Law360, New York (June 11, 2009, 12:00 AM ET) -- Roche Laboratories Inc. has scored another victory in litigation over Accutane, after a federal appeals court upheld a district judge’s ruling in favor of the pharmaceutical company in a suit launched by a mother who claimed the acne drug caused her son's suicide.
Plaintiff Laurie A. Stupak could not establish Roche’s failure to warn of the psychiatric risks of Accutane, a three-judge panel ruled on Wednesday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Although Roche provided suicide risk warnings on Accutane packaging and...
11th Circ. Finds For Roche In Accutane Suicide Suit
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