Innovation

To commemorate the month that the company first listed sutures in its 1887 inventory book, we’re unspooling fun facts about the ubiquitous medical innovation.

Her natural curiosity, determination and fascination with science inspired Esi Lamousé, M.D., Ph.D., to pursue a career that’s helped bring innovative therapies for inflammatory bowel disease to patients in need around the world.

What once seemed like an unattainable goal may soon be within our grasp. Learn how Johnson & Johnson is working toward its vision to create a world without cancer.

Inflammatory bowel disease doesn’t have a cure—yet. But the recent FDA approval of a promising medication is the latest in a long line of treatments from Johnson & Johnson that are helping patients with IBD.

After decades of commitment to understanding this neurodegenerative disease, company scientists have developed innovative therapies and tools that can potentially slow its progression and ease the psychological toll on patients and caretakers. A cure is still elusive—but preventing the disease may be within reach.

A Johnson & Johnson scientist explains how the new Acuvue® Oasys Max 1-Day Multifocal for Astigmatism contact lens also filters blue light, supports the eye’s natural tear film and helps eyes easily switch focus from distance to reading.

Behind every innovative medicine, treatment and therapy is a clinical trial. To help you understand them better, here’s a closer look at how they work.

Candice Otrembiak’s work combines her love of science with her natural problem-solving skills. The result: high-tech devices that help make medical procedures more efficient for surgeons and safer for patients.

Since its launch, Johnson & Johnson has focused on helping make surgeries safer. Learn how this analytical microbiologist and her team are continuing in that tradition with a digital app that aims to change the way medical devices are designed and sterilized.

Learn more about Robert Zhao, Ph.D, his partnership with Johnson & Johnson and antibody-drug conjugates—a new type of cancer therapy that targets and kills cancer cells without harming healthy cells.