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J&J Uses ‘Rare’ Legal Challenge in Bid to Delay Lawsuits Alleging Tylenol Caused Autism

Johnson & Johnson filed a “rare type of legal challenge” that if granted, would put a temporary hold on a class action lawsuit filed against the drugmaker by parents alleging Tylenol caused autism spectrum disorder or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children.

Johnson & Johnson (J&J) filed a “rare type of legal challenge” that if granted, would put a temporary hold on a class action lawsuit filed by parents against the drugmaker alleging Tylenol, made by J&J subsidiary McNeil Consumer Healthcare, caused autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children.

J&J earlier this month filed a motion for an interlocutory appeal in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York after a federal judge, on April 20, denied the company’s bid for a preemption order to dismiss a series of lawsuits filed by parents against the company and other pharmaceutical companies and drugstore chains that make or sell Tylenol and other drugs containing acetaminophen.

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