Johnson & Johnson has proposed to pay almost $9bn to resolve tens of thousands of lawsuits it faces in North America that claim its baby powder and other talc-based products cause cancer.

"Those facts show that the verdict is irreconcilable with the decades of independent scientific evaluations confirming talc is safe, does not contain asbestos and does not cause cancer," Haas said.

“Those facts show that the verdict is irreconcilable with the decades of independent scientific evaluations confirming talc is safe, does not contain asbestos and does not cause cancer,” Mr ...

Johnson & Johnson's long-running effort to put litigation claiming its talc products caused cancer has continued with a third attempt to place a subsidiary company into bankruptcy. Red River Talc ...

Johnson & Johnson has outlined a new settlement that it said would resolve nearly all of the lawsuits it faces over claims that its talc products, including baby powder, caused cancer. The ...

The fate of Johnson & Johnson’s latest push to use bankruptcy courts to end thousands of cancer lawsuits tied to its iconic baby powder now hinges on a high-stakes trial in January. After months ...

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has published a new assessment of talc’s potential to cause cancer, concluding that is it ‘probably carcinogenic’ to humans.

A bankruptcy judge resolved the first fight in Johnson & Johnson's third talcum powder bankruptcy: where it should be. The bankruptcy is focused on ovarian and other gynecological cancer victims ...

People who voted to settle their baby power-related health claims against Johnson & Johnson should have their ballots thrown out because the consumer products giant rigged the tally, according to ...

A bankruptcy judge in Texas said Johnson & Johnson’s third chapter 11 case seeking to resolve its talc-related liabilities can stay in his court in Houston, rejecting requests from lawyers for ...

The mesothelioma trials are not part of J&J's proposed $9 billion talc bankruptcy, filed last month in Texas. A jury hit Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday with a $15 million verdict in a Connecticut ...

J&J Must Pay $15 Million to Man Who Says Its Talc Caused His Cancer, Jury Finds By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -Johnson & Johnson must pay $15 million to a Connecticut man who alleges that he ...