ditched<\/a> its talc-based baby powder in North America to rely on a cornstarch-based formula, and did the same in 2023 for its global sales. In both cases, J&J said it wanted to simplify its portfolio of goods and defended the safety of the talc-based product.\n <\/p>\n\n Erik Haas, J&J\u2019s vice president of litigation, said the lawsuits \u201clack scientific merit.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cWhile we are confident the company would have ultimately prevailed with further litigation, as it has in the vast majority of cases tried to date, this resolution allows the company to put this matter behind it,\u201d he said in Monday\u2019s statement.\n <\/p>\n
\n Chris Seeger, a lawyer representing some of the plaintiffs, called the settlement \u201ca fair measure of long-delayed justice\u201d in a statement on Monday.\n <\/p>\n
\n In a statement to CNN, Seeger said that the value of the settlement is uncapped and could rise further. He did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding J&J\u2019s claim that the cases lacked a scientific basis.\n <\/p>\n
\n Last week, a federal judge cast doubt on around 69,000 claims, saying that plaintiffs must provide specific evidence linking their ovarian cancer to J&J\u2019s baby powder and other talc-based products, according to Reuters.\n <\/p>\n
\n The lawsuits against J&J have seen mixed outcomes, with the company being held responsible for large verdicts in some cases, and others where juries found the company not liable.\n <\/p>\n
\n In October, a Los Angeles jury ordered J&J to pay $966 million to the family of a woman who died from mesothelioma, a rare type of cancer usually caused by asbestos exposure. The company, which has seen some awards reduced on appeal, said it planned to appeal the most recent decision and called the verdict \u201cegregious and unconstitutional.\u201d\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Johnson & Johnson has set aside $5.5 billion to resolve tens of thousands of US lawsuits alleging that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":831750,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[45,49,48],"class_list":["post-831749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=831749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/831750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=831749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=831749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=831749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}