J&J agrees to pay $8.9b over cancer claims
美国强生公司拟支付89亿美元赔款解决产品致癌索赔
Johnson & Johnson said on Tuesday it had agreed to pay $8.9 billion to tens of thousands of people who claimed the company’s talcum powder products caused cancer.
美国强生公司近日表示，已同意向数万名声称该公司滑石粉产品致癌的人支付89亿美元。
The proposed settlement would be paid out over 25 years through a subsidiary, which filed for bankruptcy to enable the $8.9 billion trust, Johnson & Johnson said in a court filing.
强生在一份法庭文件中称，拟议中的和解协议将通过一家子公司在25年内支付，该子公司申请破产，以启用89亿美元的信托。
If a bankruptcy court approves it, the agreement will resolve all current and future claims involving Johnson & Johnson products that contain talc, such as baby powder.
该公司表示，如果破产法院批准，该协议将解决目前和未来涉及强生产品中含有滑石粉的所有索赔，如婴儿爽身粉。
The first filing had set aside $2 billion for payouts to plaintiffs. With the new filing, Johnson & Johnson said it would set aside an additional $6.9 billion to cover the payouts.
LTL Management公司的第一次破产申请拨出了20亿美元用于支付原告。在新的申请中，强生公司表示将额外留出69亿美元用于支付这些费用。
J&J isn’t admitting any wrongdoing as part of the proposed settlement, a point company executives emphasized in a Tuesday statement that maintained the claims “are specious and lack scientific merit.”
在拟议的和解协议中，强生没有承认任何不当行为，公司高管在4日的声明中强调了这一点，称这些指控“似是而非，缺乏科学依据”。
The company is facing more than 40,000 lawsuits from former customers who say using its talc-based baby powder caused cancer, including some who allege the product contained cancer-causing asbestos.
该公司正面临来自前客户的4万多起诉讼，这些客户称使用其滑石粉婴儿爽身粉会导致癌症，其中一些人声称该产品含有致癌石棉。
It announced plans to end sales of its talc-based baby powder globally in 2023.
该公司宣布计划于2023年在全球停止销售其滑石粉婴儿爽身粉。
