More than 50,000 claims have been filed against the company, mostly on behalf of women who developed ovarian cancer.
Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $700 million in a nationwide settlement resolving allegations that it misled customers about the safety of its talcum-based powder products in its marketing. 'Consumers rely on accurate information when making decisions about which products to purchase for their families,' Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, one of 43 attorneys general involved in the lawsuit, said in a statement Tuesday.
The company decided to pull talc-based powders off the market in North America in 2020. J&J will make four settlement payments, starting at the end of July, to 42 states and Washington, D.C., according to the settlement. The company didn't immediately respond to a request for comment on Tuesday. The $700 million settlement is the latest development in decade-long legal battles and investigations into links between cancer and the talc used in one of its best-known products.
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