The company was formed from the merger of Ortho Pharmaceutical

Ortho Pharmaceutical

Ortho Pharmaceutical was initially formed in the United States in 1931 as a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson to market the first prescription spermicidal contraceptive jelly, Ortho-Gynol.-History:...

 and McNeil Pharmaceutical in 1993. Both of these pharmaceutical companies are pioneers and leaders in areas such as pain management, acid reflux disease, and infectious diseases. Ortho-McNeil and Janssen

Janssen Pharmaceutica

Janssen Pharmaceutica is pharmaceutical company, established in Belgium in 1953 by Paul Janssen. Its headquarters are located in Beerse, in the Campine region of the province of Antwerp, Belgium. It was created not as a subsidiary of a chemical factory but solely with the aim of conducting...

 have been placed in the Ortho-McNeil-Janssen

Ortho-McNeil-Janssen

Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc is a healthcare company of Johnson & Johnson composed of two divisions:* Ortho-McNeil, based in Raritan, NJ ; the division is focused on primary care....

 group within Johnson & Johnson

Johnson & Johnson

Johnson & Johnson is an American multinational pharmaceutical, medical devices and consumer packaged goods manufacturer founded in 1886. Its common stock is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the company is listed among the Fortune 500....

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Ortho-McNeil is headquartered in Raritan, New Jersey

New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...

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Amongst its many prescription drugs are

• The combined oral contraceptive pill brands Ortho Tri-cyclen and Ortho-Evra.
• Doribax
• Elmiron
• Levaquin
• Ultram ER
• Aciphex
• Concerta

External links

• Ortho-McNeil
• Pricara Inc.
• www.ultram-er.com