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J&J Talc Supplier Challenges Evidence In $117M Verdicts

Posted on June 5, 2018June 5, 2018 Scovern LawPosted in Talcum Powder Cancer Link, Uncategorized

Law360 (May 23, 2018, 10:01 PM EDT) — Attorneys sparred Wednesday in New Jersey state court over a defense bid to toss verdicts totaling $117 million in damages against Johnson & Johnson and its talc supplier, Imerys Talc America Inc., on the grounds that a man’s decades-long exposure to the pharmaceutical giant’s asbestos-containing talcum powder […]

Nine Deaths Are Linked to Rare Cancer from Breast Implants, FDA Says

Posted on March 23, 2017March 23, 2017 Scovern LawPosted in Uncategorized

Nine deaths from a very rare kind of cancer have been linked to breast implants, indicating a very low but increased risk in women with implants, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The FDA said it now agrees with the World Health Organization, which concluded years ago this type of lymphoma can develop […]