Comments on: Roche To Pay $25M Over Accutane And Bowel Disease http://www.pharmalot.com/2010/02/roche-to-pay-25m-over-accutane-and-bowel-disease/ News, Comment and Conversation Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:04:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Bill http://www.pharmalot.com/2010/02/roche-to-pay-25m-over-accutane-and-bowel-disease/#comment-467069 Bill Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:09:06 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/?p=21489#comment-467069 I agree Patrons99. In fact, I'd like to see all of their executives who hid information to be put in jail. These companies are worth BILLIONS. These little verdicts won't even make them blink. Their marketing depts knew that they may face civil lawsuits. But as long as they made a huge profit they wouldn't care. If they know they may face jail time they'd clean up their acts. I agree Patrons99. In fact, I’d like to see all of their executives who hid information to be put in jail. These companies are worth BILLIONS. These little verdicts won’t even make them blink. Their marketing depts knew that they may face civil lawsuits. But as long as they made a huge profit they wouldn’t care. If they know they may face jail time they’d clean up their acts.

]]> By: patrons99 http://www.pharmalot.com/2010/02/roche-to-pay-25m-over-accutane-and-bowel-disease/#comment-466729 patrons99 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:27:05 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/?p=21489#comment-466729 The amount of this jury award is still pretty much "chump change" to pharma...just an already budgeted-for cost of doing business. This case might actually be a strong example of the need for tort reform: not to protect pharma, but to allow dermatologists to practice medicine with affordable malpractice insurance. Taxpayers will ultimately pick up the tab. How frequent is IBD in accutane patients? Is there a dose-response relationship? I suspect that its idiosyncratic. Ditto, depression. Its teratogenicity has been known for a long time. Any drug has the potential to cause an immediately life-threatening anaphylactic allergic reaction. There is a much greater need for the U.S. DOJ to issue the "ultimate sanction" against pharma for criminal misconduct. That will get their attention. The amount of this jury award is still pretty much “chump change” to pharma…just an already budgeted-for cost of doing business.

This case might actually be a strong example of the need for tort reform: not to protect pharma, but to allow dermatologists to practice medicine with affordable malpractice insurance. Taxpayers will ultimately pick up the tab.

How frequent is IBD in accutane patients? Is there a dose-response relationship? I suspect that its idiosyncratic. Ditto, depression. Its teratogenicity has been known for a long time. Any drug has the potential to cause an immediately life-threatening anaphylactic allergic reaction.

There is a much greater need for the U.S. DOJ to issue the “ultimate sanction” against pharma for criminal misconduct. That will get their attention.

]]> By: Bill http://www.pharmalot.com/2010/02/roche-to-pay-25m-over-accutane-and-bowel-disease/#comment-466376 Bill Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:03:25 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/?p=21489#comment-466376 Hahaha. This is what Roche gets. They made this guy wait 3 MORE years after he won $2.67 million and now he wins again but he gets $25 Million!!!!! This is exactly what Roche deserves for not only marketing this drug and hiding facts, but for making this guy wait and wait and wait. If they don't settle the rest of the cases I hope they get hit with even larger verdicts. This is great news!!! Hahaha. This is what Roche gets. They made this guy wait 3 MORE years after he won $2.67 million and now he wins again but he gets $25 Million!!!!! This is exactly what Roche deserves for not only marketing this drug and hiding facts, but for making this guy wait and wait and wait. If they don’t settle the rest of the cases I hope they get hit with even larger verdicts. This is great news!!!

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