Tylenol Maker Kenvue Faces Mounting Crisis After Trump Blast (1)

Sept. 24, 2025, 1:37 PM UTC

President Donald Trump created a potentially existential crisis for Tylenol maker Kenvue Inc. with just three words about the company’s most-recognized product: “don’t take it.”

Trump’s warnings about the unproven link between Tylenol use during pregnancy to autism in children risks reinvigorating a barrage of litigation over the issue that the company has sought to put behind it. A federal court in December dismissed lawsuits alleging a link between the active ingredient in the over-the-counter pain treatment and the developmental disorder.

The US Food and Drug Administration has initiated the process for a label change to products containing acetaminophen that ...

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