Kenvue Inc. Tylenol marque symptom reliever for merchantability astatine a pharmacy successful New York, US, connected Wednesday, March 27, 2024.
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Shares of Kenvue fell much than 10% connected Friday aft a report that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. volition apt nexus autism to the usage of the company's symptom medicine Tylenol successful large women.
HHS volition merchandise the report that could gully that link this month, the Wall Street Journal reported connected Friday.
That study volition besides suggest a medicine derived from folate – a water-soluble vitamin – tin beryllium utilized to dainty symptoms of the developmental upset successful immoderate people, according to the Journal.
In a statement, Kenvue said it has "continuously evaluated the subject and [continues] to judge determination is nary causal link" betwixt the usage of acetaminophen, the generic sanction for Tylenol, during gestation and autism.
The institution added that the Food and Drug Administration and starring aesculapian organizations "agree connected the safety" of the drug, its usage during gestation and the accusation provided connected the Tylenol label.
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