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Johnson & Johnson

US healthcare company headquartered in New Brunswick, New Jersey. It formerly sold talc based baby powder and faces litigation alleging its talc products caused ovarian cancer and mesothelioma, which it denies.

TypeCompany
Also known asJ&J
JurisdictionUnited States
SEC CIK0000200406
Official websitehttps://www.jnj.com
Matters on record1

Claims and responses

Has Johnson & Johnson been held liable for cancer claims over its talc products?No, liability was not determined. Verified 30 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. Third Circuit orders dismissal of first LTL bankruptcy. matter
  2. Third Circuit affirms dismissal of second LTL bankruptcy. matter
  3. Red River Talc bankruptcy dismissed in Texas. matter
  4. Judge Shipp dismisses, without prejudice and with leave to amend, a suit alleging the bankruptcy strategy was fraudulent. matter
  5. MDL court orders all plaintiffs to show cause why their cases should not be dismissed for lack of admissible specific causation evidence. matter
  6. J&J announces proposed $5.5 billion ovarian talc settlement. matter
  7. MDL deadlines held in abeyance with biweekly participation reports, as reported. matter

Sources for this profile

  1. Johnson & Johnson via SEC EDGAR, Johnson & Johnson press release on proposed resolution of ovarian talc litigation (Exhibit 99.1 to Form 8-K)

Profile last verified 30 October 2026. Johnson & Johnson can submit documents or a response through right of reply. Submissions are published as the subject's position and do not change what the records show.