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Johnson & Johnson / Centocor Inc.

1999 · Acquisition/Merger · $4.9B · Complete

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Johnson & Johnson acquired Centocor in a $4.9 billion stock-for-stock transaction, gaining full ownership of Remicade (infliximab), which had been approved for Crohn's disease in 1998 and later became one of the world's best-selling biologic drugs.

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