Johnson & Johnson is an American health care company headquartered in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Brothers Robert Wood Johnson, James Wood Johnson and Edward Mead Johnson founded it in 1886, starting with sterile surgical dressings.
The company now operates in two areas. a pharmaceutical unit develops drugs for cancer, immunology and neuroscience, and MedTech makes surgical tools, orthopedic implants and heart devices. It sold its consumer health unit, which became Kenvue, in 2023.
J&J sells its products in more than 150 countries. It has faced thousands of lawsuits over its talc powder, and it has set up a settlement process for those claims. The shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange. The company has researched a wide range of treatments and has a vaccine unit, Janssen. Its Tylenol and Band-Aid brands went to Kenvue. Competitors include Pfizer and Medtronic.