Stock Report: Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) Report Updated: Nov 16, 2009  |  Print This Page

Johnson & Johnson engages in the research and development, manufacture, and sale of various products in the health care field worldwide. Its Consumer segment provides products used in baby care, skin care, oral care, wound care, and women’s health care fields, as well as nutritional and over-the-counter pharmaceutical products under JOHNSON’S, AVEENO, CLEAN & CLEAR, NEUTROGENA, RoC, LUBRIDERM, LISTERINE, REACH, CAREFREE, STAYFREE, SPLENDA, TYLENOL, SUDAFED, ZYRTEC, MOTRIN IB, and PEPCID AC names. The company’s Pharmaceutical segment offers products in various therapeutic areas, such as anti-infective, antipsychotic, cardiovascular, contraceptive, dermatology, gastrointestinal, hematology, immunology, neurology, oncology, pain management, urology, and virology. Its products include REMICADE, a biologic to treat Crohn’s disease, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, ulcerative colitis, and used to treat rheumatoid arthritis; TOPAMAX, for adjunctive and monotherapy use in epilepsy, as well as for treating migraines; PROCRIT that stimulates red blood cell production; RISPERDAL oral, a medication to treat the symptoms of schizophrenia, bipolar mania, and irritability associated with autistic behavior in indicated patients; RISPERDAL CONSTA, an injectable, and INVEGATM Extended-Release tablets to treat schizophrenia; LEVAQUIN and FLOXIN, anti-infective products; CONCERTA, a product for treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; ACIPHEX/PARIET, a proton pump inhibitor; and DURAGESIC/Fentanyl Transdermal, a treatment for chronic pain. Johnson & Johnson’s Medical Devices and Diagnostics segment offers circulatory disease management, orthopaedic joint reconstruction and spinal care and sports medicine, surgical care and women’s health, minimally invasive surgical, blood glucose monitoring and insulin delivery, and diagnostic products, as well as disposable contact lenses. The company was founded in 1886 and is based in New Brunswick, New Jersey.