Accutane Injury Lawyers

Accepting Accutane Cases Nationwide

ny drug can cause a pharmaceutical injury if manufactured, prescribed, or sold improperly. However, Accutane (isotretinoin) acne treatment, marketed and sold by Roche Pharmaceuticals, has been the subject of a large number of lawsuits because of the severe side effects associated with this drug, including:

• Inflammatory bowel disease, including
• Crohn’s Disease
• Ulcerative Colitis
• Birth defects
• Spontaneous abortions
• Depression
• Suicide

In some cases, allegations about Roche’s failure to warn of Accutane side effects have led to jury awards totaling millions of dollars.

Drugs and Adverse Side Effects

All drugs are associated with adverse effects or side effects. However, drug manufacturers and sellers have certain responsibilities to the public. These responsibilities include duties to exercise reasonable care in:

• Drug development, manufacture, inspection, and labeling
• Keeping the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) informed of drug side-effect reports and warning the public of adverse effects
• Advertising in a truthful and non-misleading way

This duty of care remains even after a drug is approved by the FDA. Because failure to live up to these duties can cause harm and loss of lives, compensation for pharmaceutical injuries can be sought through the United States court system.

A Complex Area of Law

Pharmaceutical injury claims are highly complex and require a great deal of skill and experience to provide you with the greatest likelihood of a successful outcome. Your attorney must be able to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that:

• There was a failure in the duty of care
• This failure resulted in a pharmaceutical injury

Additionally, there are important filing deadlines which must be met in order to ensure you remain eligible for compensation. It is important to work with an attorney who has a strong grasp on the deadlines that apply to your particular state or jurisdiction.

Hagens Berman Can Help You

The pharmaceutical injury attorneys at Hagens Berman have been helping victims receive compensation for their injuries for almost 20 years. We are a large national law firm with the vast resources needed to battle the high powered legal teams employed by the pharmaceutical companies.

Our Accutane attorneys have extensive experience handling pharmaceutical injury claims. We have litigated high profile lawsuits against the makers of Celebrex and Vioxx, earning lucrative settlements for our clients who were injured from taking these dangerous drugs. If you have developed inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn’s disease, or Ulcerative Colitis after using Accutane, we can help you receive the compensation you deserve.

Please contact our Accutane lawyers today to schedule your free initial consultation. Hagens Berman serves clients nationwide.