Just over a week ago, the descendants of Henrietta Lacks reached a settlement in a lawsuit against a biotech company that had unjustly profited from her cells for many years. Now, the family’s attorneys have filed another claim against a different corporation. This new lawsuit targets Ultragenyx, a biopharmaceutical company based in California. The lawsuit …
In a significant development, lawyers for the descendants of Henrietta Lacks, the woman whose cervical cells were taken without her consent 70 years ago, have announced a settlement with a biotechnology company. The family had sued the company, accusing its leaders of profiting from a racist medical system. These cells, known as HeLa cells, …
In a landmark settlement, descendants of Henrietta Lacks have reached an agreement with a biotechnology company, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., that they sued in 2021. The lawsuit accused the company’s leaders of profiting billions of dollars from a racist medical system. The settlement comes more than 70 years after doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital took …