The family of Henrietta Lacks settles lawsuit with Novartis over use of her cells, marking a turning point in fight for ...
A long overdue reckoning for Henrietta Lacks — the Black woman whose cancer cells led to breakthroughs in the field but were harvested without her consent — has been slow but steady in recent years.
Novartis has settled a suit by Henrietta Lacks' estate alleging the pharmaceutical giant unjustly profited off cells were ...
Ms. Lacks’s family accused Novartis of profiting from her cells, which were taken from her without her consent in 1951, when ...
On October 4, 1951, Henrietta Lacks died. But her cells didn't. Over 50,000,000 tons have since been produced worldwide.
It’s the second settlement in lawsuits filed by the estate that accused biomedical businesses of reaping rewards from a ...
More than 70 years after Henrietta Lacks’ cells were taken without her knowledge, one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies has agreed to settle with her family. Novartis has resolved a ...
Novartis is the second drug company to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of a woman whose cells have enabled huge advances in science.
In a little-noticed move, Novartis last week settled a lawsuit by the estate of Henrietta Lacks, resolving claims that it profited from using her "immortal" cells without permission.
Pharmaceutical giant Novartis has reached a settlement with the estate of Henrietta Lacks, whose harvested cells transformed ...
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