British firm of solicitors that received legal aid to pursue litigation against Roche five years ago has now dropped the actions,believing that the cases would be impossible to prove.Copyright 2004 Times Newspapers Ltd
Roaccutane.Campaigners against the drug believe that the exercise would demonstrate a strong link between use of the drug and suicide.However, a British firm of solicitors that received legal aid to pursue litigation against Roche five years ago has now dropped the actions, believing that the cases would be impossible to prove."About 80 or 90 claimants came forward but we had to report that we did not think the claims could be won," said Mark Harvey, now a partner in Hugh James, the solicitors in Cardiff. "You have to beable to link depression to the drug and it would be difficult to prove that it might not have arisen anyway and to eliminate other causes. Isn't depression a side effect of puberty or acne in any event?
It is going to be difficult to get the Legal Aid Board to reopen this."
Copyright 2004 Times Newspapers Ltd
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