Powder Keg: FDA Bowed to Industry for Decades as Alarms Were Sounded Over Talc December 3, 2019 By Lisa Girion and Chad Terhune At an invitation-only gathering late last year, U.S. regulators and their guests huddled at a hotel near Washington, D.C., to...
U.S. Prosecutors Open Criminal Probe of Opioid Makers, Distributors November 27, 2019 Federal prosecutors are investigating six pharmaceutical companies for potential criminal charges in connection with shipping big quantities of opioid painkillers...
J&J Found Negligent by Australian Court in Vaginal-Mesh Suit November 21, 2019 By Edward Johnson and Jeff Sutherland Johnson & Johnson lost the latest battle in a string of global lawsuits over its vaginal-mesh products, with an Australian...
Oklahoma Judge Reduces Johnson & Johnson Opioid Payout to $465 Million November 18, 2019 By Nate Raymond and Jonathan Stempel An Oklahoma judge on Friday said Johnson & Johnson must pay that state $465 million for fueling the opioid epidemic...
J&J Says New Tests Find no Asbestos in Same Baby Powder Bottle that Sparked Recall October 30, 2019 By Carl O'Donnell and Lisa Girion Johnson & Johnson said on Tuesday that 15 new tests found no asbestos in a bottle of baby powder that...
J&J to Pay $117 Million in Nationwide Pact Over Vaginal Mesh October 18, 2019 By Jef Feeley Johnson & Johnson agreed to pay $117 million to settle 41 states’ claims that it misrepresented the risks of vaginal-mesh...
J&J Recalls Lot of Baby Powder After Asbestos Trace Found October 18, 2019 By Riley Griffin and Jef Feeley Johnson & Johnson is recalling one lot of its Johnson’s Baby Powder after tiny amounts of asbestos contamination were found...
J&J Says No Legal Reserves Needed Amid Wave of Lawsuits October 15, 2019 By Riley Griffin Johnson & Johnson won’t set aside any legal reserves for the more than 100,000 lawsuits it faces across its portfolio...
J&J Faces 100,000 More Damage Claims After Taking $8 Billion Hit October 14, 2019 By Jef Feeley and Riley Griffin Johnson & Johnson has taken some costly beatings in court this year. And it could get worse. Just last week,...