Novartis Settles Lawsuit by Lacks’ Estate Over ‘Stolen’ Cells

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Insurance Journal - Mar 02, 2026

Novartis has settled a lawsuit by the estate of Henrietta Lacks that alleged the pharmaceutical giant unjustly profited off her cells, which were taken from her tumor without her knowledge in 1951 and reproduced in labs to enable major medical …...

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