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Controversial Top Acne Treatment Accutane Pulled From The US Market
By Peter Hinson
Roche Pharmaceuticals on the 2nd July 2009 notified the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
that they were withdrawing their anti-acne drug Accutane which contains Isotretinoin, from the US
market. Roche claimed that it had nothing to do with the thousands of personal injury cases against
them, it is purely a commercial decision as sales have plummeted to a 5 per cent market share.
Then, just few days later on the 7th July 2009, Ranbaxy Laboratories who have the largest US market
share with 30 percent, announced that they were also withdrawing their Isotretinoin based product,
Sotret from the US market.
*For the remainder of this article I will refer to Isotretinoin drugs as Accutane for simplicity and
because Isotretinoin is such a mouthful to say.
A Highly Controversial 27-Year History
Roche introduced its patented anti-acne drug Accutane in 1982. And since then more than 13 million
people have been treated with it. However, during this period Roche has been hit with more than 5,000
personal injury claims, with many still pending.
On the 22nd of April 2008, $10,5million was awarded by a New Jersey Jury to a woman who
developed a serious inflammatory bowel disease caused by taking Accutane.
What is Accutane?
Accutane was discovered in 1979 and was released as an oral drug in pill form. It is only prescribed to
severe acne cases that did not respond to other acne treatments. Patients undergoing Accutane
treatment ar