Reportedly new about asbestos issues for years regarding talc baby powder and failed to tell FDA - press
- Documents indicate J&J successfully made efforts to influence FDA plans on talc regulation
- Earliest mentions in documents go as far back as 1957-1958
- Had placed asbestos scientists on a list of what the documents refer to as 'antagonistic personalities'
- Spokesperson in response to report: any suggestion that J&J knew or hid information about talc safety is false