Janssen Pharmaceutica

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Janssen Pharmaceutica is a global network of pharmaceutical companies that joined the Johnson & Johnson group of companies in 1961.[1]

Affiliations

Janssen Pharmaceutica provided generous support for the Expert Consensus Guideline Series: Treatment of Schizophrenia 1999 an initiative aiming at establishing uniform medication guidelines for schizophrenia[2]. It is reported that this was an initiative 'supported exclusively by 6 pharmaceutical companies: Eli Lilly and Company, Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc., Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Pfizer Inc. and Zeneca Pharmaceuticals' (now known as AstraZeneca). Michael Hogan and Laurie Flynn were also involved in this initiative.

Janssen UK helps lead the STRATUM biobanking project (see STRATUM).

References

  1. Janssen Pharmaceutical Our Company Accessed 9th January 2008
  2. Weibert, S. The Genesis of President Bush’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health Teenscreen Truth. Accessed 9th January 2008