Asbestos claims trusts won a court victory last week when the Delaware Supreme Court reversed an October chancery court ruling, stating that asbestos claims trusts cannot delete...
Read PostNew Study Probes Immunotherapy Before and After Mesothelioma Surgery
By: David Statman
August 4, 2026
A new study led by a team of Italian researchers is probing a new approach in treating resectable pleural mesothelioma, a form of the rare and deadly cancer that has proved a...
Read PostInsilico Medicine to Present AI-Designed Drug for Mesothelioma Treatment, FDA to Fast-Track
By: David Statman
July 30, 2026
The Boston-based biotechnology company Insilico Medicine announced this week that it will be presenting data from its first-in-human trial of a novel AI-designed drug – a...
Read PostStudents at Alexandria Senior High School in Alexandria, LA will be forced to begin their 2026-27 school year remotely after asbestos was unintentionally released during...
Read PostIllinois Court Upholds $45 Million Judgment Against Johnson & Johnson
By: David Statman
July 23, 2026
An appeals court in Cook County, Illinois upheld a $45 million judgment against the pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson last week, affirming a 2024 ruling that it was at...
Read PostResearchers at the University of Vermont published findings from a new trial showing that a new cancer drug produced a high level of disease control and improved survival rates in...
Read PostTalc Mining Company Barretts Minerals Pursues $450 Million Asbestos Trust Fund
By: Devin Golden
July 14, 2026
The talc mining and processing company Barretts Minerals is proceeding with a plan to create a $450 million asbestos trust fund to pay cancer victims who used the company’s...
Read PostAsbestos Recall Issued for Doorstops, Draught Excluders Sold at John Lewis
By: David Statman
July 13, 2026
The popular United Kingdom department store chain John Lewis made headlines this week when it issued a recall of 15 products sold at its locations during the last several years...
Read PostStudy Shows Pemetrexed and Platinum Effective As Second-Line Mesothelioma Treatment
By: David Statman
July 8, 2026
Researchers from the German MesoNet study published new findings on the combination of pemetrexed and platinum as a treatment for pleural mesothelioma, results that could shed new...
Read PostResults from a large, multi-center cohort study on the rare and deadly cancer mesothelioma showed that pain had a very large impact on patients’ quality of life. The study...
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