Judge orders J&J CEO be questioned over defense of baby powder

A Missouri judge has ordered Johnson & Johnson CEO Alex Gorsky to submit to questioning by lawyer Mark Lanier about the basis for his public statements that the company’s talc-based powder does not contain asbestos and does not pose a health risk, Bloomberg reports. Gorksy questioned on a call with analysts in July the medical premise that talc in the baby powder caused the development of ovarian cancer, the report notes.
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