Johnson & Johnson is exposed to $ 8.9 billion to resolve the issue of cancer
The huge US pharmaceutical company “Johnson & Johnson” on Tuesday offered an agreement worth $ 8.9 billion to end all the business against it in North America, regarding the sale of talcum powder responsible for cancer. According to a statement issued by the group, the agreement still approved by a court will be “fair and effective in all complaints, suggesting that talcum powder contains asbestos that causes ovarian cancer.” The company said the agreement “does not form a confession”, emphasizing that its products containing talcum powder are “safe”, although it has drawn from the North American markets. According to “Johnson & Johnson”, the agreement has announced, and the paid by a company that has been associated with the giant group over 25 years, “will terminate all current and future complaints about talking.” 60 thousand plaintiffs, the company indicated that more than 60,000 claimants agreed to such a solution to judicial conflict. “The company still believes that these complaints are unfounded and do not have scientific merit,” says Johnson & Johnson, a legitimate official in Johnson & Johnson, but this agreement will allow the plaintiffs within a reasonable time. ” In June 2021, after years of litigation, a judicial order from Johnson and Johnson was issued to pay off $ 2.1 billion. And an appeal court in the US state of Missouri believed that the group ‘deliberately sells products containing asbestos for consumers’, which caused ‘strong physical and psychological suffering’. As it continues to pay his innocence, Johnson & Johnson announced in May 2020 that the sale of this powder, which contains talk in the United States and Canada, which is countries where sales have decreased as a result of changing customs and lack of confidence in consumers. Also read: