Bimatoprost

Eye drug has side effect of producing longer, thicker eyelashes.

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

 USA Today (2/23, Lloyd) reports that “another drug is getting a second life because of desirable side effects.” Lumigan [bimatoprost], “a drug Allergan produced to treat glaucoma,” has the side effect of producing “longer, thicker, and darker eyelashes.” The pharmaceutical company recently “developed a spinoff called Latisse, which the” Food and Drug Administration “approved for [...]

Allergan to introduce eyelash-enhancing drug.

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

 Following a New York Times story, the U.K.’s Telegraph (1/15, Leonard) reports that Allergan, the pharmaceutical “company that smoothed out wrinkles with Botox (botulinum toxin type A), has made another beauty-enhancing breakthrough with” a product “that grows longer, thicker eyelashes.” The company “plans to introduce Latisse (bimatoprost), the first U.S. government-approved prescription drug for eyelash [...]