J & J Files Sues Researchers Over Studies of Asbestos in Talc   

Johnson & Johnson is suing doctors who published studies connecting the company’s talc-based personal care products to cancer. LTL Management, a newly-formed subsidiary that absorbed J&J’s talc liability in 2021, filed the lawsuits in May and July in federal court.  The litigation is seeking monetary damages and a retraction and/or a correction over studies that claimed the products contained talc tainted with asbestos and could cause people to develop mesothelioma cancer.  Attorney Mark Lanier represented 22 women in a successful talc lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson in 2018. He recently told a reporter from Chemistry World that he isn’t surprised by LTL’s latest legal action.  “This is an old tactic of J&J trying to squash scientific opinion through intimidation using its behemoth status,” Lanier said. “This was done in the 1970s when scientists tried to warn about J&J’s talc containing asbestos. I think this shows a level of audacity, if not desperation.” J&J’s most recent lawsuit targets Dr. Theresa Emory and Dr. John Maddox, two pathologists affiliated with Peninsula Pathology Associates in Newport News, Virginia. It also cites Dr. Richard Kradin, a now-retired pulmonologist who worked at Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center. Two months before this lawsuit, LTL also sued Dr. Jacqueline Moline of Northwell Health in Great Neck, New York, on similar grounds. Moline published an art...
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