Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay man $8bn over breast growth

Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay man $8bn over breast growth

US drug firm Johnson & Johnson

has been told to pay $8bn (£6.6bn) in punitive damages to a man over claims he was not warned that an anti-psychotic drug could lead to breast growth.

A Philadelphia jury

made the award to Nicholas Murray, 26, whose case was one of thousands pending in the state.

His lawyers

argued J&J’s subsidiary Janssen put “profits over patients” in marketing the drug Risperdal.

BBC News

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-49982237