...years a torrent of lawsuits against Old Consumer and J&J alleging Johnson's Baby Powder has caused ovarian cancer and mesothelioma. Some of those suits succeeded in verdicts, some failed (outright or on appeal), and others settled. But more followed into the tens of thousands.
With mounting payouts and litigation costs, Old Consumer, through a series of...1894. It became particularly popular, being used by or on hundreds of millions of people at all stages of life.
J&J has not always sold baby powder directly, though. In 1979, it transferred all assets associated with its Baby Products division, including Johnson's Baby Powder, to Johnson &Johnson Baby Products Company ("J&J Baby Products"), a wholly owned subsidiary (the "1979 Spin-Off"). A series of...("J&J"), sold healthcare products with iconic names branded on consumers' consciousness-Band-Aid, Tylenol, Aveeno, and Listerine, to list but a few. It also produced Johnson's Baby Powder, equally...