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Janssen Pharmaceuticals

Janssen Pharmaceuticals was a Belgian pharmaceutical company founded in 1953 by Paul Janssen and acquired by Johnson & Johnson in 1961. The company specialized in psychiatry, neurology, oncology, immunology, and infectious disease medicines, developing approximately 70 new active pharmaceutical substances over its history. In 2024 the Janssen brand was retired and the pharmaceutical operations were rebranded as Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine. As such, Janssen no longer operates as a standalone brand and does not maintain its own public APIs.

Janssen Pharmaceuticals is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Defunct Brand, Healthcare, Johnson & Johnson, and Pharmaceuticals.

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scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0
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Defunct BrandHealthcareJohnson & JohnsonPharmaceuticals

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scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0
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Janssen Domain Security

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Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: janssen
name: Janssen Pharmaceuticals
description: Janssen Pharmaceuticals was a Belgian pharmaceutical company founded in 1953 by Paul Janssen and acquired by
  Johnson & Johnson in 1961. The company specialized in psychiatry, neurology, oncology, immunology, and infectious disease
  medicines, developing approximately 70 new active pharmaceutical substances over its history. In 2024 the Janssen brand
  was retired and the pharmaceutical operations were rebranded as Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine. As such, Janssen
  no longer operates as a standalone brand and does not maintain its own public APIs.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - none
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consuming
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/janssen.png
tags:
- Defunct Brand
- Healthcare
- Johnson & Johnson
- Pharmaceuticals
tags_raw:
- Defunct Brand
- Healthcare
- Johnson & Johnson
- Pharmaceutical
created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-04-28'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/janssen/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis: []
common:
- type: ParentCompany
  url: https://apis.io/providers/johnson-and-johnson/
  name: Johnson & Johnson
  x-relationship: acquired
  x-evidence: Janssen Pharmaceuticals was a Belgian pharmaceutical company founded in 1953 by Paul Janssen and acquired by
    Johnson & Johnson in 1961.
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/janssen-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/janssen-pharmaceutical-companies-of-johnson-and-johnson
- type: Website
  name: J&J Innovative Medicine
  description: Successor brand to Janssen Pharmaceuticals under Johnson & Johnson.
  url: https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine
- type: Wikipedia
  name: Janssen Pharmaceuticals Wikipedia
  description: Historical reference for Janssen Pharmaceuticals.
  url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janssen_Pharmaceuticals
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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