The plant will resume production of its COVID-19 vaccine in a matter of months, the paper reported. The company is also working to enlist other facilities to help produce the vaccine, but they are either currently not operational or haven’t received regulatory approval. While the J&J vaccine has failed to find widespread use in wealthy […]
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Imagining the future of cloud-connected medical devices with Johnson & Johnson leaders
Cloud-connected medical devices already collect and analyze data, talk to each other and use artificial intelligence to improve patient care, but how much more might be possible in the not-so-distant future? Surgery simulations? Smart ambulances? Full-body scanners? One-click healthcare? I’ve been exploring that question for an upcoming edition of Medical Design & Outsourcing magazine — and asked […]
What Johnson & Johnson could get out of Microsoft
Johnson & Johnson leaders believe big benefits from medical device connectivity are possible through their cloud partnership with Microsoft. Two leaders in the company’s medical device business recently spoke with Medical Design & Outsourcing about how the cloud can enable innovation in medtech. They offered valuable advice for medtech engineers designing for connectivity. In January, New […]
J&J medical device sales increase 4.1% in Q4
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) this week posted fourth-quarter results that beat the earnings consensus on Wall Street but missed revenue estimates. The New Brunswick, New Jersey-based company reported profits of $4.7 billion, or $1.77 per share, on sales of $24.8 billion for the three months ended Dec. 31, 2021, for a bottom-line gain of […]
Employees say Intuitive, Boston Scientific, J&J, Medtronic best places to work in 2022
Intuitive Surgical, Boston Scientific, Johnson & Johnson and Medtronic were recently named as Glassdoor’s employees’ choice of Best Places to Work in 2022. Each year, Glassdoor uses feedback that employees have shared on the website over the past year to compile a list of the best places to work for the upcoming year. Employee reviews provide […]
Johnson & Johnson and Microsoft partner up on digital surgery
Johnson & Johnson said today it will use Microsoft’s cloud computing services to better connect surgeons and patients in a digital surgery ecosystem. New Brunswick, New Jersey-based Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) selected Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) as the preferred cloud provider for JNJ’s digital surgery solutions and to build out its digital surgery […]
12 of medtech’s biggest personnel changes in 2021
As medtech companies continued to drive innovation throughout the past 12 months, a number of high-level executives led the way. Some of those companies and those executives opted for major changes over the course of 2021, though, with some high-profile moves from medtech giant to medtech giant. Here are some of the biggest personnel moves […]
Johnson & Johnson must face former Auris Health shareholders’ fraud lawsuit
A Delaware judge has denied Johnson & Johnson’s motions to dismiss a fraud lawsuit filed by former shareholders of Auris Health, who alleged that J&J executives misrepresented their intentions for the robotic surgery company when they acquired it for $3.4 billion in 2019. Acting as the representative of the former Auris shareholders, Fortis Advisors sued […]
J&J announces executive leadership changes
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) today confirmed the appointment of several senior leaders to its executive committee. New Brunswick, New Jersey-based Johnson & Johnson’s executive committee appointments follow the previously announced transition of the CEO position from Alex Gorsky — who will serve as Executive Chairman — to Vice Chair of the Executive Committee, Joaquin Duato, […]
DePuy Synthes buys OrthoSpin and its robotic external fixation system
Johnson & Johnson’s (NYSE:JNJ) DePuy Synthes — through its Synthes GmbH affiliate — announced today that it acquired OrthoSpin. Israel-based OrthoSpin develops a robot-assisted external fixation system for orthopedic treatments. The platform is used in conjunction with DePuy Synthes’ Maxframe multi-axial correction system, an external ring fixation system. OrthoSpin received FDA clearance for its second […]
The 100 largest medical device companies in the world
Nearly half a trillion dollars — $421 billion to be exact — that’s how much the world’s 100 largest medical device companies brought in over the past year amid the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s one of the big takeaways from the Big 100, MassDevice and Medical Design & Outsourcing‘s annual analysis of the worlds’ 100 largest medtech companies. (Check […]