Johnson & Johnson is replacing its iconic cursive logo with a new look. [Logos courtesy of J&J]
Johnson & Johnson has rebranded with a new logo and a new name for its Janssen pharmaceutical business one year after renaming its medical device business — and just weeks after spinning off its consumer health business.New Brunswick, New Jersey–based Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) has replaced its 136-year-old logo — based on the signature of co-founder James Wood Johnson — with a “more modern logo and brighter red, keeping the iconic ampersand,” J&J CEO Joaquin Duato said today in a post on LinkedIn. The change is meant to call attention to J&J’s focus on innovative medicine and medtech, he said.
The Janssen Pharmaceutical Cos. of Johnson & Johnson, meanwhile, is from now on going as Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, “leading where medicine is goin…