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Mesothelioma Immunotherapy Receives Orphan Drug Designation

 

A novel therapy for mesothelioma has been given orphan drug designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.  Avenge Bio, a biotechnology company working on a new treatment platform for immunotherapy, announced it was granted the designation for its drug  AVB-001 in June. It is currently enrolling patients in ongoing phase 1 and phase 2 […]

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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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J&J Must Stop Claiming Plaintiff Support of $8.9B Talc Settlement

 

A federal bankruptcy judge ordered a lawyer for Johnson & Johnson to stop making unsubstantiated claims about support for an $8.9 billion settlement for talc victims without being able to back them up.  The order came during a multiday court hearing in late June in Trenton, New Jersey. Plaintiffs’ attorneys investigated Johnson & Johnson’s public […]

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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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CARD Clinic in Libby Designated as Center of Excellence   

 

Lawmakers in Montana have declared the Center for Asbestos Related Diseases, also known as the CARD Clinic, as a Center of Excellence. The Montana House of Representatives passed a resolution in May 2023 recognizing the clinic’s importance. Lawmakers say the clinic based in Libby, Montana, played a significant role in an asbestos contamination Superfund that […]

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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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New UMD Study Shows How Mesothelioma Can Spread

 

Researchers at the University of Maryland are getting a better idea of why mesothelioma takes decades to develop in the body. In a 2023 paper published in the journal Environmental Research, a team of researchers at the University of Maryland found that understanding mesothelioma involves the way immune cells “sense” and interact with particles around […]

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New FDA Guidelines in Place to Keep Asbestos Out of Cosmetics

 

The Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2022, known as MoCRA, is the most significant measure taken in nearly 100 years to keep items most people use every day safe. Not since the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act was passed in 1938 has there been such a sweeping piece of legislation. According to the […]

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Former Talc Supplier Whittaker, Clark & Daniels Files for Bankruptcy

 

Whittaker, Clark & Daniels, a defunct talc supplier, is filing for Chapter 11 protection after a recent $29 million verdict in South Carolina and hundreds of lawsuits filed against the company.  The lawsuits claim the company’s products are contaminated with asbestos, which caused plaintiffs to develop mesothelioma and other asbestos-related conditions. Reports show a Richland […]

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