Johnson and Johnson - Biotech, Pharma and Life Science Channel
Johnson & Johnson is a leading pharmaceutical and healthcare company, with annual sales in 2009 of $22,520 million, ranking it the 8th largest pharmaceutical company in the world (based on sales).
Medical and Diagnostic devices is a large interest of J&J, with products across all fields of medicine from Orthopedics prosthesis to diabetic insulin blood tests. In 2010, annual sales were $23.6 billion, making in the number 1 medical device company (based on annual sales)
Medications produced by J&J target the following main areas; cardiovascular and metabolic disease, immunology, infectious diseases, neuroscience and oncology; and are the result of an annual investment of $4.6bn in R&D. Some of the main medications include Reminyl, Invega, Axert and Topamax.
In addition to these areas, J&J also invests in products that are household names, such as baby care, dental hygiene, visual hygiene and health dietary components.
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News Articles
Xenex’s Germ-Zapping Robot Enhancing Patient Safety at Johnson City Medical Center
As hospitals across the nation look for new and innovative ways to battle deadly pathogens and kill multi-drug resistant organisms that put patients at risk, Johnson City M...
Kelly Scientific Publications – a global leader of cutting-edge market intelligence announces the release of the publication “BioPharmaceutical Industry in China - An In Depth Analysi...
RARITAN, N.J., June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Janssen Research & Development, LLC (Janssen) today announced The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) has published data online abou...
RARITAN, N.J., June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Janssen Research & Development, LLC (Janssen) today announced that a study published online in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) demonstrates...
BioNJ’s First New Jersey Life Sciences CEO Summit Promises to ‘Take It to the Top’ in October
BioNJ CEO Summit to Feature Executive Leadership from Major Biotech and Pharmaceutical Companies Working from the theme “Take It to the Top,” BioNJ will bring toget...
STAT-Diagnostica Names Gérard Vaillant as Board Chairman
Medical diagnostics company STAT-Diagnostica has appointed Gérard Vaillant as chairman of the company’s board of directors. With more than three decades of senior leadership ex...
European Drug Delivery Technology Market Worth $59.1 Billion by 2017
DALLAS, June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Report "European Drug Delivery Technology Market (Metered Dose Inhalers, Needle-free Injectors, Auto-injectors, Nasal Sprays, Transdermal Patches,...
Woman Experiences Astonishing Recovery from Fibromyalgia
SHELBY TOWNSHIP, Mich., June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Heather Shinsky experienced the full range of trauma that is typical to the two to four percent of the population suffering from fibromyalgia...
NEW YORK, June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Today leading web researchers Change Sciences Group (www.changesciences.com) released all new data ranking Pharmaceutical web sites for usability, engage...
RXi Pharmaceuticals Corporation Begins Trading on OTCQX®
NEW YORK, June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM), operator of Open, Transparent and Connected financial marketplaces, today announced that RXi Pharmaceuticals Corporat...
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The Healthcare Innovation Council is an independent group of healthcare experts that generates and publicly shares innovative ideas about how U.S. hospitals and healthcare provide...
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Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ltd. was founded in 1964 to protect and commercialize the Hebrew Universityâs intellectual property....
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Clinical Trials
Patients diagnosed with Stevens-Johnson syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis were confirmed based on the investigators national diagnostic criteria. Patients who meet all inclusion crit...
The primary objective of the PRE-COMBAT trial is: To establish the safety and effectiveness of coronary stenting with the sirolimus-eluting balloon expandable stent (Cordis Johnson & John...
The trial has the following primary objective: To compare the safety and effectiveness of primary acute MI intervention with ABT 578-eluting balloon expandable stent (Medtronic, Minneapol...
Brief Youth Substance Use Intervention for Primary Care
Over the past decade, many new programs intended to prevent substance use among adolescents have been developed and evaluated. There has been a recent shift towards brief interventions fo...
The purpose of this study is to collect and compare information from patients with chronic kidney disease who were treated with a recombinant erythropoietin marketed by the Johnson and Joh...
The purpose of this study was to evaluate by histology and histomorphometry, thirty human osseous biopsies sampled from fifteen patients (2 biopsies per patient) following 3 months of impl...
Efficacy of Xience/Promus Versus Cypher in rEducing Late Loss After stENTing
Objectives 1. To evaluate the safety and long-term effectiveness of coronary stenting with the Everolimus-eluting coronary stent system(EECSS) (XIENCETM V, Abbott Vascular, Santa...
Achieving therapeutic angiogenesis with gene therapy using a plasmid coding human VEGF-A165/bFGF injected into ischemic myocardium of refractory coronary artery disease patients, employing...
Trial Comparing Chlorambucil to Fludarabine in Patients With Advanced Waldenström Macroglobulinemia
Waldenström's macroglobulinaemia (WM) is a lymphoproliferative disorder characterized by a monoclonal IgM paraprotein and morphological evidence of lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma: the cells...
Contact Lens in Pediatrics (CLIP) in an Asian Population Study
To evaluate the safety, efficacy and physiological performance of daily disposable spherical and toric soft contact lenses in a vision-corrected population of children ages 8-11 years of a...
PubMed Articles
BACKGROUND: Stevens-Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis (SJS/TEN) are severe drug reactions associated with high mortality and multiple incapacitating sequelae. In the past 20 years, two larg...
Comprehensive diagnostic criteria, accurate prognostic indicators, and effective treatment for patients with heart failure and a preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) represent a critically important un...
Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) is a pleiotropic growth factor that has been implicated in inflammation and prostate cancer (CaP) progression. In the present study, we have investigated the potential...
The OmpR/PhoB family of response regulators (RRs) is the largest class of two-component system signal transduction proteins. Extensive biochemical and structural characterization of these transcriptio...
Galvanic zinc-copper microparticles inhibit melanogenesis via multiple pigmentary pathways.
The endogenous electrical field of human skin plays an important role in many skin functions. However, the biological effects and mechanism of action of externally applied electrical stimulation on sk...
Eculizumab and recurrent C3 glomerulonephritis.
BACKGROUND: Hyperactivity of the alternative complement pathway is the principle defect in C3 glomerulopathies (C3G). Eculizumab, a monoclonal antibody that binds C5 to prevent formation of the membra...
Laparoscopic versus open liver resection: a meta-analysis of long-term outcome.
BACKGROUND: Laparoscopic liver resection is growing in popularity, but the long-term outcome of patients undergoing laparoscopic liver resection for malignancy has not been established. This paper is...
Surgical Technique: Tscherne-Johnson Extensile Approach for Tibial Plateau Fractures.
BACKGROUND: The standard approach to lateral tibial plateau fractures involves elevation of the iliotibial band (IT) and anterior tibialis origin in continuity from Gerdy's tubercle and metaphyseal fl...
Antioxidants for the treatment of patients with severe angioproliferative pulmonary hypertension?
Abstract Significance: Pathobiological mechanisms that contribute to pulmonary vasoconstriction, lung vascular remodeling, and the development of right heart failure include the generation of reactive...
Patients With Unstable Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis Have Antecedent Symptoms.
BACKGROUND: The characteristics of patients who sustain unstable slipped capital femoral epiphyses (SCFEs) are not well described compared to their counterparts who sustain stable SCFE. Although patie...
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Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Stevens-johnson Syndrome
A variant of bullous erythema multiforme. It ranges from mild skin and mucous membrane lesions to a severe, sometimes fatal systemic disorder. Ocular symptoms include ulcerative conjunctivitis, keratitis, iritis, uveitis, and sometimes blindness. The cause of the disease is unknown.
