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Johnson & Johnson Ends 2011 Just At It Began -- By Recalling More Stuff
By Chris Morran on December 22, 2011 1:30 PM
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After more than a year of near-constant recalls, the folks at Johnson & Johnson's McNeil Labs aren't finished yet. This time, it's a mere 12 million bottles of Motrin that are being recalled from store shelves because the pills may not dissolve as quickly as they are supposed to. More »
O.B. Finally Apologizes To America For Tampon Shortage (With A Catch)
By Chris Morran on December 8, 2011 1:30 PM
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Last week, we told you the folks at o.b. tampons had issued an oddball, tongue-in-cheek apology in the form of a cheeseball ballad, complete with customizable video, for the many months that their products were off store shelves. Only problem was, that apology — and the coupon that came with it — was only available to Canadian shoppers. More »
O.B. Tampons Apologizes To Canadian Customers... In Song Form
By Chris Morran on December 2, 2011 4:45 PM
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As many of you may remember from this time last year, o.b. tampons became one of many Johnson & Johnson products to disappear from store shelves. And for many, many months, store shelves remained o.b.-free, until they gradually began showing up in the spring. Now the tampon makers are saying "we're sorry"... at least to its Canadian customers. More »
Exxon Mobil Is The Most Profitable American Business By A Long Shot
By Chris Morran on May 5, 2011 1:15 PM
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This year's Fortune 500 list is out, and while Walmart's $421 billion in revenue may have beaten out Exxon Mobil's paltry $354 billion, the oil giant beat out Big W where it matters most, profits. According to Fortune, the crude colossus made a whopping $30.4 billion in profits last year, nearly double what Walmart made and over $10.5 billion more than the next most profitable company on the list. More »
Johnson & Johnson's Prescription Drugs Stink Too: 57,000 Bottles Of Topamax Recalled
By Chris Morran on April 15, 2011 10:45 AM
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If you thought Johnson & Johnson's McNeil Labs division — the folks behind all of these recalled over-the-counter drugs — was the only branch of the company capable of creating stinky meds, you were wrong, as J&J has announced a recall of two lots of its prescription anitconvulsant Topamax for that now-classic "uncharacteristic odor." More »
Johnson & Johnson Settles With SEC & DOJ For $70 Million For Bribing Doctors Overseas, Paying Kickbacks To Iraq
By Chris Morran on April 8, 2011 1:15 PM
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Johnson & Johnson may have been eliminated from the Worst Company In America tournament, but the company's craptastic year continues, as J&J has settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission and Dept. of Justice over allegations that it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by illegally bribing doctors in Europe and paying kickbacks to Iraq... At least it wasn't another product recall. More »
Worst Company In America Sweet 16: Johnson & Johnson Vs. WellPoint
By consumerist.com on April 1, 2011 12:00 PM
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In honor of April 1, we present this WCIA faceoff between a pair of fools — One that makes medicines no one can sell and the other that takes your insurance premium but offers you no insurance. More »
Johnson & Johnson Keeps The Tylenol Recall Express Rolling
By Chris Morran on March 30, 2011 2:29 PM
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In advance of its Worst Company In America Sweet 16 bout against WellPoint, Johnson & Johnson has given us all a reminder of why they made the list to begin with, announcing yet another recall of a Tylenol product. More »
Meet Your Worst Company In America Sweet 16!
