Johnson & Johnson has offered to pay up to $8.9 billion to settle lawsuits alleging the company's talc-based baby powder caused cancer, quadrupling its initial proposal to resolve the suits.. The ...

Aug 11 (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N), opens new tab will stop selling talc-based baby powder globally in 2023, the drugmaker said on Thursday, more than two years after it ended U.S. sales ...

The company discontinued North American sales of its talc-based baby powder in 2020 after recalling some bottles in 2019, but will stop sales of the product globally in 2023, it said on Thursday.

J&J to end global sales of talc baby powder next year Published: Aug. 12, 2022, 9:21 a.m. In this April 15, 2011 file photo, a bottle of Johnson's baby powder is displayed in San Francisco.

A U.S. bankruptcy court judge has denied Johnson & Johnson’s settlement plan related to baby powder containing talc, providing another setback in the company’s efforts to resolve the matter.

Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & JohnsonJNJ wants to do a one-time lump sum payment of at least $8.9 billion to thousands of talc-powder claimants. For Black women, who were selected by J&J as ...

Talc is not banned in the U.S., but today, many baby powder brands instead use cornstarch, which is used as an absorbent in cosmetics. While cornstarch is likely a safer choice than talc, some ...

Johnson & Johnson is pulling baby powder containing talc worldwide next year after it did the same in the U.S. and Canada amid thousands of lawsuits claiming it caused cancer.