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AI @ Johnson & Johnson

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

Summary

  • Johnson & Johnson has progressively integrated AI across surgical applications, drug discovery, and supply chain optimization from 2024 to 2025, notably collaborating with Nvidia and Quantum Pharma to accelerate AI-driven innovation.
  • The company refined its AI strategy by mid-2025, focusing on high-impact projects after initially exploring around 900 use cases, with 10-15% of these delivering 80% of the value, including advances in lung cancer detection and surgery enhancement.
  • Recent efforts include launching the Polyphonic™ AI Fund for Surgery to foster innovation in AI-driven surgical solutions, led by Shan Jegatheeswaran, emphasizing a shift towards data-driven healthcare and agentic AI applications to improve outcomes and operational efficiency.

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5 AI Use Cases at Johnson & Johnson

Cancer Detection
2025
Customer Facing
Traditional
Generative
Agentic
Outcome
J&J MedTech uses AI-led technologies for early detection of lung cancer, combining advanced imaging and AI to identify disease at treatable stages, enhancing clinical outcomes. [1]
Innovation Funding
2025
Traditional
Generative
Agentic
Outcome
Revenue
The Polyphonic™ AI Fund for Surgery launched by J&J incentivizes and accelerates AI innovation focused on solving pressing surgical challenges through global community engagement. [1][2]
Drug Discovery
2024
Traditional
Generative
Agentic
Outcome
Revenue
J&J partners with Quantum Pharmaceuticals to utilize AI platforms for accelerating drug discovery, enabling intelligent screening of molecular compounds to innovate pharmaceutical pipelines. [1]
Supply Chain Optimization
2024
Traditional
Generative
Agentic
Outcome
Risk
Data-driven AI models help Johnson & Johnson respond dynamically to supply chain disruptions improving prediction accuracy and operational resilience. [1][2]
Surgical Automation
2024
Traditional
Generative
Agentic
Outcome
Johnson & Johnson leverages AI collaboration with Nvidia to automate surgical documentation and enhance intraoperative procedures through video analysis and intelligent decision support. [1][2]

Timeline

2025 Q4

1 updates

The Polyphonic™ AI Fund for Surgery progresses under Shan Jegatheeswaran’s leadership, fostering a global community to advance AI-driven data solutions tackling key surgical challenges.

2025 Q3

1 updates

J&J continues to deepen AI integration, blending ethical intelligence and precision medicine with agentic AI agents in surgical, R&D, and supply operations to revolutionize innovation pipelines.

2025 Q2

2 updates

A strategic pivot to prioritize around 10-15% of AI projects that drive 80% of value; launch of Polyphonic™ AI Fund for Surgery by Shan Jegatheeswaran; AI-driven lung cancer detection deployment; focus on supply chain and drug discovery.

2025 Q1: no updates

2024 Q4

2 updates

J&J expanded AI usage with partnerships like Quantum Pharmaceuticals for AI drug discovery and publicly detailed six ways AI aids their operations, including supply chain responsiveness.

2024 Q3: no updates

2024 Q2: no updates

2024 Q1

2 updates

J&J collaborated with Nvidia to develop AI applications aimed at automating surgical documentation and scaling AI for surgery enhancement, signaling strong initial investment in AI surgical technologies.