By consumerist.com on March 25, 2011 12:00 PM
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After eight days and 16 first round battles, the WCIA steel cage is littered with the bones of those companies not crappy enough to continue on in the tournament. But the thrill of victory is fleeting for the remaining combatants, all of whom must square off again if they hope of crowning themselves the Worst Company In America! More »
Worst Company In America Round One: CVS Vs. Johnson & Johnson
By consumerist.com on March 22, 2011 3:00 PM
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Here's an interesting battle between a drugstore chain and the drug company whose products line the chain's shelves — or at least they used to before they were all recalled. More »
Government To Take Control Of Three Tylenol Plants
By Chris Morran on March 11, 2011 11:15 AM
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Following a slew of recalls that seemed to have pulled just about every Tylenol product from store shelves, three Johnson & Johnson plants responsible for the recalled goods are being put under the supervision of the FDA. More »
Johnson & Johnson Recalls Even More Tylenol, Benadryl, Sudafed & Sinutab
By Chris Morran on January 18, 2011 12:43 PM
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The new year isn't starting well for Johnson & Johnson. First, the OTC drug giant gets sued by the state of Oregon over allegations of a phantom Motrin recall. And now its McNeil Labs division has issued the latest in a lengthy list of actual recalls. This time, it's for certain lots of Tylenol 8 Hour, Tylenol Arthritis Pain, Tylenol upper respiratory products, Benadryl, Sudafed PE, and Sinutab products distributed in the United States, the Caribbean, and Brazil. More »
Latest Rolaids Recall Gives Johnson & Johnson Heartburn
By Chris Morran on December 10, 2010 4:15 PM
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Two weeks after recalling some cherry flavored Rolaids softchews for "uncharacteristic consistency or texture," Johnson & Johnson's beleaguered McNeil Laboratories division has issued a slightly larger Rolaids recall. And by "slightly," we mean all lots of Rolaids Extra Strength Softchews, Extra Strength plus Gas Softchews, and Multi-Symptom plus Anti-Gas Softchews. More »
The Johnson & Johnson Recall Wheel Lands On Mylanta
By Chris Morran on December 1, 2010 5:07 PM
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Because it has apparently already recalled every possible product made by its McNeil Labs division, Johnson & Johnson has moved over to its Merck products for its latest recall. This time, J&J has issued a recall on 12 Mylanta liquid products and one Alternagel product for trace amounts of alcohol that weren't properly labeled on the packaging. More »
Even More Tylenol Recalled Over Musty Odor
By Chris Morran on October 19, 2010 11:05 AM
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Johnson & Johnson's 2010 continues to stink — literally — as the company announced yet another recall of its Tylenol painkiller over complaints of a musty/moldy odor. More »
FDA Does Spit-Take Over Mouthwash Labels Saying They Fight Gum Disease
By Ben Popken on September 29, 2010 11:00 AM
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The FDA just smacked the taste out of the mouths of Johnson & Johnson, Walgreens and CVS over advertising that their mouthwash fights gum disease, without having science to prove it. More »
Plant Under Investigation Giving Johnson & Johnson Indigestion
By Mary Beth Quirk on July 25, 2010 12:54 PM
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If the shuttering of a Tylenol plant gave Johnson & Johnson a headache, this most recent investigation into a factory that makes Pepcid, Immodium and Mylanta is surely giving the company a case of sour stomach (get it? Medicine jokes!).The Lancaster, Pa. plant was issued a Form 483 by the FDA earlier this month, and now a new report indicates 12 violations of good manufacturing processes. More »
Another Johnson & Johnson Plant Under Investigation
By Mary Beth Quirk on July 17, 2010 12:03 PM
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The hits just keep on coming for Johnson & Johnson — on the heels of the news that the company would be closing down and laying off some 300 employees at the Philadelphia-area factory that was churning out musty, yucky pills, another plant in Lancaster, Pa., failed to receive a clean bill of health after an inspection by the Food and Drug Administration. More »
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Factory That Made Moldy, Barfy Recalled Tylenol Closes For Upgrades, 300 Lose Jobs
By Laura Northrup on July 16, 2010 8:00 AM
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Johnson & Johnson announced late yesterday that they will lay off most of the employees of the Philadelphia-area factory that produced the controversial musty, stinky pills recalled earlier this year. Staff have been on full pay and benefits since the plant shut down in April, but the controversial (that is: filthy) facility will close down for upgrades until some undefined point in 2011. More »
Johnson & Johnson Hit With Fraud And Racketeering Lawsuits Over Tylenol Recalls
By Chris Walters on July 12, 2010 11:30 AM
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The only thing more certain than stinky Tylenol this year is that there would be a lawsuit from consumers at some point, and now it's happened. Five times, in fact. They've been filed against Johnson & Johnson's McNeil Consumer Healthcare unit and seek class action status, and accuse J&J/McNeil of failing to properly recall the bad drugs and of failing to adequately compensate consumers. More »
