that the drug causes inflammatory-bowel disease. Read More>>>
04/22/2008
A New Jersey state-court jury awarded a 24-year-old woman $10.5 million in a case involving acne medication Accutane, one of 425 cases against Hoffmann-LaRoche Inc. alleging that the drug causes inflammatory-bowel disease. Read More>>>
03/01/2008
Court weighs rights of future children in Accutane birth defects lawsuit. Read More >>>
05/29/2007
Roche Holding AG lost the first of 400 lawsuits claiming its Accutane acne drug causes inflammatory bowel disease when a jury awarded an Alabama man $2.62 million. Read More>>>
11/02/2002
Company news; Roche adds a warning to it's Accutane labels. Read More >>>
01/22/2002
Debate on Acne Drug's Safety Persists Over Two Decades. Read More >>>
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