J&J set­tles gen­der dis­crim­i­na­tion and re­tal­i­a­tion al­le­ga­tions in­volv­ing for­mer CEO and R&D head

J&J has set­tled a case with a for­mer em­ploy­ee who ac­cused top ex­ecs — in­clud­ing for­mer CEO Alex Gorsky and for­mer R&D head Math­ai Mam­men — of gen­der dis­crim­i­na­tion and re­tal­i­a­tion lead­ing up to her even­tu­al ter­mi­na­tion af­ter 25 years with the phar­ma gi­ant.

The case was dis­missed with prej­u­dice on Aug. 8, af­ter the dis­pute had been “am­i­ca­bly re­solved,” ac­cord­ing to court doc­u­ments re­leased a week ago. J&J has not re­spond­ed to mul­ti­ple re­quests for com­ment as of press time.

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