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These 11 companies will be featured in the MedCity ENGAGE Innovation Showcase June 5-6 in Washington, D.C.

J&J’s wins ulcerative colitis indication for Simponi

J&J’s wins ulcerative colitis indication for Simponi

May 15, 2013 5:55 pm by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - The Food and Drug Administration has approved Johnson & Johnson's drug Simponi for patients with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis, an inflammatory disease affecting the colon.Simponi is already ... Read more

FDA approves J&J sedation drug device for use during colonscopies

FDA approves J&J sedation drug device for use during colonscopies

May 4, 2013 11:06 am by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - U.S. regulators have approved Johnson & Johnson's Sedasys system to sedate patients during colonoscopies without the need for a physician to monitor delivery of the injectable sedating agent, ... Read more


India regulators pull J&J plant license on baby powder concerns

India regulators pull J&J plant license on baby powder concerns

May 3, 2013 5:45 pm by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - Health officials in India have revoked Johnson & Johnson's license to make cosmetics at a plant outside Mumbai after they discovered the company had used an unauthorized process ... Read more

Fewer doctor visits mean weaker earnings for device makers and hospital chains

Fewer doctor visits mean weaker earnings for device makers and hospital chains

April 22, 2013 1:09 am by | 1 Comments

In the past week, medical testing companies, such as Quest Diagnostics, medical device makers Johnson & Johnson and Abbott Laboratories, hospital operators, such as HCA Holdings Inc, and even diaper ... Read more

J&J says area plant on schedule to reopen

J&J says area plant on schedule to reopen

April 17, 2013 4:44 am by | 0 Comments

Though its Fort Washington plant is still being repaired, and overall profit fell 10.6 percent to $3.5 billion in the first quarter of 2013, Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday that ... Read more

Illinois jury finds in favor of J&J in hip implant trial

Illinois jury finds in favor of J&J in hip implant trial

April 16, 2013 7:30 pm by | 0 Comments

April 16 (Reuters) - An Illinois jury on Tuesday found in favor of Johnson & Johnson's DePuy unit in a product liability lawsuit involving the company's ASR hip implant, J&J ... Read more

Johnson & Johnson results beat Wall Street estimates

Johnson & Johnson results beat Wall Street estimates

April 16, 2013 7:56 am by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson reported better-than-expected first-quarter earnings, as growth of newer medicines for cancer, hepatitis C and blood clots offset declining sales of its treatments for heartburn and ... Read more


J&J recalling more than 2 million blood glucose meters worldwide

J&J recalling more than 2 million blood glucose meters worldwide

March 25, 2013 11:44 am by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson is recalling and replacing more than 2 million meters used to measure blood glucose levels in diabetics due to a failure to operate properly at ... Read more

LA jury orders J&J unit to pay $8.3 million in first metal hip trial

LA jury orders J&J unit to pay $8.3 million in first metal hip trial

March 8, 2013 1:30 pm by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - A Los Angeles jury on Friday ordered Johnson & Johnson's DePuy orthopedic unit to pay more than $8 million in damages to a retired Montana prison guard who ... Read more

Damages top $11M against J&J in vaginal-implant lawsuit

Damages top $11M against J&J in vaginal-implant lawsuit

March 1, 2013 11:12 am by | 2 Comments

A jury in Atlantic City ordered Johnson & Johnson on Thursday to pay $7.8 million in punitive damages to a former hospice nurse for the pain and suffering she endured ... Read more

Jury awards woman $7.76 million punitive damages for J&J mesh

Jury awards woman $7.76 million punitive damages for J&J mesh

February 28, 2013 12:39 pm by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - A New Jersey jury on Thursday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $7.76 million in punitive damages to a South Dakota nurse who claimed harm from the company's ... Read more

Jury awards $3.35 million in vaginal mesh case against J&J

Jury awards $3.35 million in vaginal mesh case against J&J

February 25, 2013 1:09 pm by | 0 Comments

ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey (Reuters) - A jury on Monday said Johnson & Johnson should pay a South Dakota woman $3.35 million for failing to adequately warn her doctor of ... Read more

FDA recalls J&J’s orthopedic device because of fracture potential

FDA recalls J&J’s orthopedic device because of fracture potential

February 22, 2013 11:55 am by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday said it has notified healthcare professionals of a Class I recall, the most serious type, of an orthopedic device made ... Read more

Abbott to work with J&J on genetic test for leukemia drug

Abbott to work with J&J on genetic test for leukemia drug

February 21, 2013 11:37 am by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - Abbott Laboratories said on Thursday it was working with Johnson & Johnson to see if a genetic diagnostic test made by Abbott would help to identify patients most ... Read more

Johnson & Johnson recalls more metal hip implants

Johnson & Johnson recalls more metal hip implants

February 14, 2013 6:43 pm by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson, the subject of thousands of lawsuits stemming from the 2010 recall of its ASR all-metal hip implants, last month recalled a second type of metal ... Read more