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The family of Henrietta Lacks has reached a confidential settlement with pharmaceutical giant Novartis, resolving a lawsuit that accused the company of profiting from the use of her cells more than 70 years after they were taken without her knowledge.

“Members of the family of Henrietta Lacks and Novartis are pleased they were able to find a way to resolve this matter filed by Henrietta Lacks’s estate outside of court,” the family and the company said in a joint statement. “The terms of the agreement are confidential.”

The lawsuit alleged unjust enrichment, arguing that Novartis used the HeLa cell line in research and development without ever compensating Lacks’ estate. The case was filed in federal court in Maryland, where Lacks was treated in 1951 for cervical cancer at Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Doctors removed a sample of her tumor without informing her or seeking consent. Those cells did something no other human cells had done before. They continued to multiply, becoming the first immortal human cell line.

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