Johnson & Johnson, founded in 1886, makes and sells medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and consumer health products. Headquartered in New Brunswick, N.J., the company operates over 250 subsidiary ...

Johnson & Johnson has proposed to pay almost $9bn to resolve tens of thousands of lawsuits it faces in North America that claim its baby powder and other talc-based products cause cancer.

Johnson & Johnson has strongly denied those ... the firm faced more than 13,000 lawsuits over contamination of its talc-based products, including baby powder, with cancer-causing asbestos.

baby powder and other personal care products. It follows years of lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson and other companies alleging links between talc-based baby powder and cancer. Despite the ...