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Johnson & Johnson Considers 3rd Bankruptcy for Talc Litigation

 

Johnson & Johnson may be filing for bankruptcy for a third time in an attempt to address its talc liabilities, this time under a different corporate structure. The pharmaceutical giant has twice failed at “Texas Two-Step” filings to resolve mass tort litigation against it. Roughly 51,000 lawsuits filed against Johnson & Johnson claim the company’s […]

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Chemotherapy/Chemo drugs, Immunotherapy, mesothelioma, Mesothelioma News, Treatment

Trial Shows Keytruda With Chemotherapy Superior to Chemo Alone

 

Results of a new phase 3 clinical trial published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology indicate that a chemoimmunotherapy regimen combining chemotherapy with immunotherapy drugs improves patient survival more than chemotherapy alone for pleural mesothelioma. Study researchers used pembrolizumab (Keytruda) alongside platinum and pemetrexed chemotherapy. Christina S. Baik, MD, MPH, reviewed the phase 3 trial […]

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Asbestos (general), asbestos exposure, Awareness/Advocacy, Mesothelioma News

Firefighters Union Advocates for Total U.S. Asbestos Ban

 

A representative of the International Association of Fire Fighters appeared before a congressional subcommittee recently to push for a total ban of asbestos in the United States. The IAFF represents thousands of firefighters in the U.S. and Canada. The labor union is supporting the Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2023, which would amend the […]

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Legislation Will Empower FDA to Address Asbestos in Makeup

 

Legislation aimed at providing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration with more oversight of the cosmetics industry is one step closer to being implemented. The FDA recently issued a draft guidance document as part of the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2022, also called MoCRA, highlighting key changes.  Among the industry changes include new […]

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Study Finds Link Between Asbestos Exposure and Autoimmune Conditions

 

Asbestos is widely known as an occupational hazard, but emerging evidence suggests that prolonged exposure to environmental asbestos could lead to severe autoimmune conditions, according to a study by Montana State University researchers. Microbiology and immunology research associate Dr. Jean Pfau and a team of researchers discovered the connection to a specific type of asbestos […]

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Libby Clinic Files for Bankruptcy After Asbestos Claims Ruling

 

The Center for Asbestos Related Disease in Libby, Montana, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The decision comes after a jury ruled in June that CARD had submitted 337 false asbestos claims, forcing the clinic to pay nearly $6 million in penalties and damages.  BNSF Railway filed the lawsuit against CARD under the federal […]

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Mesothelioma Baby Powder Lawsuit Costs J&J $18.8 Million

 

A jury has ruled that Johnson & Johnson must pay $18.8 million in monetary damages to a California man who developed mesothelioma after long-time exposure to the company’s talc-based baby powder. The decision was made following a six-week trial, the first centered around talcum powder that J&J has encountered in nearly two years. This comes […]

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J&J Files Sues Researchers Over Studies of Asbestos in Talc  

 

Johnson & Johnson is suing doctors who published studies connecting the company’s talc-based personal care products to cancer. LTL Management, a newly-formed subsidiary that absorbed J&J’s talc liability in 2021, filed the lawsuits in May and July in federal court.  The litigation is seeking monetary damages and a retraction and/or a correction over studies that […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Clinical Trials/Research/Emerging Treatments, mesothelioma, Mesothelioma 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 […]

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UK Parliament, Riddled With Asbestos, Faces Restoration Delays

 

Lawmakers say that Britain’s Palace of Westminster is at risk of demolition because the iconic and historic structure needs several costly repairs, including asbestos removal. Nearly 120 workers and other people inside the palace were potentially exposed to asbestos during a 2022 renovation in the speaker’s residential space. In addition to asbestos and its cancer […]

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Canadian Government Creates New Asbestos Abatement Rules

 

Beginning in January 2024, the Canadian province of British Columbia will be the first in that country to require asbestos abatement companies to have government-issued licenses to work. Canadian workers’ compensation statutory agency WorkSafeBC is developing requirements companies must meet to become fully licensed in the safe removal of asbestos. Canada banned asbestos in 2018, […]

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Australian Asbestos Ghost Town Cemetery Raises Questions

 

Western Australia’s most notorious ghost town known for widespread asbestos contamination and mesothelioma has been razed. But loved ones wonder how they can visit family and friends buried in the town’s cemetery. Demolition of the abandoned town of Wittenoom had begun in May after a brush fire in late 2022 destroyed the town’s few remaining […]

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