Business Description

Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries (the Company) have approximately 138,200 employees worldwide engaged in the research and development, manufacture and sale of a broad range of products in the healthcare field. Johnson & Johnson is a holding company, with operating companies conducting business in virtually all countries of the world. The Company’s primary focus is products related to human health and well-being. Johnson & Johnson was incorporated in the State of New Jersey in 1887. The Chief Operating Decision Maker (CODM) is the Company's Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer). The Executive Committee is Johnson & Johnson’s senior leadership team responsible for setting the strategy and priorities of the Company and driving accountability at all levels. Within the strategic parameters provided by the Executive Committee, senior management groups at U.S. and international operating companies are each responsible for their own strategic plans and the day-to-day operations of those companies. Segments of business The Company is organized into two business segments: Innovative Medicine and MedTech. Additional information required by this item is incorporated herein by reference to the narrative and tabular descriptions of segments and operating results under: Item 7. Management’s discussion and analysis of results of operations and financial condition of this Report; and Note 17 Segments of business and geographic areas of the notes to consolidated financial statements included in Item 8 of this Report. Innovative Medicine The Innovative Medicine segment is focused on the following therapeutic areas: Oncology (e.g., prostate cancer, hematologic malignancies, lung cancer and bladder cancer), Immunology (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease and psoriasis), Neuroscience (e.g., mood disorders, neurodegenerative disorders and schizophrenia), Pulmonary Hypertension (e.g., Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension), Infectious Diseases (e.g., HIV/AIDS) and Cardiovascular and Metabolism (e.g., thrombosis, diabetes and macular degeneration). Medicines in this segment are distributed directly to retailers, wholesalers, distributors, hospitals and healthcare professionals for prescription use. Key products in the Innovative Medicine segment include: CARVYKTI (ciltacabtagene autoleucel), a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T-cell therapy for the treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma; DARZALEX (daratumumab), a treatment for multiple myeloma; DARZALEX FASPRO (daratumumab and hyaluronidase-fihj), a treatment for multiple myeloma and light chain (AL) Amyloidosis; ERLEADA (apalutamide), a next-generation androgen receptor inhibitor for the treatment of patients with prostate cancer; IMBRUVICA (ibrutinib), a treatment for certain B-cell malignancies, or blood cancers and chronic graft versus host disease; RYBREVANT (amivantamab), a fully-human bispecific antibody for adults with EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer and LAZCLUZE (lazertinib), an oral, brain-penetrant EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor for non-small cell lung cancer; RYBREVANT FASPRO (amivantamab and hyaluronidase-lpuj), a subcutaneous therapy for patients with non-small cell lung cancer; TALVEY (talquetamab-tgvs) a bispecific antibody for adults with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma who have received at least four prior lines of therapy; TECVAYLI (teclistamab-cqyv), a bispecific antibody for adults with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma who have received at least four prior lines of therapy; ZYTIGA (abiraterone acetate), a treatment for patients with prostate cancer; REMICADE (infliximab), a treatment for a number of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases; SIMPONI (golimumab), a subcutaneous treatment for adults with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis, active psoriatic arthritis, active ankylosing spondylitis and moderately active to severely active ulcerative colitis; SIMPONI ARIA (golimumab), an intravenous treatment for adults with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis, active psoriatic arthritis and active ankylosing spondylitis and active polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (pJIA) in people 2 years of age and older; STELARA (ustekinumab), a treatment for adults and children with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, for adults with active psoriatic arthritis, for adults with moderately to severely active Crohn's disease and treatment of moderately to severely active…