Innovation

From cultural stigma to language barriers, getting necessary treatment can be challenging for these groups. For Mental Health Awareness Month, learn more about what the company is doing to help people surmount unique obstacles to get the resources they need.

For National Cancer Prevention Month, we’re spotlighting three leading Johnson & Johnson female hematologists—innovators who are not only saving lives and advancing new treatments but also paving the way for the next generation of women in their field.

Take a look inside the new cutting-edge hub for medical innovation where company scientists and other researchers will collaborate to help find solutions for some of the world’s toughest health challenges.

A life-threatening condition that afflicts young cancer patients. A rare and painful form of pediatric arthritis. Learn about how Johnson & Johnson is innovating to use existing medications to help kids with these illnesses—and meet two women on the forefront of this game-changing work.

Imagine reversing the course of conditions like Alzheimer’s or multiple sclerosis, in which cells of the central nervous system stop working or die. Researchers at Johnson & Johnson are hot on the trail of innovative solutions that may do just that, preventing often-debilitating symptoms along the way.

Johnson & Johnson’s Brian Woodfall, M.D., was working at a Vancouver clinic in the mid-1990s. That’s where he met Tiko Kerr, who became one of the first patients to take the company’s HIV medicines—and has thrived to this day. For National AIDS Awareness Month, watch as Kerr, Dr. Woodfall and fellow researcher Joss J. De Wet, M.D., reflect on how those treatments have saved lives and continue to evolve, in this moving video.

For International Transgender Day of Visibility, Lynn Discenza shares her transition journey and how gender-affirmation surgery helped her reclaim her confidence and be who she’s always wanted to be. Plus, learn how Johnson & Johnson MedTech is working to help ensure more people have access to the life-changing procedure.

Their innovative ideas hold promise in solving two of healthcare’s most vexing problems: the nursing shortage and wound care. And Johnson & Johnson is helping them make their high-tech dreams a reality.

Healthcare providers who contracted TB on the job. A microbiologist researching new treatments. An activist ensuring attention is paid to one of the world’s greatest health threats. These young leaders share one goal: to help end TB.

The company is honored to be recognized for its cutting-edge approach to solving some of healthcare’s most urgent needs.