Johnson & Johnson Inc.

Jury awards $8 million in suit over Johnson & Johnson metal hip

2013-03-08 10:44:00

A Los Angeles jury Friday ordered healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson to pay $8 million�in damages�to a retired prison guard who said he was injured by the company's defective artificial hip. But in a victory for�the company,�the 12-member jury...

Closing arguments to begin in Johnson & Johnson hip trial in L.A.

2013-02-28 06:00:00

Closing arguments are set to begin Thursday in Los Angeles in a high-stakes trial where healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson is accused of negligence in designing and marketing a once-popular artificial hip. The case in Los Angeles County Superior Court...

Michael Hiltzik: Lap-Band maker Allergan wants it both ways

2011-01-23 00:00:00

This year is shaping up as a gratifying one for Allergan, the big Irvine company known for Botox and breast implants. The leading manufacturer of gastric bands, which are surgically implanted around the stomach to suppress the appetite of extremely...

Albert M. Kligman dies at 93; dermatologist developed acne, wrinkle treatments and experimented on prisoners

2010-02-24 00:00:00

Dr. Albert M. Kligman, a dermatologist who developed the acne drug Retin-A and the antiwrinkle cream Renova but who may be remembered primarily for a series of experiments on prisoners that led to major reforms in the U.S. medical testing establishment,...

Johnson & Johnson heiress Casey Johnson found dead in Los Angeles

2010-01-04 21:33:47

LAPD seeks cause of death of Johnson & Johnson heiress Casey Johnson

2010-01-05 16:33:50

Despite her life of privilege, socialite Casey Johnson struggled in the fast lane

2010-01-06 00:00:00

Casey Johnson was an heiress to one of the world's great fortunes, grew up privileged in Manhattan with socialite sisters Paris and Nicky Hilton and eventually moved to Los Angeles, where she became a familiar face on the Hollywood party scene. But...

Items every traveler's first-aid kit should contain

2008-02-03 00:00:00

What should every traveler's first-aid kit contain? Here is a list of items recommended by Dr. Brian Terry, a specialist in travel medicine who practices at the Healthy Traveler Clinic in Pasadena, and Dr. Christopher Van Tilburg, an emergency and...

A bitter pill for Big Pharma

2008-01-27 00:00:00

The strategy that has made the pharmaceutical industry one of the wealthiest and most powerful on Earth is finally starting to betray it. Beginning in just a few weeks, and continuing over the next several years, some of the biggest-selling and most...

Mining for gymnastics gold at a Texas ranch

2008-05-11 00:00:00

NEW WAVERLY, Texas -- There are no lions and tigers and bears (probably) at the Karolyi Ranch deep inside Sam Houston National Forest. No, but these 2,000 acres are full of camels, red deer, cows, bulls, peacocks, white swans, black ones too, seven dogs...

Daily Briefing

2006-10-12 00:00:00

Start your day with the latest health headlines. Each morning, you'll find links to the newest articles on medicine, health and wellness -- the information you need to stay informed. -------------------- A genetic match to the strain responsible for...

Set our Super Heroes(TM) free

2006-03-26 00:00:00

TICKETS TO THE California Science Center's latest exhibit, "Marvel Super Heroes Science Exhibition," sell for $6.75 and up. But there's one lesson the exhibition offers free of charge to anyone who wanders by the museum, and it's not about science. The...

Retired prison guard Loren Kransky, 65, left, sued Johnson & Johnson's DePuy orthopedic unit and claimed he was injured by a defective artificial hip that was recalled by the company in 2010.

2013-03-01 00:00:00

Michael Kelly, an attorney for patient Loren Kransky, holds up an ASR hip implant during a state court trial in Los Angeles involving healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson.

2013-02-27 18:48:00

Johnson & Johnson introduced new packaging in November 1982 after seven people were murdered when Tylenol capsules were tampered with and cyanide was added to the product.

2012-09-24 14:34:33