8041-Johnson & Johnson GT Legal Entity

Johnson & Johnson, founded in 1886, is the world's largest healthcare company. It operates through two core businesses: Innovative Medicine, which develops medicines across therapeutic areas including oncology, immunology, neuroscience, cardiopulmonary and cardiovascular disease; and MedTech, which develops medical devices and surgical technologies spanning orthopaedics, surgery and vision care. The company employs more than 135,000 people worldwide and has been ranked among the top three pharmaceutical companies globally for more than a decade.

The technical work underpinning these businesses spans pharmaceutical research and development, drug discovery and development, medical device development and surgical technology innovation. Research and product activity is concentrated in the therapeutic areas of oncology, immunology, neuroscience, cardiopulmonary and cardiovascular research, alongside orthopaedics and vision care.

Johnson & Johnson has operated for more than 135 years and reports reaching billions of people each day. The company states that it has been guided by "Our Credo" for over a century, and describes its purpose as changing health for humanity, including a stated mission to eliminate cancer and transform the future of health. Its geographic presence is global.