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Reckitt Benckiser Agrees To Pay $1.4B To End Opioid Crisis
Reckitt Benckiser (RB), a British pharmaceutical company, agreed to pay up to $1.4 billion to settle a long-running probe with the U.S. federal government over sales and marketing of the…
J&J's Talcum Powder Lawsuits' Proceedings Halted
A U.S. bankruptcy judge has halted the court proceedings of Johnson & Johnson's (J&J) talcum powder lawsuits and has transferred the cases to a federal court in New…
J&J's Unsealed Emails Highlight Manipulated FDA Reports
Johnson & Johnson's (J&J) unsealed emails over the years have highlighted the efforts of the company to avoid the warnings about the linkage of its talcum baby powder…
GSK Warning-Label Verdict: Widow Fails To Reclaim $3M
An attempt to reinstate a $3 million verdict made by the wife of a law firm partner has been rejected by an Illinois federal judge on July 11.
The husband, a law firm partner, had consumed the generic version of…
J&J Talc Problem: Federal Authorities Launch Criminal Probe
Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is facing a criminal probe by the U.S. Department of Justice, stating that the company knew about problems with …
U.S. District Judge Reduces Roundup $80M Verdict To $25M
On July 15, U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria reduced the $80M Roundup verdict to $25 million against Bayer AG owned Monsanto after finding that punitive damages component of $75 million awarded to a plaintiff was unreasonably high.…
Calif. Attorney General’s Pelvic Mesh Lawsuit Set In Motion
A trial has commenced, against Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and it's subsidiary Ethicon brought by a state attorney general and attorneys for the state of California for allegedly deceiving up to 50,000 California women and hiding…
Plaintiff Claims That Recalled Valsartan Led To Liver Cancer
A plaintiff filed a lawsuit against generic drug makers of Valsartan in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, alleging that he was diagnosed with…
Austria To Ban Roundup Ingredient Glyphosate This Year
Austria heads towards the ban of Monsanto’s Roundup and other glyphosate weed killers, as the growing concerns that exposure to the popular herbicide…
Case Management Conference To Review Valsartan Recall Claims
The U.S. District Judge presiding over Valsartan litigation has scheduled a meeting on June 26, with lawyers involved in federal Valsartan recall lawsuits. During…