Abbott, which makes Similac, and Reckitt Benckiser, which makes Enfamil ... but that specialized formula is often the only ...

NEC has substantial racial disparity.” Mead Johnson disputes its product, Enfamil Premature Infant Formula 24 Cal, caused Chance’s NEC. They noted all of the neonatologists who are scheduled ...

In closing arguments on Wednesday, plaintiff's lawyer Timothy Cronin asked jurors for $6 billion in punitive damages.

The decision marks the first victory for the companies as they face more than 1,000 similar cases and previously lost trials, one of which ended with a $500 million verdict.

A jury found Abbott Laboratories and Mead Johnson, owned by U.K.-based Reckitt Benckiser, not responsible for a young boy's intestinal disease, the result of a lawsuit that alleged the companies ...

In the first case to go to trial in March, Reckitt Benckiser was ordered to pay $60 million in damages to a mother whose premature child died after consuming the company’s Enfamil baby formula.

Mead Johnson had already been ordered to pay $60m in damages in March to Jasmine Watson, the mother whose baby died after being fed the company’s Enfamil Premature 24 brand of formula.

Abbott makes Similac, and Enfamil is made by Mead Johnson ... is the third involving claims that cow’s milk-based infant formula given to premature babies in hospitals causes NEC.

Abbott Laboratories and a unit of Reckitt Benckiser Group were cleared by a jury over claims they hid risks in their premature-infant formulas can cause a bowel disease that severely sickened a baby ...

Shares of Abbott, which makes the Similac formula, rose 5.4% to $ ... in compensation related to the death of a premature baby that was fed its Enfamil Premature 24 product. Nearly 1,000 such ...