70 Years of Johnson & Johnson in India

Johnson & Johnson spread its root into India 70 years ago. Since then, the company has brought many innovative ideas, products and services to improve the health and well-being of people in India. The company today employs more than 3,500 people and is organized into three business segments: Consumer Healthcare, Medical Devices and Pharmaceuticals.

Consumer Healthcare
The consumer division of Johnson & Johnson India has a portfolio of iconic brands that are #1 or #2 in their categories. Our products, across baby care, feminine hygiene, face care, OTC, oral care and wound care, feature brands such as Johnson's Baby®, Stayfree®, Clean & Clear®, Benadryl®, Listerine®, BAND-AID® and ORSL™ that are trusted by consumers and healthcare professionals in India and around the world. By anticipating needs and creating solutions and experiences, we help people live healthy, vibrant lives.

Medical Devices
Having made significant contributions to surgery for more than 60 years in India, the medical division of Johnson & Johnson India is the largest medical devices company in India with products dedicated to addressing unmet needs in the fields of orthopaedics, cardiovascular disease, coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular and obstructive disease, neurovascular disease, arrhythmias, diabetes care, bariatric and metabolic surgery, cancer surgery, vision care, general surgery, urologic surgery, hernia surgery and infection prevention. We touch the lives of around 40 million patients every year.

Pharmaceuticals
Janssen India, the pharmaceutical division of Johnson & Johnson India, is dedicated to addressing and solving some of the most important unmet medical needs of our time in India, in oncology, immunology, neuroscience and analgesia, dermatology, infectious diseases and metabolic diseases. At Johnson & Johnson India, we continue to be driven by a vision of caring for the people by anticipating their needs, creating solutions and experiences that help them and those that they care for living live healthy, vibrant lives.

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  1947
  

  Johnson & Johnson Spreads Its Roots to India

  In 1947, Johnson & Johnson expands into India, marketing Johnson’s® Baby Powder. Today, Johnson’s® remains a trusted brand by mothers and doctors.
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  1957
  

  Johnson & Johnson Is Incorporated in India

  In September 1957, Johnson & Johnson incorporated a separate legal entity in India with 12 employees. Today, the company employs 6,040 people across three business segments: consumer products, medical devices and pharmaceuticals.

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  1959
  

  The First Manufacturing Facility for Consumer Products Is Established in Mumbai

  Production began in 1959 at the Johnson & Johnson India plant in Mulund, Mumbai, for Johnson’s® Baby Powder, BAND-AID® and specialized products.
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  1962
  

  The First Medical Devices (Sutures) Manufacturing Facility Is Established

  In 1962, the first Ethicon suture manufacturing facility was set up in Mumbai for catgut sutures. Suture manufacturing was expanded with full-fledged state-of-the-art plants in Aurangabad (1991) and Baddi (2007), respectively.

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  1968
  

  Johnson & Johnson Begins Manufacturing Sanitary Napkins

  In 1968, the company introduces the Stayfree® brand to India. Prior to this, women had to rely on homemade methods that were often ineffective
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  1975
  

  A Pharmaceutical and Ethical Products Manufacturing Facility Is Established

  Ethnor Ltd (merged with Johnson & Johnson in 1994) set up a plant for manufacturing pharmaceutical and ethical products of Ortho McNeil Laboratories and Cilag Chemie (members of the Johnson & Johnson family of companies).

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  1975
  

  Vicryl® Sutures Enter the Market

  The Vicryl® Suture, a synthetic absorbable suture that can be naturally absorbed into the skin, was launched in India. In 2008, a triclosan-coated version of the Vicryl® Plus Antibacterial Suture was introduced. Today, in the field of synthetic absorbable sutures, the company also offers PDS® and Monocryl® sutures.

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  1989
  

  The Ethicon Plant Receives the President’s Safety Award

  The Ethicon catgut manufacturing facility was awarded the prestigious President's Safety Award in 1989, a recognition of the company’s high manufacturing safety and quality standards.
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  1993
  

  The First Professional Education Institute for Healthcare Professionals Is Established

  To help improve access to quality healthcare and accelerate the building of a skilled India, Johnson & Johnson India took a pioneering step in 1993 by establishing its first professional education institute–the Ethicon Institute of Surgical Education (EISE) in Mumbai. Since then, the company has trained more than 250,000 healthcare professionals through its owned institutes and via partnerships with government and educational institutions.

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  1998
  

  DePuy Joins the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies

  In 1998, Johnson & Johnson acquired DePuy followed by Synthes in 2012 to tackle some of the toughest problems in the orthopaedics industry. Today, their joint reconstruction, sports medicine and facial fracture repair technologies can be found in hospitals, clinics, and sports arenas across the world.

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  1999
  

  An Analytical and Pharmaceutical Development R&D Center Opens

  A commercial drug stability testing center was set up in Mulund, Mumbai, in 1999. Today, it is a full-fledged Analytical Centre of Excellence and plays a critical role in the development of new medicines for patients around the world, delivering cutting-edge development through open innovation that connects experts, researchers and partner organizations and firms. Johnson & Johnson India is one of the few multinational pharmaceutical companies with an analytical development center in the country.

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  2009
  

  The Company Begins Partnering With the Indian Academy of Pediatrics to Support Child Survival

  Johnson & Johnson India’s Neonatal Resuscitation Program was founded in 2009 and is the largest child survival project to be implemented in India. Over seven years, Johnson & Johnson India, along with the Indian Academy of Pediatrics, has trained more than 180,000 healthcare professionals and infant caregivers on resuscitation skills to reduce infant mortality in India.

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  2013
  

  Construction Begins on a New Manufacturing Facility for Consumer Products

  The foundation laid stone for Johnson & Johnson India’s largest consumer products greenfield facility in Telangana to manufacture personal hygiene and skincare products.
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  2015
  

  The Company Launches a New Class of Type 2 Diabetes Medicine in India

  In 2015, Janssen India, the pharmaceutical division of Johnson & Johnson India, introduced canagliflozin, a new class of medication called sodium glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors, for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.

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  2015
  

  The Company Partners With NIPER for a Medical Device Postgraduate Program

  Johnson & Johnson India entered a unique public-private partnership with the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) in Ahmedabad for a postgraduate training program for future medical devices industry regulators.

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  2016
  

  Global Clinical Operations Are Established in India

  Johnson & Johnson India establishes global clinical operations in India helping patients access and participate in global clinical trials for the company’s innovative therapies.
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  2016
  

  The Company Establishes an Innovative Partnership With the Government of India on MDR-TB

  In 2016, Janssen India donated 600 courses of bedaquiline to the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program (RNTCP) of India for use as part of a conditional access program for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). Discovered by Janssen researchers, bedaquiline is a therapy with a novel mechanism of action against TB, and addresses a significant unmet need for patients with MDR-TB.

  Since then, the program is due to be expanded, with an additional 10,000 courses of treatment to be received by RNTCP through the Johnson & Johnson USAID donation program.

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  2017
  

  The Company Supports the Humana People to People Project, Designed to Save and Improve the Lives of Women and Children

  Johnson & Johnson began supporting the “Raising Healthy & Educated Community” project, which aims to improve the quality of life, basic and preventive healthcare and the quality of education for six villages in the Mahbubnagar district of Telangana, with its main focus on women and children. This project has successfully organized static clinic and health camps to reach out to approximately 15,000 direct beneficiaries. It also focuses on strengthening preschool education for 3- to 6-year-old children, thereby improving health as well as the quality of education in the community.

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  2018
  

  Johnson & Johnson India Joins Forces with the Government of Maharashtra to Boost Public Health in the State

  Johnson & Johnson India announced a strategic