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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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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The Missouri Senate has given first-round approval to a bill that would alter Missouri’s venue and joinder laws — in a way far different from what lawmakers had envisioned just two weeks ago.

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