In a bid to put litigation over the safety of its talc products into the rearview mirror, Johnson & Johnson has added another $1.1 billion to its settlement offer, according to media reports.

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has published a new assessment of talc’s potential to cause cancer, concluding that is it ‘probably carcinogenic’ to humans.

Specifically the case relates to over 62,000 plaintiffs who say JNJ’s baby powder and other talc products were contaminated with asbestos, which led to cancers. Bloomberg reported in December ...

Johnson & Johnson faces accusations that voting improprieties led 82% of an estimated 93,000 talc claimants to support the plan. A critical trial in Johnson & Johnson’s talcum powder bankruptcy ...