In New Jersey, Johnson & Johnson was ordered to pay $186 million to four plaintiffs in a 2020 lawsuit that claimed baby powder caused their cancer.

In April, Johnson & Johnson’s shareholders voted against a proposal to stop sales of the talc baby powder in global markets such as Asia and South America — a request that had been fueled by ...

Johnson & Johnson also said last fall that it would turn its consumer health business — which sold the baby powder, Band-Aid bandages and other products — into a separate publicly traded company.

Johnson & Johnson announced on Thursday that it will end global sales of talc-based baby powder and transition to an all cornstarch-based portfolio by 2023.

Since the lawsuits have surfaced, Johnson & Johnson said it has stopped selling its baby powder product. The company has set aside almost $4 billion for settling future talcum powder lawsuits.

In 2018, a Missouri court ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay nearly $4.7 billion to 22 women claiming asbestos in the company’s talcum powder was linked to their cases of ovarian cancer.

Johnson & Johnson is ending production of its iconic talc-based Johnson’s Baby Powder, which has been embroiled in thousands of lawsuits claiming it caused cancer. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File) AP ...

Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday said that it's ready to pay $8.9 billion over lawsuits regarding its talc-based baby powder, a move the company hopes will resolve claims and suits over the product's ...

Pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson announced Thursday that it will stop selling talc-based baby powder in 2023. The company said that the switch from talc-based to cornstarch-based baby ...

Johnson & Johnson announced in 2020 that it would stop selling its talc-based baby powder in the USA and Canada. Corn-based baby powder is still available, and the talc-based product continues to ...

Johnson & Johnson JNJ 0.26% has tentatively agreed to pay about $700 million to settle an investigation brought by more than 40 states into the marketing of its talcum-based baby powder, a J&J ...