Published 7 July 2009, doi:10.1136/bmj.b2757
Cite this as: BMJ 2009;339:b2757

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Roche stops selling isotretinoin in US: Roche has stopped making and distributing isotretinoin (Roaccutane), its treatment for severe acne, in the United States, saying that the drug’s market share there had fallen to below 5% since the drug came off patent. US juries have awarded at least $33m (£20m; 24m) in damages to users who blamed the drug for bowel disease. The drug has also been linked to birth defects and depression. Roche has defended the drug’s safety.

India decriminalises homosexuality: The Delhi High Court has decriminalised consensual sex between same sex adults in India, ruling on a petition from health and gay rights activists that had challenged the country’s 149 year old law making homosexual activity a criminal offence. The petitioners argued that the law was hindering efforts to prevent the spread of HIV among men who have sex with men and that the police used it to harass . . . [Full text of this article]

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