johnson&johnson

Technology/Innovation
Johnson & Johnson established four regional innovation centers in major life sciences communities in the world as part of a novel approach to accelerate early innovation and enhance opportunities for collaboration and investment across its global healthcare businesses.
Johnson & Johnson established four regional innovation centers in some of the world’s leading innovation hotspots in California, Boston, London and China, the Johnson & Johnson innovation centers will serve as regional hubs focused on identifying early-stage innovations, and establishing novel collaborations to invest in and speed development of those innovations to solve unmet needs in patients. Each innovation center will house science and technology experts and have local deal-making capabilities, with flexibility to adapt deal structures to match the early-stage opportunity.
The innovation centers will provide scientists, entrepreneurs and emerging companies focused on early-stage opportunities with one-stop access to science and technology experts at Johnson & Johnson who can facilitate collaborations across its pharmaceutical, medical device and diagnostics and consumer companies. http://www.jnj.com/news/all/johnson-and-johnson-announces-plans-to-establish-innovation-centers

50% of US patients take 2 or more prescription drugs. Mobile health app like ‘care4today’ can help you keep track
Given the explosive growth of both iOS and Android, we decided to release our apps on both platforms. We generate awareness by communicating with our moms through several of our channels. We tell our moms about new features and tools through our social channels like Twitter (http://twitter.com/babycenter), Facebook (http://facebook.com/babycenter), and the BabyCenter Community (http://community.babycenter.com. We also use onsite and email promotion including device-based targeting to make sure that we get the message out and connect moms with the right apps. http://www.appolicious.com/shine/articles/8435-how-johnson-johnsons-babycenter-conceives-its-mobile-applications Last fall, Johnson & Johnson announced its plans to set up a network of four new innovation centers, in Silicon Valley, Cambridge, Mass., London, and Shanghai.
The mission is to help Johnson & Johnson connect better with entrepreneurs starting new healthcare ventures, and academic researchers who might be on the verge of their next big (and potentially commercializable) breakthrough.
They’re intended to hunt for nascent products for all three major sectors of J&J: its consumer business; pharmaceuticals; and medical devices and diagnostics. They’ll eventually be staffed with executives who have experience in most of J&J’s individual business units.

The Cambridge Innovation Center hosts monthly “first Thursday” lunches, intended to bring in local entrepreneurs and scientific researchers, and foster networking and casual conversations. (The other innovation centers host similar lunches.) http://innovationleader.com/how-jj-is-building-its-global-network-of-innovation-centers/