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…
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 […]
Couple Suing Johnson & Johnson Over Talcum Powder Wins $37M Judgment…
An investment banker from New Jersey and his wife walked out $37 million richer from a court in New Brunswick Thursday, after a jury ordered Johnson & Johnson and a talc mining company to pay for causing him to develop a deadly cancer linked to asbestos. The verdict is the first time a jury has […]
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…