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Mitochondrial geneticist Douglas Wallace receives the 2017 Dr. Paul Janssen Award for biomedical research
Each year, Johnson & Johnson recognizes a scientist whose work has the potential to transform human health. We caught up with this year’s winner, who has dedicated his career to studying the powers of mitochondrial DNA. -
Meet the man who oversees the making of millions of contact lenses
Barry O’Sullivan heads up Johnson & Johnson’s Visioncare plant in Ireland, which manufactures a global supply of Acuvue® contact lenses—a product that first hit the market 30 years ago. Here’s what it’s like to oversee such a bustling business. -
Laura Dern teams up with Global Moms Relay to help families worldwide
The mother and in-demand actress explains why raising money for key children’s causes through the relay is more than worth her time—and yours. -
6 questions investors may have about Johnson & Johnson’s acquisition of Actelion
Joaquin Duato, Executive Vice President and Worldwide Chairman, Pharmaceuticals, shares how the transaction will help expand the company’s portfolio of transformational therapies. -
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The launch of the women-only Laurel Club
Learn how the Johnson & Johnson club started and why it’s such an important part of the company’s legacy of supporting female workers. -
The inside story of the Powerhouse
Johnson & Johnson has always used cutting-edge technology to move medicine forward. This was true even in the early 1900s, when a new brick building began supplying electrical power to company facilities. Here’s a short history of this still-in-use part of the New Brunswick campus. -
From company president to national business leader: the story of Robert Wood Johnson II
The son of company founder Robert Wood Johnson rose through the ranks to lead Johnson & Johnson through the transformative decades of the Depression and World War II, cementing the organization’s legacy as an innovative healthcare company that puts people first. -
A modern company town with workers’ health and well-being in mind: the story of Johnson & Johnson’s Chicopee Village
In the cotton fields of Georgia in 1927, the company built an entirely new kind of factory and village. Not only did it provide employees with modern amenities, but it supplied workers and their families with resources to enrich their lives outside of work. -
This unique Johnson & Johnson program lets employees take paid time off work to do good
We’re spotlighting four staffers who’ve taken advantage of the company’s Extended Volunteer Leave Policy to help people in need.