J&J forms 'innovation centres' in global biotech hubs to access emerging tech
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Johnson & Johnson's new regional "innovation centres" will expand on the company's success with the US Janssen Labs project that opened earlier this year in San Diego to assist life science startups and connect the pharmaceutical company to promising new therapeutics, medical devices and consumer healthcare products (scripintelligence.com, 20 January 2012).
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