Genentech Sued Over Withdrawn Psoriasis Drug Raptiva
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Roche Holding AG’s Genentech Inc. was sued by a Texas psoriasis sufferer who alleges he developed lymphoma while taking Raptiva, a drug the company stopped selling in 2009 when studies linked it to a fatal brain infection.
Genentech, a unit of Basel, Switzerland-based drugmaker Roche, began a phased withdrawal of Raptiva in April 2009 after three patients taking it were diagnosed in the preceding six-month period with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, or PML, a rare, incurable brain disease.