Johnson & Johnson risks UK lawsuit over talc cancer claim
The Peninsula
London: UK claimants announced on Wednesday legal action against US pharmaceutical and cosmetics giant Johnson Johnson, alleging that women diagnose...
London: UK claimants announced on Wednesday legal action against US pharmaceutical and cosmetics giant Johnson & Johnson, alleging that women diagnosed with cancers were exposed to asbestos in the company's talcum powder.
J&J risks UK court action for the first time over the allegations, having faced a series of similar lawsuits in North America.
KP Law, the firm representing about 2,000 claimants, said "women who have been diagnosed with life-changing and life-limiting cancers were exposed to asbestos contained within the company's talcum powder".
In response Erik Haas, J&J's worldwide vice president of litigation, said "Johnson & Johnson takes the issue of talc safety incredibly seriously and always has".
Haas added that J&J's own analysis found an absence of asbestos contamination in its products and said "independent science makes clear that talc is not associated with the risk of ovarian cancer nor mesothelioma".
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