Johnson & Johnson just chalked up another win against allegations that its talcum powder causes cancer.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Missouri appeals court overturned a $110 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) in a lawsuit by a Virginia woman who says she developed ovarian cancer after decades of using of its talc-based products for feminine hygiene.
J&J faces about 14,200 lawsuits alleging harm from talc, and Monday marks its next big test. In a New Jersey courtroom, the drugmaker plans to challenge expert evidence set to be presented at trial—and if the judge agrees, that's all she wrote for most of the talc cases.
Make it two losses in recent weeks for Johnson & Johnson and its defense of talc products—though this time around, the damages came in far from the nine-digit mark. After a $325 million verdict in New York in late May, a jury in California on Wednesday ordered the drugmaker to pay $4.8 million to a woman who said her routine use of talc powder caused her to develop mesothelioma, Bloomberg reports.
After recent wins and losses, Johnson & Johnson capped the month of May with a major setback in its talc litigation. A New York City jury slapped the drugmaker with a $325 million verdict Friday over claims asbestos in its talc caused plaintiff Donna Olson to develop mesothelioma.
(Reuters) - A California jury on Monday heard opening statements in the latest trial over allegations that Johnson & Johnson’s talc-based products, including the company’s baby powder, were contaminated with asbestos and cause cancer.
New Delhi: The country's top drug regulator, the CDSCO, drew samples of Johnson and Johnson's baby powder from the company's Baddi plant in Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday amid reports that the product allegedly contained cancer-causing asbestos. This was part of a massive nationwide action against the American multinational pharmaceutical major to draw samples of their talcum powder.
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