Dovonex Ointment

[Fred]

However, as JohnB says, some eu codswallop ruling etc etc has nearly banned all strong coal tar things. Perhaps they wanted a back hander from the company that makes the stuff,

My understanding is that the EU banned coal tar in cosmetics due to it possibly being carcinogenic. However polytar (If that is what you are referring to) is not classed as a cosmetic but Stiefel pulled it and started using it as an excuse. Polytar wasn't being prescribed as much as used to be do to other products coming forward and Stiefel decided it was better to concentrate on their other products.

There has been a lot of discussions about it, but as far as I know no one has ever managed to get a satisfactory answer from Stiefel on why it is no longer available and is it in relation to the EU ruling.  

Sorry I'm going off topic here, but I have never seen a satisfactory answer on why it is no longer available and would like to see one.