A Missouri appeals court has nearly slashed in half a $4.69 billion verdict against Johnson & Johnson in a talcum powder lawsuit after ruling a St. Louis judge did not have jurisdiction to hear claims from out-of-state plaintiffs.

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A Missouri appeals court held rare in-person oral arguments Friday in a case that resulted in a $4.69 billion verdict for a group of women who claimed they contracted ovarian cancer from using Johnson & Johnson talcum powder. The case ...

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Johnson & Johnson, anticipating significant impact from the COVID-19 pandemic, slashed its 2020 sales forecast by billions of dollars and also cut its profit expectations. It’s one of the first major U.S. corporations to report first-quarter earnings and likely a ...

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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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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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