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The US Court ordered Johnson & Johnson body care products to pay $ 4.7 billion in damages to 22 women claiming they contracted ovarian cancer because of their use of its talc products.
The US state court in Misuri ruled that the company had to pay $ 550 million of initial duties, adding $ 4.1 billion in damages, the BBC reports.
For six weeks of trial, women and their families said: have been infected with ovarian cancer after decades of using baby powder and other talc products . Their attorneys have claimed that in the company since the 1970s, they knew that their speech was polluted by asbestos, but they did not warn consumers of the risks.
J & J killed these allegations, pointing out that their products do not contain asbestos and do not cause cancer. The pharmaceutical giant pointed out that several studies have shown that the discussion is safe, pointing out that the verdict was the result of an "unfair process" and expressed disappointment with the verdict and announced a complaint
various samples talc, including J & J. The research was conducted from 2009 to 2010 and asbestos was not found in any cause, writes the BBC.
The total amount of damages of $ 4.7 billion is the highest in the trials where J & J confronts that its products caused
last year a state court California's US court ordered damages of $ 417 million to a woman who claimed to have had ovarian cancer after using J & J's products, including baby powder. The judge later overturned the verdict.
Currently, nine thousand legal proceedings against his famous baby powder are being conducted against a pharmaceutical giant, notes the BBC.
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