Once a year, Allergan awards aesthetics practices nationwide through its "Allergan Partner Privileges” program. This unique ...

Botox (onabotulinumtoxinA) is used in a variety of therapeutic indications as well as for cosmetic reasons and generated around $555 million for Allergan in its cosmetic and therapeutic uses in ...

Botox didn't immediately catch on within Allergan, the company that owned the drug. That started to change when David Pyott became CEO in 1998. It took until 2002 for cosmetic Botox to officially ...

dermatologists began to pick up on the off-label use of Botox. It was then that Actavis, a drug company that specializes in generic drugs and over-the-counter products, scooped up Allergan for a ...

Carruthers and his wife Dr. Jean Carruthers led the discovery of the cosmetic use of botulinum toxin A Dr. Alastair Carruthers, a physician who is largely credited with making Botox a household ...