Epidemiologist Must Provide Correspondence with Roche, Not 'Raw Data'

TAMPA, Fla. - The judge presiding over the Accutane MDL recently granted in part an epidemiologist's motion to quash the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee's subpoena for documents, saying she must provide any correspondence she had with defendant Roche, but not the "raw data" from her Accutane study. In re: Accutane Products Liability Litigation. MDL No. 1626. Case No. 8:04-md-02523 (M.D. Fla.).

On April 14 in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Judge Thomas B. McCoun III held that Boston University epidemiologist Dr. Susan Jick is required to provide the PSC with documents relating to the marketing, sale, …