Johnson & Johnson to end global sales of talc-based baby powder

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NEW YORK (REUTERS) - Johnson & Johnson will stop selling talc-based baby powder globally in 2023, the drugmaker said on Thursday (Aug 11), more than two years after it ended US sales of a product that drew thousands of consumer safety lawsuits. 'As part of a worldwide...

The company spun off subsidiary LTL Management in October, assigned its talc claims to it and immediately placed it into bankruptcy, pausing the pending lawsuits.

Mr Ben Whiting, an attorney with the plaintiffs firm Keller Postman, said because the lawsuits are paused in bankruptcy, the company’s sales decision won’t immediately impact them.

 

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