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JOHNSON & JOHNSON
Johnson & Johnson ( J & J ) has been developing , manufacturing and selling life-changing healthcare products for 130 years . Founded in New Brunswick , New Jersey , USA , the company remains headquartered there , with 134,000 employees working in 60 countries across the world .
In 1888 , one of J & J ’ s founders , Robert Wood Johnson , was on a train trip to Colorado where he learned from a railway surgeon about the high rate of injuries for railroad workers . He came up with the idea of the First Aid Kit - a box of medical items which people could use on themselves and on each other in health emergencies .
Fast-forward to 2023 and J & J uses AI in its pharmaceutical research and is 3D printing titanium plates to be used in bone fracture recovery . Over the counter , its consumer healthcare products include icons such as Talcum Powder , Band Aid , Baby Shampoo , Listerine and not forgetting Imodium .
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