ATLANTA (AP) — A federal appeals court will soon decide whether to allow testimony from an expert witness who sought to show the anti-acne drug Accutane causes a chronic bowel disorder. ATLANTA (AP) — A federal appeals court will soon decide whether to allow testimony from an expert witness who sought to show the anti-acne drug Accutane causes a chronic bowel disorder. New Jersey-based drug manufacturer Hoffman-La Roche Inc. Plaintiffs lawyers have already won a trio of multimillion-dollar jury awards, and they say they have hundreds of other patients with similar cases. At Tuesday’s hearing, Rand’s attorneys pressed a three-judge panel to admit the evidence. Hoffman La-Roche, which said some 12 million patients have used Accutane, posts labels on the drug that warn it is “associated with” inflammatory bowel disease. read more

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They also said they’d be willing to pay much more to be acne-free ($100) than they’d pay to have 50-percent clearance of their acne ($10) or to have clear skin with acne scars ($0). The teens’ parents were also surveyed and said they’d pay $250 for their child never to have had acne, $100 for them to be acne-free, $100 for 50-percent acne clearance, and $0 for clear skin with acne scars. Teens with more severe acne said they’d be willing to trade more time/money to clear their acne than teens with less severe acne. Acne affects almost all teens and can cause anxiety, depression, embarrassment, and social problems, according to background information in the study. Thus, adolescents’ marked preference for total clearance over partial (50 percent) clearance or clearance with scarring suggests that physicians must weigh high patient expectations against these clinical data,” the team added. read more

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