US EditionTexas AG sues makers of Tylenol over hiding alleged links to autism
- On Tuesday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit accusing Johnson & Johnson and Kenvue of concealing evidence that Tylenol may increase autism risk when taken during pregnancy.
- Last month, President Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. updated guidance advising pregnant women against acetaminophen, sparking controversy as major medical associations rejected the claims.
- Ashley Keller, who leads the consolidated cases, said dozens of personal-injury plaintiffs are in the federal multidistrict litigation, but a judge recently excluded the expert witnesses she planned to present, and that ruling is on appeal to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
- The lawsuit accuses Kenvue of being spun off to shield Johnson & Johnson's assets, and Paxton said `This is about corporate deception and protecting Texas families` as it seeks civil penalties and tens of billions in damages under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act.
- Large Swedish sibling study covering 2.5 million children found links disappear under sibling controls, while major medical associations dispute causal claims, and the FDA continues to list acetaminophen as safest during pregnancy.
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Ken Paxton claims manufacturers “lied for decades” about the drug causing autism when taken during pregnancy—which health officials have rejected.
Ken Paxton, the Texas Attorney General, sued Tylenol manufacturers on Tuesday, claiming that the companies concealed the risks of the drug on the brain development in children. The lawsuit is the most recent consequence of President Donald Trump’s claim last month that the use of Tylenol during pregnancy can cause autism. That link is unverified. Paxton filed the lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson, who sold Tylenol for decades, and Kenvue, a deri…
The Texas Attorney General accused the companies behind Tylenol on Tuesday of misleadingly marketing analgesics to pregnant mothers in a lawsuit that claims without proof that early exposure to acetaminophen increases the risk of autism and other disorders.
Paxton Sues Pharmaceutical Companies for 'Deceptively Marketing Tylenol to Pregnant Mothers'
by Natalia Mittelstadt Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) on Tuesday announced that his office has filed a lawsuit against pharmaceutical companies for “deceptively marketing Tylenol to pregnant mothers.” The lawsuit was filed Monday against Johnson & Johnson and Kenvue for marketing the drug to pregnant mothers “despite knowing that early exposure to acetaminophen, Tylenol’s only active ingredient, leads to a significantly increased risk o…
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