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On the Record · Johnson & Johnson

Johnson & Johnson acquisitions, on the record

The businesses Johnson & Johnson bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.

Deals its annual reports describe

BusinessDealWhenValue
Abiomed
Word for word“The Interventional Solutions franchise achieved sales of $6.4 billion in 2023, representing an increase of 47.7% from 2022, which includes sales from Abiomed acquired on December 22, 2022.” 10-K for 2023
acquisitionDecember 22, 2022—
Kenvue Inc.
Word for word“On May 8, 2023, Kenvue, completed an initial public offering (the IPO) resulting in the issuance of 198,734,444 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Kenvue Common Stock), at an initial public offering of $22.00 per share for net proceeds of $4.2 billion.” 10-K for 2023
divestitureMay 8, 2023net proceeds of $4.2 billion
Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.
Word for word“The net proceeds from this offering were used to fund the Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. acquisition for approximately $14.5 billion which closed on April 2, 2025, and for general corporate purposes.” 10-K for 2025
acquisitionApril 2, 2025approximately $14.5 billion
Shockwave
Word for word“(1) Acquired on May 31, 2024 * Percentage greater than 100% or not meaningful The Surgery franchise achieved sales of $10.1 billion in 2025, representing an increase of 3.0% from 2024.” 10-K for 2025
acquisitionMay 31, 2024—
As filedReported in the company's financial data (XBRL), each linked to its filing
Fiscal year endedCash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired)Cash received from selling businessesGoodwill from acquisitions
2017-01-01$4.51 billion—$1.57 billion
2017-12-31$35.15 billion—$8.46 billion
2018-12-30$899 million—$403 million
2019-12-29$5.81 billion—$3.28 billion
2021-01-03$7.32 billion—$1.46 billion
2022-01-02$60 million—$0
2023-01-01$17.65 billion$0$11.06 billion
2023-12-31$0$200 million$0
2024-12-29$15.15 billion—$8.21 billion
2025-12-28$17.5 billion—$3.49 billion

Deal filings since 2016

Read from Johnson & Johnson’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-02-11. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.