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J&J Win in First Trial Against Tylenol Skirts Defective Design Claim
2015-10-20 14:37:13| Food - Topix.net
Johnson & Johnson defeated a lawsuit claiming it had improperly designed its Tylenol pain reliever in the first case to go to trial over the link between the widely used over-the-counter drug and liver damage, according to a J&J spokesman. Jurors in New Jersey concluded that Regina Jackson, a state employee who said she spent a week in the hospital after overdosing on Extra Strength Tylenol, failed to prove her case, according to J&J spokesman Jake Sargent.
Cybersecurity and the Tylenol Murders
2015-06-02 07:51:28| Biotech - Topix.net
HughPickens.com writes: Cindy Cohn writes at EFF that when a criminal started lacing Tylenol capsules with cyanide in 1982, Johnson & Johnson quickly sprang into action to ensure consumer safety. It increased its internal production controls, recalled the capsules, offered an exchange for tablets, and within two months started using triple-seal tamper-resistant packaging.
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Drug maker pleads guilty to selling children's Tylenol laced with carcinogenic heavy metals
2015-04-08 09:47:21| Biotech - Topix.net
Johnson & Johnson, maker of Children's Tylenol and Motrin, has pleaded guilty to charges it sold contaminated products to consumers. As reported by the Philadelphia Inquirer , the company has agreed to pay a massive fine - $25 million - after pleading guilty to a single criminal count in federal court over poor manufacturing practices at its Fort Washington facility.
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Manufacturer Of Tylenol Pleads Guilty To Selling Liquid Medicine...
2015-03-12 04:27:09| Biotech - Topix.net
McNeil Consumer Healthcare, the Johnson & Johnson subsidiary that makes Tylenol, filed a guilty plea to a federal district court in Philadelphia of selling liquid medicine contaminated with metal. The drug maker also agreed to pay a fine of $25 million to the US Department of Justice for selling adulterated medication for children and infants.
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J&J fined $20M over metal bits in Tylenol
2015-03-11 01:05:04| Food - Topix.net
Johnson & Johnson's McNeil Consumer Healthcare division pleaded guilty to one criminal count Tuesday in federal court in Philadelphia and will pay a $20 million fine for poor manfacturing practices involving children's Tylenol and other products. The plea related to metal particles ending up in children's liquid medicine, produced at the company's plant in Fort Washington, Montgomery County.