Janssen Pharmaceuticals

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryPharmaceutical
Founded1953 (1953)
FounderPaul Janssen
HeadquartersTurnhoutseweg 30, ,
Belgium
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Jennifer Taubert
Number of employees
45.000
ParentJohnson & Johnson
Websitejanssen.com

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine (formerly Janssen Pharmaceuticals) is a Belgian pharmaceutical company headquartered in Beerse, Belgium, and wholly owned by Johnson & Johnson. It was founded in 1953 by Paul Janssen.

In 1961, Janssen Pharmaceuticals was purchased by New Jersey–based American corporation Johnson & Johnson, and became part of Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development (J&J PRD), later renamed to Janssen Research and Development, LLC (JRD), which conducts research and development activities related to a wide range of human medical disorders, including mental illness, neurological disorders, anesthesia and analgesia, gastrointestinal disorders, fungal infection, HIV/AIDS, allergies and cancer. Janssen and Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical have been placed in the Ortho-McNeil-Janssen group within Johnson & Johnson Company.