Johnson & Johnson recalled 33,000 bottles of talcum powder in the United States last night, and the US government found asbestos in it for the first time.
[Text/Observer Network Xu Ganang]
After a year, Johnson & Johnson products were once again detected to contain carcinogens. This time, the US government threw a hammer and found a small amount of asbestos in Johnson & Johnson baby powder for the first time.
Johnson & Johnson therefore announced last night (18th) that it voluntarily recalled 33,000 bottles of baby powder in the US market.
The safety problem of Johnson & Johnson products has been very prominent in recent years. In addition to the $4.69 billion compensation awarded to the defendant for "the carcinogenic incident of talcum powder" last year, Johnson & Johnson recently suffered from problems such as "patient bleeding" and "breast hyperplasia in boys". At the same time, Johnson & Johnson’s painkiller products need to pay 272.1 million US dollars for containing opioids.
At present, there are as many as 100,000 lawsuits that Johnson & Johnson faces because of its product problems.
Observer Network noted that Johnson & Johnson issued a statement last night (18th), and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) detected asbestos in a bottle of Johnson & Johnson baby powder. The statement stressed that,The recalled baby powder is only produced and sold in the United States.The bottle of talcum powder that was detected to contain asbestos was purchased by the FDA through an online retailer, and the asbestos content did not exceed 0.00002%.
It is worth mentioning that,This is the first time that Johnson & Johnson has recalled its home in baby powder due to asbestos problems. It is also the first time that the US government found asbestos in Johnson & Johnson products.
It should be noted that on July 12 this year, the US Department of Justice revealed that it was investigating Johnson & Johnson products to investigate whether it concealed that Johnson & Johnson products might cause cancer. At that time, it was widely believed that the American government was investigating talcum powder and other products.
Since 2012, many consumers have sued Johnson & Johnson, claiming that long-term use of the brand talcum powder caused them to suffer from cancer.There are currently 15,000 talcum powder related lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson.Among them, in July last year, 22 women filed a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson, accusing the latter of talcum powder products containing asbestos and eventually causing cancer. In this regard, the Missouri court in the United States ruled that Johnson & Johnson paid $4.69 billion in compensation.
In addition to talcum powder products, products related to pelvic omentum implantation sold by Johnson & Johnson have beenCausing the patient to bleed heavily., was sued by prosecutors in 41 States. Johnson & Johnson just reached a settlement with the defendant two days ago (17th) and decided to pay $117 million.
On the 8th of this month, Risperdal, an antipsychotic drug from Johnson & Johnson, was released.Due to hyperplasia of mammary glands in male children, was awarded $8 billion in damages by the Philadelphia court.
In addition, on May 28 this year, prosecutors in Oklahoma formally sued Johnson & Johnson, accusing Johnson & Johnson of using misleading means to sell painkillers containing opioids and downplaying the side effects of drugs. In recent years, the abuse of opioids in the United States has been serious.To illustrate the seriousness of the situation, the prosecution also cited the example of "opium poisoning Chinese in the 19th century".Johnson & Johnson is required to be responsible for this phenomenon, calling it the "mastermind".
In this regard, in August this year, Oklahoma of the United States ruled that Johnson & Johnson of the United States compensated the state government for $572.1 million. Johnson & Johnson said that he would appeal.
The New York Times revealed that at present, Johnson & Johnson is facing lawsuits due to its product problems.Up to100,000.
Today, talcum powder is found to contain a small amount of asbestos, said David Noll, a law professor at Rutgers University in the United States."I can’t imagine Johnson & Johnson’s lawyers standing in front of the jury and preaching how safe their products are."He added, "If someone is involved in Johnson & Johnson products now, it will affect this person’s ability to sell other products in the future."
Wells Fargo said that this recall will lead to more lawsuits and prompt Johnson & Johnson to seek a broader settlement.. The settlement may cost Johnson & Johnson $2 billion to $6 billion.
On the market side, Johnson & Johnson’s share price plummeted yesterday, closing down 6.22% and offering $127.7 per share. At present, the market value of Johnson & Johnson is $337.021 billion.
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