Johnson & Johnson Ordered to Pay $8 Billion to Man Who Developed Breasts After Taking Risperdal

It's the latest legal blow for the company

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It’s shaping up to be an expensive few years for Johnson & Johnson.

On Oct. 9, a Philadelphia judge ordered the pharmaceutical and CPG behemoth to pay $8 billion to 26-year-old Nicholas Murray, who claimed that Risperdal, an anti-psychotic drug manufactured by J&J’s pharmaceutical subsidiary Janssen, made him grow breasts.

Murray’s lawyers claimed Johnson & Johnson did not properly warn that breast growth could be a side effect of the drug, and argued the company put “profits over patients” in marketing Risperdal.

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