Norway
In the late 1980s media reports highlighted the adverse effects of Accutane
As a result of the nature and extent of side effects being reported the Norwegian authority commissioned a study in 1992
The study was financed by Roche and was conducted by Dermatologists from Sweden, UK and Germany. Two of the participating Dermatologists Prof. W.J. Cunliffe (Leeds University, UK) and Dr. A. Vahlquist (Linkoping, Sweden) have a long standing association with Roche.
The above report made no reference to scientific publications linking Accutane to psychiatric disorders and did not disclose the number or nature of ADRs held on the Roche database for Accutane