Johnson & Johnson Bankruptcy Talk: Q2 Earnings Soar, But Litigation Looms On Horizon
Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay nearly $19 million in damages by a California to a mesothelioma victim • The company has proposed a $8.9 billion settlement to end tens of thousands of cases and stop new ones from coming through • The stock declined at the news, but gained 6% at the…#johnsonjohnson # #healthcare #qaisvaluevaultkit #hernandez #erikhaas #babypowder #ltlmanagement #newjersey #chapter11 (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Judge orders Montana health clinic to pay nearly $6 million over false asbestos claims
The Montana clinic submitted hundreds of false asbestos claims. (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - July 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Judge orders Montana health clinic to pay nearly $6 million over false asbestos claims
A judge has ruled that a health clinic in a Montana town plagued by deadly asbestos contamination must pay the government almost $6 million in penalties and damages after submitting hundreds of false asbestos claims.#montana (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Researchers Use Marine Bacteria to Reduce Asbestos Toxicity
Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Earth and Environmental Science have found that bacteria from extreme marine environments may potentially detoxify asbestos. The process involves bioremediation, which is a branch of biotechnology that uses living organisms such as bacteria to remove contaminants or toxins from the environment.
The study found that marine microbes are a better option for asbestos bioremediation than soil bacteria or fungi that have been tested in the past. Researchers decided to try the microbes because they use inorganic compounds and can interact with several mine...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - July 18, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Fran Mannino Tags: Asbestos (general) Asbestos Exposure Source Type: news
EPA Finalizes Comprehensive Asbestos Reporting Rule
On July 6, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced its final rule requiring comprehensive reporting on asbestos. The new directive, issued under the Toxic Substances Control Act, requires importers and manufacturers of asbestos-related products to report use and exposure information from the past four years.
The reporting rule comes out of the EPA’s Risk Evaluation of Asbestos Part 2, which is focusing on legacy asbestos and disposal. This includes details about any products containing the carcinogenic mineral and applies to all six types of asbestos. Data acquired from this new rule will help inform and g...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - July 18, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Fran Mannino Tags: Asbestos (general) Asbestos Exposure Source Type: news
Johnson & Johnson Sues Doctors Over Studies Linking Talc-Based Products and Cancer
Johnson &Johnson has said its talc products don’t contain asbestos and has denied any wrongdoing. Johnson & Johnson is suing four doctors who published studies citing links between talc-based personal care products and cancer, saying they made false claims that damaged its reputation.#johnsonjohnson (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Jury Finds Libby CARD Clinic Guilty of Filing False Asbestos Health Claims
The Center for Asbestos Related Disease, located in a small Montana mining town and current asbestos Superfund site, is now entangled in fraudulent asbestos health claims costing the government more than a million dollars.
A federal jury ruled in late June that the CARD clinic in Libby, Montana, submitted 337 false asbestos claims that made patients eligible for Medicare and other benefits they should not have received.
BNSF Railway filed a lawsuit against the clinic under the federal False Claims Act in 2019, alleging CARD failed to get outside confirmation that more than 300 patients had an asbestos-related disease...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - July 11, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Fran Mannino Tags: Asbestos Exposure Legal Source Type: news
J & J Must Stop Claiming Plaintiff Support of $8.9B Talc Settlement
A federal bankruptcy judge ordered a lawyer for Johnson & Johnson to stop making unsubstantiated claims about support for an $8.9 billion settlement for talc victims without being able to back them up.
The order came during a multiday court hearing in late June in Trenton, New Jersey. Plaintiffs’ attorneys investigated Johnson & Johnson’s public statements that claimed the company had “secured commitments from over 60,000 current claimants” in support of the settlement.
Many plaintiffs claim Johnson’s Baby Powder and other products that contained toxic asbestos in their talcum powder caused ov...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - July 10, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Walter Pacheco Tags: Asbestos Exposure Legal Source Type: news
Health clinic in Montana Superfund town faces penalties for false asbestos claims
A health clinic in a Montana town plagued by deadly asbestos contamination faces millions of dollars in penalties after a jury found it submitted 337 false asbestos claims to the U.S. government (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - June 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Jury says health clinic in Montana Superfund town submitted 337 false asbestos claims
A federal jury has ruled that a health clinic in a Montana town where hundreds of people died from asbestos exposure submitted 337 false asbestos claims making its patients eligible for benefits such as Medicare (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - June 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Montana Superfund town’s health clinic submitted 337 false asbestos claims for patients, federal jury rules
Montana Superfund town’s health clinic submitted 337 false asbestos claims for patients, federal jury rules (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - June 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Montana Superfund town's health clinic accused of submitting false asbestos claims
A major railroad company is trying to convince a federal jury that a Montana clinic submitted hundreds of asbestos claims for people who weren’t sick, bilking taxpayer funds (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - June 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Superfund town's health clinic accused of submitting false asbestos claims
A major U.S. railroad found liable for spreading hazardous asbestos that killed hundreds of people in a Montana town is trying to convince a federal jury that a local clinic submitted hundreds of asbestos claims for people who weren’t sick, earning them lifetime government benefits and bilking…#montana #libby #bradblack #superfund #card #warrenbuffets #missoula #affordablecareact #medicare #maxbaucus (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Superfund town's health clinic accused of submitting false asbestos claims
A major railroad company is trying to convince a federal jury that a Montana clinic submitted hundreds of asbestos claims for people who weren’t sick and bilked taxpayer funds (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - June 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Phase 3 Keytruda, Chemotherapy Mesothelioma Trial Shows Promising Results
Pharmaceutical company Merck says use of its immunotherapy drug Keytruda in conjunction with chemotherapy increases the survival rate for people with advanced pleural mesothelioma, according to the latest results of a phase 3 clinical trial.
The results were announced in June at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. They showed Merck’s use of the anti-PD-1 treatment combined with chemotherapy reduced the patient’s risk of death by 21%.
Clinical trial results of the multimodal treatment using immunotherapy and chemo also showed a median overall survival of 17.3 months in comparison...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - June 26, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Fran Mannino Tags: Clinical Trials/Research/Emerging Treatments Mesothelioma Source Type: news
