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$359.99B
131.9K
Johnson & Johnson is a healthcare company that manufactures and sells a wide range of products, including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and consumer healthcare products. Its primary revenue streams are derived from sales to retailers, wholesalers, distributors, hospitals, and healthcare professionals. The company holds a leading market position in many of its product categories due to its strong brand recognition, extensive research and development capabilities, and global reach.
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Worldwide sales reached $21.9 billion, up from $21.4 billion in the prior year. This increase includes operational growth of 4.2%, offset by a negative currency impact of 1.8%.
Earnings before provision for taxes on income was $13.6 billion compared to $3.7 billion in the prior year. This is primarily due to the reversal of approximately $7.0 billion related to the previously accrued talc reserve.
Cost of products sold increased as a percentage of sales primarily driven by unfavorable currency and product mix in the Innovative Medicine business and the fair value inventory step-up and amortization related to Shockwave.
Subsequent to the fiscal first quarter of 2025, on April 2, 2025, the Company completed the acquisition of Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. for approximately $14.6 billion. This expands the Company's therapeutics for central nervous system disorders.
The impact of the Stelara sales decline, due to biosimilar competition, on the worldwide operational sales was approximately negative 4.7%. The Company expects continued launches of biosimilar versions of STELARA in Europe and the United States in 2025 which will impact the Company's sales of STELARA.
The restructuring program of the Orthopaedics franchise within its MedTech segment to streamline operations is ongoing. Total project costs of approximately $0.5 billion have been recorded since the restructuring was announced.
The Company is implementing a multi-year, enterprise-wide initiative to integrate, simplify and standardize processes and systems for the human resources, information technology, procurement, supply chain and finance functions.
The Company stated that it was pursuing the following four parallel and alternative pathways to achieve a comprehensive and final resolution of the talc claims: (i) the appeal of the LTL 2 dismissal decision; (ii) pursuing a consensual prepackaged bankruptcy case; (iii) aggressively litigating the talc claims in the tort system; and (iv) pursuing affirmative claims against experts for false and defamatory narratives regarding the Company's talc powder products.
On April 15, 2025, the Board of Directors declared a regular cash dividend of $1.30 per share, payable on June 10, 2025, to shareholders of record as of May 27, 2025. The Company expects to continue the practice of paying regular quarterly cash dividends.
A significant number of personal injury claims alleging that talc causes cancer have been asserted against the Company and its affiliates arising out of the use of body powders containing talc, primarily JOHNSON'S Baby Powder.
Janssen filed litigation against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services challenging the constitutionality of the IRA's Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program. The impact of the IRA on our business and the broader pharmaceutical industry remains uncertain, as litigation filed by Janssen and other pharmaceutical companies remains ongoing and while CMS has publicly announced the maximum fair price for each of the selected drugs, implementation of the program is still in progress.
The Company operates in certain countries where the economic conditions continue to present significant challenges. The Company continues to monitor these situations and take appropriate actions. Inflation rates and currency exchange rates continue to have an effect on worldwide economies and, consequently, on the way the Company operates.
The impact of the Stelara sales decline, due to biosimilar competition, on the worldwide operational sales was approximately negative 4.7%. The Company expects continued launches of biosimilar versions of STELARA in Europe and the United States in 2025 which will impact the Company's sales of STELARA.
The Vision franchise achieved operational sales growth of 3.7% as compared to the prior year fiscal first quarter. The Contact Lenses/Other operational growth was driven by price actions and continued strong performance in the ACUVUE OASYS 1-Day family of products (including recent launches).
The Orthopaedics franchise experienced an operational sales decline of 3.1% as compared to the prior year fiscal first quarter. All platforms were impacted by one-time events: the lapping of the prior year one-time revenue recognition timing change related to certain products in the U.S., fewer selling days, and revenue disruption from the previously announced Orthopaedics restructuring.
In fiscal 2023, the Company initiated a restructuring program of its Orthopaedics franchise within its MedTech segment to streamline operations by exiting certain markets, product lines and distribution network arrangements. The pre-tax restructuring expense was $55 million in the fiscal first quarter of 2025.
Selling, Marketing and Administrative Expenses decreased as a percent to sales primarily driven by planned leverage and phasing of investments in the Innovative Medicine business.
In the face of increasing costs, the Company strives to maintain its profit margins through cost reduction programs, productivity improvements and periodic price increases.
In the fiscal year 2023, the Company completed a prioritization of its research and development (R&D) investment within the Innovative Medicine segment to focus on the most promising medicines with the greatest benefit to patients.
The Surgical operational growth was primarily driven by the continued strength of recent innovations and commercial execution partially offset by competitive pressures in the U.S.
The operational growth in Trauma was primarily driven by the continued adoption of recently launched products, procedure growth, and commercial execution, partially offset by the aforementioned one-time events.
The Company funded the transaction through a combination of cash on hand and proceeds from the issuance of debt in the fiscal first quarter of 2025. See Note 4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional details.
On April 15, 2025, the Board of Directors declared a regular cash dividend of $1.30 per share, payable on June 10, 2025, to shareholders of record as of May 27, 2025. The Company expects to continue the practice of paying regular quarterly cash dividends.
During the fiscal first quarter of 2025, the Company repurchased an aggregate of 13,379,900 shares of Johnson & Johnson Common Stock in open-market transactions, all of which were purchased as part of a systematic plan to meet the needs of the Company's compensation programs.
In March of 2022, the Company took steps to suspend all advertising, enrollment in clinical trials, and any additional investment in Russia. The Company continues to supply products relied upon by patients for healthcare purposes.
Inflation rates and currency exchange rates continue to have an effect on worldwide economies and, consequently, on the way the Company operates.
Governments around the world consider various proposals to make changes to tax laws, which may include increasing or decreasing existing statutory tax rates.
The Company faces various worldwide health care changes that may continue to result in pricing pressures that include health care cost containment and government legislation relating to sales, promotions and reimbursement of health care products.