Johnson & Johnson paid $ 2.1bn in talc cancer cases after being rejected by Supreme Court

Johnson & Johnson should pay $ 2.1bn in damages to women claiming their cervical cancer and asbestos in infant formula, the United States Supreme Court has refused to review the case.

The ruling was a major one against the company, which has been embroiled in a series of lawsuits and lost several cases in which thousands of people are said to have caused the cancer. The request denied Tuesday concerns a case filed in Missouri in 2018 involving 22 women.

“The court’s decision not to review Ingham’s case has left important answers to the cases that federal and federal courts continue to face,” J&J said, adding that “decades of independent scientific research that Johnson’s Baby Powder is safe, free of toxins, and does not cause cancer. ”

Last year, the company said it would stop selling its infant powder in the US and Canada after sales fell by 60 percent in three years.

Supreme Court judges upheld Missouri court ruling when court ordered J&J to pay $ 4.7bn on the damage, although the penalty was later reduced to $ 2.12bn.

In November, a Missouri court refused to hear J&J’s appeal, and filed an appeal with the country’s highest court. The manufacturer said that by combining several flour-related cases before judges, the lawsuit violated J&J’s rights under U.S. law.

The price of the J&J share fell by 1.6 percent Tuesday morning in New York after it was announced that it would not have the opportunity to appeal the dispute and would instead have to pay the fine.

Several US business groups including the Business Roundtable and the US Chamber of Commerce had supported the request.

Talcum powder is made from a mineral called talc, which, naturally, contains asbestos, a substance that can cause cancer. The medical industry colluded in 1976 to ensure that all talc products were free of asbestos.