What’s Ailing Johnson & Johnson?
ADMITTING PUBLICLY you have made “improper payments” in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. BEING SUED by the former head of your clinical trials in a whistleblowing lawsuit that alleges he was terminated because he raised safety concerns overdeaths and injuries caused by your products. BEING FORCED to divulge internal emails over a less-than-forthright Internet-based marketing campaign undertaken to try to blunt negative talk about your products. BEING ORDERED by a jury to pay $5 million in damages for the death of a one-year-old due to inadequate safety labeling on one of your most popular products. FACING A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT in Canada for negligent testing and marketing of your heartburn product which resulted in the death of a 15-year-old girl, among others. BEING SUED by the Attorney General of Texas for fraudulent dealing and improperly influencing a state employee to purchase more than $100 million of your product. HAVING A LABORATORY REPORT COME OUT that reported
