Becton Dickinson & Co. News

Becton Dickinson & Co. will pay more than $1 billion to resolve more than 38,000 lawsuits alleging medical patients suffered damaged organs from surgical mesh improperly used to treat hernias, according to people familiar with the deal who weren’t authorized …

Becton Dickinson & Co. has agreed to settle the vast majority of the thousands of lawsuits claiming hernia patients were harmed by improper surgical mesh made by units of the medical technology giant, ending one of the largest current mass-tort …