Acne medication Accutane manufactured by pharmaceutical maker, Hoffman- La Roche has put the company in trouble yet again. Three Florida based residents who used the medication as teenagers developed acute long term Inflamatory Bowel Disease (IBD). The plaintiffs, represented jointly by law firms Hook Bolton, Seeger Weiss and Beggs & Lane, alleged that the manufacturer failed to provide adequate warning of the possible condition to the three patients who developed IBD as soon as they began using the product in their teens.
An eight person jury in Atlantic City found the pharmaceutical company guilty and awarded compensatory damages of $12.8 million to be divided between the three individuals.
This trial, which lasted five weeks, is one of several that links the use of Accutane to IBD. Nutley, NJ based Roche is fighting cases all over the country over allegations that Accutane was a cause of severe bowel maladies.
Kelly Mace, 25, of Pensacola, along with Jordan Speisman, 27, of Gainesville and Lance Sager, 28, of Ft Lauderdale were prescribed the drug nearly a decade ago to relieve adolescent acne. All three succumbed to various forms of IBD as a result of which, Mr Speisman will undergo a surgical removal of his colon while all three of them face an elevated rick of colon cancer in the future.
To read a complete account of the negligence of the pharmaceutical company that was forewarned about the dangers of the medication, click here.
An eight person jury in Atlantic City found the pharmaceutical company guilty and awarded compensatory damages of $12.8 million to be divided between the three individuals.
This trial, which lasted five weeks, is one of several that links the use of Accutane to IBD. Nutley, NJ based Roche is fighting cases all over the country over allegations that Accutane was a cause of severe bowel maladies.
Kelly Mace, 25, of Pensacola, along with Jordan Speisman, 27, of Gainesville and Lance Sager, 28, of Ft Lauderdale were prescribed the drug nearly a decade ago to relieve adolescent acne. All three succumbed to various forms of IBD as a result of which, Mr Speisman will undergo a surgical removal of his colon while all three of them face an elevated rick of colon cancer in the future.
To read a complete account of the negligence of the pharmaceutical company that was forewarned about the dangers of the medication, click here.
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