Roche ordered to pay $13M to users of acne drug (AP via Yahoo! News) A jury has ordered drugmaker Roche to pay nearly $13 million to three patients who claim they developed a chronic bowel disorder because of the company's acne drug Accutane.

Roche ordered to pay $13M to users of acne drug (San Francisco Chronicle) A jury has ordered drugmaker Roche to pay nearly $13 million to three patients who claim they developed a chronic bowel disorder because of the company's acne drug Accutane. Roche's U.S. subsidiary Hoffman-La Roche said it would appeal the verdict. The money,...

Arcutis Pharmaceuticals Announces FDA Approval of Acanya Gel for the Treatment of Acne (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) REDWOOD CITY, Calif.----Arcutis Pharmaceuticals, a privately held specialty pharmaceutical organization focusing in medical dermatology, announced today that the United States Food and Drug Administration has approved the new drug application of Acanya™ Gel for the once-daily treatment of acne vulgaris in patients 12 years and older.

Don't Let Acne Flare-ups Blemish the Holidays (Carteret County News-Times) (ARA) - Holidays are often a time of great stress, but also a time when you want to look your best. With parties, family gatherings and pictures galore just around the corner, the last thing you need is for a big pimple to make a special appearance on your face this holiday season.

Roche ordered to pay $13M to users of acne drug (The Star-Ledger) Patients claim Accutane gave them chronic disorder

New Study Finds CO2 Ablative Fractional Resurfacing Safe And Effective For Deep Acne Scarring (PRWeb via Yahoo! News) For many acne patients, the resulting acne scars which last long after the pimples have disappeared can cause considerable psychosocial distress. Now, a new study recently published in "Lasers in Surgery and Medicine" (August 2008 issue), the peer-reviewed professional journal of the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery, shows that a novel laser device combining CO2 ablation with the ...

The Most Effective Ways to Treat and Prevent Acne (Carteret County News-Times) (ARA) - Image is everything for a lot of guys. Whether you want to look good for a date, impress the ladies at the nightclub or present a professional image in the workplace, the last thing you need is for a pimple to appear on your face.

Roche Loses $12.9 Million Three-Case Accutane Verdict (Update1) (Bloomberg) Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Roche Holding AG must pay $12.9 million to plaintiffs who blamed the Accutane acne medicine for their inflammatory bowel disease, a New Jersey jury ruled, handing the company its fourth trial loss in the case.

Pill as good as chemo on lung cancer, but costlier (AP via Yahoo! News) Some advanced lung cancer patients already treated with chemotherapy might be able to skip some of the bad side effects of another series of chemo by taking a pill instead, a study suggests. An international study showed patients on Iressa, an expensive, newer targeted treatment, survived about as long as those on another course of chemotherapy.

Look your best on the cheap (The Springfield News-Leader) Sure, we've got problems with the economy. But no one wants to looked stressed-out about it.