Novartis has settled a lawsuit by the estate of Henrietta Lacks that alleged the pharmaceutical giant unjustly profited off ...
The family of Henrietta Lacks, whose cells were taken without her consent as she battled cervical cancer, settled a lawsuit ...
Ms. Lacks’s family accused Novartis of profiting from her cells, which were taken from her without her consent in 1951, when ...
For years, pharmaceutical brands have profited from cells taken from Henrietta Lacks without her consent. Now her family is ...
Pharmaceutical giant Novartis has reached a settlement with the estate of Henrietta Lacks, whose harvested cells transformed ...
Henrietta Lacks’ cells were the first to reproduce in a laboratory, outside the human body, and have been used in ...
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.
On October 4, 1951, Henrietta Lacks died. But her cells didn't. Over 50,000,000 tons have since been produced worldwide.