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A California jury ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay a record $966 million in damages to the family of Mae Moore, who blamed her mesothelioma on lifelong use of the company's talc baby powder, marking the largest verdict in a 15-year legal battle over the product's alleged health risks. J&J plans to appeal the decision.
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has agreed to settle a lawsuit alleging that its discontinued heartburn drug Zantac caused cancer, preventing the first such case from going to trial next month. The settlement was reached with Californian resident James Goetz, who says he developed bladder cancer from taking the drug. GSK did not admit any liability and said it would vigorously defend itself in any other Zantac cases. The trial was due to start on July 24, the first test of how Zantac cancer claims would fare before a jury.