Posted March 18, 2012 in Blog, Uncategorized
Aesthetic physicians received a fax from Merz Pharmaceuticals late Friday afternoon informing them that they will not be allowed to promote Merz facial fillers Radiesse and Belotero and its neuromodulator Xeomin to their practices until further notice. Radiesse will still be available, but Xeomin will not, and the release of Belotero, a highly anticipated new facial filler, may be delayed until court details of a lawsuit brought by Allergan (maker of Botox/Juvederm) against Merz are worked out.
According to Michael J. Sacopolus, JD, legal analyst for Plastic Surgery Products “Earlier this week a Federal Court Judge in Santa Ana, California entered into an injunction against Merz. The injunction stopped Merz from marketing Xeomin to the facial aesthetic community. This injunction came at the request of Allergan whose Botox product would directly compete with Xeomin. The judge sided with Allergan in finding that former Allergan employees had blatantly misappropriated Allergan’s proprietary information when they switched employment to Merz. The judge next indicated the full extent of the injunctive order as the scope, terms and duration would be released Friday March 9th.”
Merz recruited and hired ex-Allergan employees and used their Allergan data, sales strategies, targets, physician lists, and much more in promoting Xeomin and Radiesse. Xeomin will likely not be available for the remainder of 2012. For those of our patients wanting to get a dose of Xeomin before who knows when, Persky Sunder Plastic Surgery has two vials left. Dysport and Botox are still available as usual.
Now if Allergan could just do something about that darn Medicis company and their neuromodulator Dysport, they would have their “Botox Monopoly” back! Good luck and be well!
To read more about the lawsuit go to http://www.rttnews.com/1839077/allergan-wins-u-s-court-order-blocking-merz-s-sale-of-xeomin.aspx
Dr Michael Persky and Dr. Sarmela Sunder are located in Encino, California and Beverly Hills, California (The Lasky Clinic) but service all of Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley. Including, Beverly Hills, Hollywood, Hancock Park, Brentwood, Santa Monica, Pacific Palisades, Malibu, Sherman Oaks, Studio City, Calabasas, Woodland Hills, Tarzana, Westlake, Thousand Oaks, Agoura Hills and more. Please subscribe to our blog by clicking the link above, right. Thank you!
