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J&J continues to build prostate cancer portfolio with $1B Aragon deal

J&J continues to build prostate cancer portfolio with $1B Aragon deal

June 17, 2013 8:16 am by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson said it would pay up to $1 billion for Aragon Pharmaceuticals and its experimental drugs for prostate cancer, bolstering J&J's role in the field after ... Read more

Birth control pill latest in string of recalls by Johnson & Johnson

Birth control pill latest in string of recalls by Johnson & Johnson

June 5, 2013 12:18 am by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson is voluntarily recalling about 32 million packages of its birth control pill Cilest in Europe, Asia and Latin America, a spokeswoman said late on Tuesday, ... Read more


Patients with rare brain cancer get new hope with breakthrough device

Patients with rare brain cancer get new hope with breakthrough device

May 30, 2013 3:57 pm by | 0 Comments

Novocure Ltd. may be the most successful Israeli life sciences company which you have never heard of. The company, which has taken care to stay below the radar, has developed ... Read more

Johnson & Johnson plans to submit 10 new products for approval by 2017

Johnson & Johnson plans to submit 10 new products for approval by 2017

May 23, 2013 7:56 am by | 0 Comments

May 23 (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson said on Thursday that it plans to submit more than 10 new products for regulatory approval by 2017, including drugs to treat hepatitis ... Read more

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