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“The surgical devices I design for Johnson & Johnson can help speed healing and save lives”
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.
Terra Kremer, Ph.D., is on a mission to create self-sterilizing surgical tools
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.
An eye for innovation: helping surgeons see more during spinal operations
With a unique disposable camera the size of a pinkie finger, Eric Buehlmann and his team pioneered a better—and easier—way for doctors to perform back procedures.
Meet the marathoner who is blazing a trail in the male-dominated STEM field
Nina Raver-Shapira, Ph.D., loves a challenge: The Johnson & Johnson scientist persisted for years to develop an innovative surgical patch that helps stop problematic bleeding during surgery—and she’s also a record-breaking elite athlete. For Women’s Equality Day, find out how she got her start, what achievements she’s most proud of and where she finds inspiration.
INHANCE™ Shoulder System: A new option for reverse shoulder replacement surgery
Learn how Johnson & Johnson MedTech is innovating to help improve outcomes with this complex procedure.
“I helped create the lens that treated my mom’s cataracts”
Learn about one employee’s very personal mission to help restore vision for people who undergo cataract surgery.
“I’ve developed innovative sutures that help save lives”
Johnson & Johnson got its start as a pioneer of sterile surgical sutures and continues to make advancements today. Jesse Nawrocki, Ph.D., shares how he and his award-winning team are working to make surgery easier for doctors and safer for patients.
What happens when antibiotics stop working?
More and more, many previously effective medications are no longer able to fight off the germs that are making us sick, leading to millions of deaths each year. For World Antimicrobial Awareness Week, learn what Johnson & Johnson is doing to combat this health threat around the world.
Johnson & Johnson MedTech earns a spot on Fast Company‘s 2022 Most Innovative Companies list
The company is honored to be recognized for its cutting-edge approach to solving some of healthcare’s most urgent needs.
One year later: The head of Johnson & Johnson China looks back on what we’ve learned from the pandemic—and how it can help shape the future
Will Song’s teams were on the front lines when COVID-19 shut down the city of Wuhan. One year to the day that the World Health Organization declared the disease a pandemic, he shares how the company kept going during the crisis and the innovative ideas that emerged from it.