(October 13, 2016, 1:41 PM EDT) -- ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — A New Jersey state court judge on Oct. 12 dismissed with prejudice 102 Accutane bowel injury cases because prescribing physicians in the 11-year-old litigation are deceased or cannot be located to testify that a different warning would have changed their decision to prescribe the acne drug (In Re:  Accutane Litigation, No. 271, N.J. Super., Atlantic Co.).

(Opinion available.  Document #28-161020-004Z.)

Plaintiffs in the multicounty litigation in the Atlantic County Superior Court allege that they were prescribed Accutane to treat their acne and...