Hoffmann-La Roche has lost its latest attempt to get Atlantic County Superior Court Judge Carol Higbee, who manages all Accutane litigation in New Jersey, off the case.

Higbee on Wednesday denied Roche’s motion for recusal in In Re Accutane Litigation, No. 271, saying she harbored no bias for the plaintiffs. "In the over 1,000 decisions made by this Court in this litigation, the Court has always been completely even-handed and fair," she wrote.