Higher prescription drug sales helped push Johnson & Johnson’s fourth-quarter profit up by 32 percent. The world’s biggest maker of health care products reported net income of $4.01 billion, or $1.50 per share. That’s up from $3.04 billion, or $1.12, ...

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Higher prescription drug sales helped push Johnson & Johnson’s fourth-quarter profit up by 32 percent. The world’s biggest maker of health care products reported net income of $4.01 billion, or $1.50 per share. That’s up from $3.04 billion, or $1.12, ...

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U.S. government-led research found no strong evidence linking baby powder with ovarian cancer in the largest analysis to look at the question. The findings were called “overall reassuring” in an editorial published Tuesday with the study in the Journal of ...

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Following a three-week trial, a St. Louis jury on Dec. 20 rejected claims that a woman’s ovarian cancer was caused by Johnson & Johnson-brand talcum powder. The plaintiff, Vickie Forrest, suffered from a rare form of ovarian cancer that she ...

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Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $116.9 million to settle a series of lawsuits brought against it by several state attorneys general alleging the company deceptively marketed transvaginal-mesh products. Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced the settlement Oct. 17, ...

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The Court of Appeals Eastern District ruled Oct. 15 that a St. Louis judge should not have heard a Virginia woman’s claim against Johnson & Johnson, throwing out a $110.5 million verdict in her favor. The verdict was the second-largest ...

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A Missouri appeals court has overturned a $110 million verdict in a case alleging that Johnson & Johnson products containing talcum powder caused a Virginia woman’s ovarian cancer. The appeals court ruling Tuesday reversed a 2017 judgment on behalf of ...

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Johnson & Johnson’s third-quarter profit jumped 23 percent, beating Wall Street forecasts, thanks to higher sales of its key medicines for cancer and immune disorders and an acquisition-related charge a year earlier. The world’s biggest maker of health care products ...

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Johnson & Johnson’s third-quarter profit jumped 23 percent, beating Wall Street forecasts, thanks to higher sales of its key medicines for cancer and immune disorders and an acquisition-related charge a year earlier. The world’s biggest maker of health care products ...

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Johnson & Johnson announced it has reached an agreement worth more than $20 million with two Ohio counties, becoming the latest company to settle a lawsuit to get out of the first federal trial over the nation’s opioids crisis. The ...

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Johnson & Johnson announced it has reached an agreement worth more than $20 million with two Ohio counties, becoming the latest company to settle a lawsuit to get out of the first federal trial over the nation’s opioids crisis. The ...

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