J&J's NEW R. W. JOHNSON PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE will consolidate the drug R&D efforts of Ortho, McNeil, Cilag and the Johnson & Johnson Biotech Center, centralizing activities under one management group. The announcement was made at the company's annual shareholders' meeting April 28 by Executive Committee Vice Chairman Robert Wilson, who has overall responsibility for the firm's pharmaceutical business. A search is currently under way to find a top executive to serve as president of the R. W. Johnson Research Institute. J&J explained the establishment of the new institute as a move to coordinate R&D efforts. With an initial operating budget of about $ 200 mil., the new research institute will be headquartered in either the Raritan or Sommerville area of New Jersey. However, the different pharmaceutical divisions will continue to operate existing research facilities -- Ortho in Raritan, McNeil in Spring House, Pennsylvania, Cilag in Switzerland and J&J Biotech in La Jolla, California. Not included in the reorganization is the Belgium-based Janssen Research Foundation, which will remain separate.
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