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AI @ Johnson & Johnson

Pharma + medical devices
Industry
Last updated
July 3, 2025 at 10:44 AM

Summary

  • Johnson & Johnson has significantly accelerated its AI initiatives from early-stage collaborations with Nvidia on surgical AI in early 2024 to launching focused investment funds and refining AI strategies by mid-2025, emphasizing high-impact areas such as surgery, drug discovery, and supply chain optimization.
  • The company has narrowed its AI deployment from testing nearly 900 use cases to concentrating on the 10-15% driving 80% of the value, notably advancing AI in surgical robotics (MONARCH™ Platform), lung cancer detection, and finance operations, with key leadership including Shan Jegatheeswaran (SVP, Global Head).
  • Recent advancements include the Polyphonic™ AI Fund to promote data-driven AI for surgery, enhanced remote patient monitoring, robotics development with Nvidia Isaac for healthcare, and pivoting to agentic AI approaches to autonomously improve precision medicine, collectively aiming to improve customer experience and operational efficiencies.

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5 AI Use Cases at Johnson & Johnson

Surgical Automation
2026
Traditional
Generative
Agentic
Outcome
Johnson & Johnson leverages AI to automate surgical documentation and enhance surgery through AI-driven connected digital ecosystems and robotic-assisted platforms like MONARCH™, improving procedure accuracy and efficiency. [1][2][3]
Remote Monitoring
2025
Customer Facing
Traditional
Generative
Agentic
Outcome
Johnson & Johnson employs AI-driven remote patient monitoring technologies to improve patient health management and clinical trial efficiency by collecting and analyzing real-time health data. [1]
Drug Discovery
2025
Traditional
Generative
Agentic
Outcome
Revenue
Johnson & Johnson partners with companies like Quantum Pharma to utilize AI platforms for accelerating drug discovery by intelligently screening millions of compounds, enhancing the speed and success rates of pharmaceutical development. [1]
Supply Chain Optimization
2024
Traditional
Generative
Agentic
Outcome
Costs
AI is applied to improve supply chain resilience and accuracy by predicting disruptions and optimizing logistics, enabling Johnson & Johnson to maintain steady operations and reduce costs. [1][2]
Financial Forecasting
2024
Traditional
Generative
Agentic
Outcome
Risk
AI is utilized to enhance financial accuracy including balance sheet management and forecasts within Johnson & Johnson's operations, improving decision-making and risk management. [1]

Timeline

2026 Q1: no updates

2025 Q4

4 updates

J&J further advanced the Polyphonic™ AI Fund for Surgery, collaborated with Nvidia on AI-driven simulation for the MONARCH™ surgical robotics platform, enhanced remote patient monitoring via AI, and announced progress in surgical robotics with embedded physical AI capabilities.

2025 Q3

1 updates

Johnson & Johnson advanced AI integration with agentic AI approaches to autonomously support surgical, R&D, and supply operations; blending ethical intelligence and precision medicine to maintain healthcare leadership.

2025 Q2

3 updates

J&J pivoted its AI strategy towards prioritizing high-impact projects within surgery, drug discovery, and supply chain, launching the Polyphonic™ AI Fund for Surgery to accelerate AI solutions, and emphasized that 10-15% of AI projects produce 80% of the value.

2025 Q1: no updates

2024 Q4

2 updates

J&J expanded its AI use cases, including a licensing deal with Quantum Pharma for AI drug discovery and publicly detailed six ways AI enhances its healthcare processes, focusing on supply chain disruption response and accelerating medical procedures.

2024 Q3: no updates

2024 Q2: no updates

2024 Q1

3 updates

Johnson & Johnson started AI collaborations with Nvidia to develop surgical AI applications to automate surgical documentation and scale AI-driven surgery solutions; the CFO highlighted AI's role in financial accuracy and supply chain predictions.