BEIJING - US medical giant Johnson &
Johnson (J&J) opened its second nonprofit
medical science center in China here recently.
The center, with an investment of 200
million yuan (approximately US$24.4 million), will
for the first time introduce J&J's medical
management training courses to Chinese hospitals
and medical institutes. The management training
courses offer instruction in
nursing operations, inventory
management and hospital management, which can help
hospitals reduce their management costs. Surgeons
who take the center's courses will receive
continued education credit upon passing exams.
According to Michelle Liu, managing
director of J&J Medical China, the company's
first medical science center in China, established
in Shanghai in 2001, has so
far provided medical training for more than 15,000
doctors and nurses. People in remote and rural
areas haven't received enough medical care in
spite of growth of the Chinese economy and the
need of medical care, said Liu, adding that
J&J is committed to increase the training for
doctors and nurses in grass roots.
The
center in Beijing will also house J&J's
research and development department in China.
Advanced technologies and products produced there
could be applied in the production of medical
equipment in China, which could reduce Chinese
patients' therapy cost, said Liu.
Johnson
& Johnson, founded in 1885, is an
international manufacturer of pharmaceuticals,
medical devices and consumer packaged goods. Its
common stock is a component of the Dow Jones
Industrial Average and listed among the Fortune
500. The corporation's main headquarters is
located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, while its
consumer division is located in Skillman, New
Jersey. The corporation includes some 200
subsidiary companies with operations in over 90
countries, and whose products are sold in over
175.
Johnson & Johnson's brands
include numerous household names of medications
and first aid supplies. Among its well-known
consumer products are the Band-Aid line of
bandages, Tylenol medications, Johnson's Baby
products, Neutrogena skin and beauty products, and
the K-Y jelly line of lubricants. Johnson &
Johnson has six subsidiary companies in China.
