Controversial studies performed at a Philadelphia prison that left participants maimed and injured have been tied to Johnson & Johnson…The company funded some of Dr Albert Kingman’s, a disgraced dermatologist, studies ay Holmesburg prison where he injected prisoners with asbestos…Studies were previously known about, but tied only to the U.S. government and Dow chemical…
Johnson & Johnson Places Talc Injury Claims in Bankruptcy…
J&J has maintained that its talcum powder, which it stopped selling last year, is safe and doesn’t cause cancer…
J&J to Stop Selling Talc-Based Baby Powder in US, Canada…
Johnson & Johnson is ending sales of its iconic talc-based Johnson’s Baby Powder in the United States and Canada, where demand has dwindled amid thousands of lawsuits claiming it has caused cancer. The world’s biggest maker of health care products said Tuesday the talc-based powder will still be sold outside the United States and Canada. […]
FDA Bowed Obediently to Industry for Decades as Alarms Were Sounded About Talc…
Since at least the 1970s, the regulatory agency downplayed health concerns about talc in powders and cosmetics, deferring again and again to manufacturers. Only now, as pressure mounts from lawsuits and a Reuters investigation, is the agency stepping up testing. At an invitation-only gathering late last year, U.S. regulators and their guests huddled at a […]
DOJ Probing Whether Johnson&Johnson Lied to Public about Talcum Powder’s Cancer Risk…
A federal grand jury in Washington is looking into what Johnson & Johnson officials knew about the cancer risks in the company’s Baby Powder-brand talcum powder and other products, according to a report. The New Jersey-based company is the subject of a U.S. Department of Justice criminal investigation as well as a regulatory probe amid […]
Johnson & Johnson Ordered to Pay $300M in Talc Cancer Case…
A New York jury on Friday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $300 million in punitive damages to a woman who said her asbestos-related cancer was caused by the company’s talc-based baby powder, the company confirmed. The decision brings the total amount awarded in the case to $325 million after the same jury earlier this […]
Jury Hits Johnson & Johnson with $417M Verdict Over Cancer Link to its Talc…
A Los Angeles jury issued a $417-million verdict Monday against Johnson & Johnson, finding the company liable for failing to warn a 63-year-old woman diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer about the risks of using its talcum products. The verdict marks the largest award yet in a number of suits claiming that the company’s talc powder […]
4th Win: U.S. Pharma Johnson & Johnson Loses $110M Talc Cancer Case…
A court in St. Louis, Missouri has ordered the US pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson (J&J) to pay over $110 million to a Virginia woman, who claims she developed ovarian cancer after decades of using its talcum powder. The verdict is the largest for J&J among nearly 2,400 current lawsuits accusing the company of insufficient […]
Third Jury Orders Johnson & Johnson to Pay $70 Million to California Woman For Cancer-Linked Baby Powder…
Johnson & Johnson has lost its third lawsuit alleging that the pharmaceutical company’s baby powder causes ovarian cancer. Jurors in St. Louis awarded Deborah Giannecchini $70 million late Thursday, according to Bloomberg. For 40 years, Giannecchini, 62, had used the talcum powder for feminine hygiene…