Johnson & Johnson News
1,000 Talc Lawsuits Against J&J Could Be Revived
A New Jersey appeals court's decision to revive two lawsuits accusing Johnson & Johnson's iconic Baby Powder of causing cancer may lead to the reinstatement of about 1,000 suits targeting the ...
Johnson & Johnson Will Pull Talc Baby Powder From U.S., Canada
Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday announced it would stop selling its talc Baby Powder in the United States and Canada, saying demand had dropped in the wake of what it called "misinformation" about ...
$8B Risperdal Award Against J&J Slashed to $6.8M
A Pennsylvania judge on Friday slashed to $6.8 million from $8 billion a punitive damages award against Johnson & Johnson to a man who said it failed to warn that boys using its antipsychotic ...
J&J Reportedly Agrees to Rare Talc Settlement
Johnson & Johnson agreed in the middle of a trial to pay more than $2 million to resolve a woman's claims that asbestos-laced baby powder caused her cancer, according to people familiar with the ...
Facing Thousands of Lawsuits, J&J Claims New Tests Show Asbestos-Free Baby Powder
Johnson & Johnson said on Tuesday that recent tests showed that Johnson's Baby Powder was free of asbestos, after U.S. Food and Drug Administration investigations reported trace amounts of the ...
Appeals Court Upholds $70M Verdict Against J&J Over Risperdal Side Effects
A Pennsylvania appeals court upheld a $70 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson in a lawsuit charging its Risperdal anti-psychotic drug caused a man to grow female breasts and also ruled that ...
J&J’s Opioid Payout in Oklahoma Reduced to $465 Million
An Oklahoma judge on Friday said Johnson & Johnson must pay that state $465 million for fueling the opioid epidemic through the deceptive marketing of painkillers, down from his original award of ...
J&J’s Own Expert, While With FDA, Found Asbestos in Baby Powder
Ever since Johnson & Johnson disclosed this month that a government test had turned up asbestos in its Baby Powder, the company has attacked the validity of the result. On Tuesday, for example, ...