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exwannabe

03/13/13 10:41 AM

#158233 RE: jessellivermore #158228

Reiterating Dew's point...Accutane is a dermatological drug which virtually no dermatologists will prescribe..


An acne drug that you do not want anywhere near teenage girls just seems like a really bad idea.
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iwfal

03/13/13 11:25 AM

#158236 RE: jessellivermore #158228

XOMA -

Accutane is a dermatological drug which virtually no dermatologists will prescribe..



Perhaps so - I am certainly not trying to make the argument that accutane is benign. I am instead arguing that:

a) Ilaris has arguably worse side effects. I don't even think it is that arguable (e.g. likely hospitalization rates) - but regardless lets call it a wash.

b) Strong efficacy in gout is undoubtedly treated by the FDA as more important than similarly strong efficacy in acne.


If the IL-1 drugs were rejected in gout (where both had very strong efficacy) then I don't think it likely that using them in acne (or, by extension, another IL-1 drug) is likely to get approval. Hence my puzzlement over even trying in that indication.