Johnson and Johnson

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for teenagers 12 to 15 years of age. The federal agency expanded an existing emergency use authorization for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, after determining that the vaccine met…

State officials continue to push for increased vaccinations, particularly after the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is reintroduced for distribution and use. Gov. Asa Hutchinson told reporters on Tuesday, April 27 that there is an ample supply of COVID-19 vaccine doses…

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have lifted a temporary pause on the distribution and use of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine. The federal agencies announced on…

Arkansas is pausing the distribution of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine for now. This pause comes after both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) called for a pause in the…

Michael Waggoner, DO, has become the first ophthalmologist in the state of Arkansas to implant Johnson and Johnson Vision’s new monofocal intraocular lens (IOL). Waggoner, with BoozmanHof in Northwest Arkansas, implanted the TECHNIS Eyhance™ lens, which is the newest innovation…

Effective Tuesday, March 2, Gov. Asa Hutchinson is expanding COVID-19 eligibility to include food manufacturing workers in Arkansas. Hutchinson is expanding the Phase 1B eligibility to include food manufacturing workers in the state. These workers in the meat processing, poultry…

Pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson and a subsidiary will pay more than $116 million in a multi-state settlement over deceptive marketing of a transvaginal surgical mesh device. Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary Ethicon allegedly misrepresented the safety and effectiveness…