The Red Couch: Season 4
This season journeys across six of Johnson & Johnson’s strategic focus areas: Cardiopulmonary/Cardiovascular, Immunology, Neuroscience, Vision, Oncology and Surgery.
Each episode explores a different dimension of healthcare innovation, not through product alone, but through the people driving it forward. You’ll meet scientists pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. Healthcare professionals delivering extraordinary care. Partners expanding what’s possible through collaboration. Patients whose stories remind us why this work matters. And creators helping translate complex science into conversations that reach people where they are.
From cultural moments and unexpected collaborations to deeply personal patient journeys, Season Four demonstrates that innovation isn’t only about what’s discovered. It’s about what’s understood. Because when science connects with storytelling, innovation becomes something people can see, feel, and believe in.
Each episode explores a different dimension of healthcare innovation, not through product alone, but through the people driving it forward. You’ll meet scientists pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. Healthcare professionals delivering extraordinary care. Partners expanding what’s possible through collaboration. Patients whose stories remind us why this work matters. And creators helping translate complex science into conversations that reach people where they are.
From cultural moments and unexpected collaborations to deeply personal patient journeys, Season Four demonstrates that innovation isn’t only about what’s discovered. It’s about what’s understood. Because when science connects with storytelling, innovation becomes something people can see, feel, and believe in.
Episode 2 | Vision: Where Vision Care Meets Beauty
What happens when two trusted brands come together around a shared commitment to eye health, comfort, consumer safety, and beauty?
In the latest episode of The Red Couch, we explore the collaboration between ACUVUE® and Clinique® and how the two brands are bringing vision care and beauty into the same conversation.
Building on Clinique’s Eye Safety Promise and ACUVUE’s Comfort Promise, the episode looks at the everyday realities of people who wear contact lenses while navigating skincare, makeup, and personal style, and how eye health, comfort, and self-expression can work together.
It’s also a story about what can happen when innovation crosses industries. By bringing together expertise from vision care and beauty, ACUVUE and Clinique are finding new ways to educate and reach consumers while reinforcing a shared commitment to helping people look, feel, and see their best.
In the latest episode of The Red Couch, we explore the collaboration between ACUVUE® and Clinique® and how the two brands are bringing vision care and beauty into the same conversation.
Building on Clinique’s Eye Safety Promise and ACUVUE’s Comfort Promise, the episode looks at the everyday realities of people who wear contact lenses while navigating skincare, makeup, and personal style, and how eye health, comfort, and self-expression can work together.
It’s also a story about what can happen when innovation crosses industries. By bringing together expertise from vision care and beauty, ACUVUE and Clinique are finding new ways to educate and reach consumers while reinforcing a shared commitment to helping people look, feel, and see their best.
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Vanessa Broadhurst
Vanessa Broadhurst is Executive Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs at Johnson & Johnson. As a member of the Executive Committee, Vanessa is responsible for advancing strategies across Corporate Marketing, Communications, Global Health Equity, and Worldwide Government Affairs & Policy.
Vanessa serves as a director of Zoetis and is a leadership council member for the Rutgers Cancer Institute. She is a former director of The Ad Council.
Prior to her current position, Vanessa served as Company Group Chairman, Global Commercial Strategy for Johnson & Johnson’s Innovative Medicine sector where she led efforts focused on pipeline development, commercialization, and launch strategies, realizing accelerated business growth across six therapeutic areas. In this role, Vanessa was a member of the Pharmaceuticals Group Operating Committee, the Research and Development Senior Leadership Team, and responsible for Global Marketing, Value and Access, Commercial Data Sciences, and Global Medical Affairs. Previously, Vanessa successfully led large in-line U.S. and global businesses at leading global healthcare companies in the U.S. and Europe including J&J, Amgen, Novartis and Abbott.
Vanessa serves as a director of Zoetis and is a leadership council member for the Rutgers Cancer Institute. She is a former director of The Ad Council.
Prior to her current position, Vanessa served as Company Group Chairman, Global Commercial Strategy for Johnson & Johnson’s Innovative Medicine sector where she led efforts focused on pipeline development, commercialization, and launch strategies, realizing accelerated business growth across six therapeutic areas. In this role, Vanessa was a member of the Pharmaceuticals Group Operating Committee, the Research and Development Senior Leadership Team, and responsible for Global Marketing, Value and Access, Commercial Data Sciences, and Global Medical Affairs. Previously, Vanessa successfully led large in-line U.S. and global businesses at leading global healthcare companies in the U.S. and Europe including J&J, Amgen, Novartis and Abbott.
