Two Former Accutane Users Win $18 Million Verdict
A jury in New Jersey late Friday returned an $ 18 million verdict to two former Accutane users against Nutley, N.J.-based pharmaceutical companies Hoffmann La-Roche Inc. and Roche Laboratories, subsidiaries of Roche Holding AG (ROG).
In response to the verdict, Mr. Buchanan stated: "We’re extremely pleased for Katie and Riley. They’ve suffered greatly at the hands of Roche’s drug, and the jury’s verdict provides a measure of justice for each of them.” Buchanan added, “The evidence revealed that Roche withheld its knowledge and conclusions about the risk of inflammatory bowel disease from doctors prescribing the drug, and thus patients, like Ms. Rossitto and Mr. Wilkinson, were completely unaware of the risks of this debilitating disease.”
Ms. Rossitto and Mr. Wilkinson’s cases were tried together with….
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