J&J topped the league table for CEO pay in 2023, a position it has held for three of the four past years. Meanwhile, the two companies that arguably generated the most buzz in 2023 neatly depict the stark contrast between the US and Europe when it comes to executive remuneration.

Analysts tracking consumer health product firms in the US anticipatevApril-June results lower than a year ago across most businesses. While some results will be lower on comparisons with strong growth in 2023, others will reflect a slow allergy season, retailers’ inventories remaining high as consumer spending slows or firms continuing to recover from supply chain problems.

Kenvue plans to ask judge to dismiss complaints relying on testimony from latest expert plaintiffs’ attorneys offered that prenatal use of Tylenol or other acetaminophen oral products is linked autism and ADHD in children. Judge previously dismissed complaints relying on five other experts’ testimony.

Attorneys for some plaintiffs alleging harm from talc products J&J marketed ask a court to order the firm, along with a subsidiary holding company it created in 2021 to manage its talc liabilities and immediately placed in bankruptcy, to provide emails and other communications among in-house counsel and compel their testimony.