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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			JOHNSON & JOHNSON
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000200406
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				221024240
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NJ
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0103

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		10-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-03215
		FILM NUMBER:		03607809

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE JOHNSON & JOHNSON PLZ
		CITY:			NEW BRUNSWICK
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08933
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7325242454
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                   FORM 10-K

                    ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OF
                      THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 29, 2002        COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 1-3215

                               JOHNSON & JOHNSON
             (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

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<S>                                            <C>
                  NEW JERSEY                                     22-1024240
                  (State of                                   (I.R.S. Employer
                Incorporation)                              Identification No.)

         ONE JOHNSON & JOHNSON PLAZA
          NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY                                08933
   (Address of principal executive offices)                      (Zip Code)
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       Registrant's telephone number, including area code (732) 524-0400

           SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OF THE ACT

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<Caption>
             TITLE OF EACH CLASS                 NAME OF EACH EXCHANGE ON WHICH REGISTERED
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<S>                                            <C>
        Common Stock, Par Value $1.00                     New York Stock Exchange
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     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes [X]  No [ ]

     Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item
405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K.  [ ]

     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as
defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934).  Yes [X]  No [ ]

     The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common stock held
by non-affiliates (computed by reference to the price at which the common stock
was last sold) as of the last business day of the registrant's most recently
completed second fiscal quarter was approximately $156 billion.

     On February 25, 2003 there were 2,969,972,365 shares of Common Stock
outstanding.

                      DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

<Table>
<S>             <C>
Parts I and     Portions of registrant's annual report to shareholders for
  II:           fiscal year 2002.
Part III:       Portions of registrant's proxy statement for its 2003 annual
                meeting.
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                                     PART I

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<Caption>
ITEM                                                                 PAGE
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<S>    <C>                                                           <C>
 1.    Business....................................................    1
         General...................................................    1
         Segments of Business; Geographic Areas....................    1
         Consumer..................................................    1
         Pharmaceutical............................................    1
         Medical Devices & Diagnostics.............................    2
         Geographic Areas..........................................    2
         Raw Materials.............................................    2
         Patents and Trademarks....................................    3
         Seasonality...............................................    3
         Competition...............................................    3
         Research..................................................    3
         Environment...............................................    3
         Regulation................................................    3
 2.    Properties..................................................    4
 3.    Legal Proceedings...........................................    5
 4.    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.........    5
         Executive Officers of the Registrant......................    5

PART II
 5.    Market for the Registrant's Common Equity and Related
       Shareholder Matters.........................................    7
 6.    Selected Financial Data.....................................    7
 7.    Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
       and Results of Operations...................................    7
 7A.   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market
       Risk........................................................    7
 8.    Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.................    7
 9.    Changes in and Disagreements on Accounting and Financial
       Disclosure..................................................    7

PART III
10.    Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant..........    7
11.    Executive Compensation......................................    7
12.    Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and
       Management..................................................    8
13.    Certain Relationships and Related Transactions..............    8
14.    Controls and Procedures.....................................    8

PART IV
15.    Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, and Reports on Form
       8-K.........................................................    8
       Signatures..................................................   11
       Certifications Pursuant to Rule 13a-14 under the Securities
       Exchange Act of 1934........................................   13
       Certifications Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350...........   15
       Report of Independent Accountants...........................   17
       Exhibit Index...............................................   18
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     Form 10-Q Quarterly Reports Available.  A copy of Johnson & Johnson's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for any of the first three quarters of the current
fiscal year, without exhibits, will be provided without charge to any
shareholder submitting a written request to the Secretary at the principal
executive offices of the Company or by calling 800-328-9033. Each report will be
available about 45 days after the end of the quarter to which it relates. All of
the Company's SEC filings are also available on the Company's website,
www.jnj.com, in the Investor Relations section.
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                                     PART I

ITEM 1.  BUSINESS

GENERAL

     Johnson & Johnson, employing approximately 108,300 people worldwide, is
engaged in the manufacture and sale of a broad range of products in the health
care field. With over 200 operating companies, it conducts business in virtually
all countries of the world. Johnson & Johnson's primary interest, both
historically and currently, has been in products related to human health and
well-being. Johnson & Johnson was organized in the State of New Jersey in 1887.

     Johnson & Johnson is organized on the principle of decentralized
management. The Executive Committee of Johnson & Johnson is the principal
management group responsible for the operations and allocation of the resources
of the Company. This Committee oversees and coordinates the activities of
domestic and international companies which span the Consumer, Pharmaceutical and
Medical Devices & Diagnostics segments. Each international subsidiary is, with
some exceptions, managed by citizens of the country in which it is located.

SEGMENTS OF BUSINESS

     Johnson & Johnson's worldwide business is divided into three segments:
Consumer, Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices & Diagnostics. Additional
information required by this item is incorporated herein by reference to the
narrative and tabular (but not the graphic) descriptions of segments and
operating results captioned "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Results of
Operations and Financial Condition -- Description of Segments -- Consumer,
Pharmaceutical, Medical Devices & Diagnostics and Operating Results" on pages 28
through 34 and 57 of Johnson & Johnson's Annual Report to Shareholders for
fiscal year 2002.

CONSUMER

     The Consumer segment's principal products are personal care products,
including nonprescription drugs, adult skin and hair care products, baby care
products, oral care products, first aid products, women's health products and
nutritional products. Major brands include AVEENO skin care products; BAND-AID
Brand Adhesive Bandages; BENECOL food products; CAREFREE Panty Shields; CLEAN &
CLEAR teen skin care products; COMPEED foot care products; IMODIUM A-D, an
antidiarrheal; JOHNSON'S Baby line of products; JOHNSON'S pH 5.5 skin and hair
care products; MONISTAT, a remedy for vaginal yeast infections; adult and
children's MOTRIN IB ibuprofen products; MYLANTA gastrointestinal products and
PEPCID AC Acid Controller from the Johnson & Johnson - Merck Consumer
Pharmaceuticals Co.; NEUTROGENA skin and hair care products; o.b. Tampons;
PENATEN and NATUSAN baby care products; PIZ BUIN and SUNDOWN sun care products;
REACH toothbrushes; RoC skin care products; SHOWER TO SHOWER personal care
products; SPLENDA, a non-caloric sugar substitute; STAYFREE sanitary protection
products; the broad family of TYLENOL acetaminophen products; and VIACTIV
calcium supplements. The Consumer segment's products are marketed principally to
the general public and distributed both to wholesalers and directly to
independent and chain retail outlets throughout the world.

PHARMACEUTICAL

     The Pharmaceutical segment's principal worldwide franchises are in the
antifungal, anti-infective, cardiovascular, contraceptive, dermatology,
gastrointestinal, hematology, immunology, neurology, oncology, pain management,
psychotropic (central nervous system) and urology fields. These products are
distributed both directly and through wholesalers and health care professionals
for use by prescription by the general public. Prescription drugs in the
antifungal field include NIZORAL (ketoconazole), SPORANOX (itraconazole),
TERAZOL (terconazole) and DAKTARIN (miconazole nitrate) antifungal products.
Prescription drugs in the anti-infective field include FLOXIN (ofloxacin) and
LEVAQUIN (levofloxacin). Prescription drugs in the cardiovascular field include
RETAVASE (reteplase), a recombinant biologic
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cardiology care product for the treatment of acute myocardial infarction to
improve blood flow to the heart, and REOPRO (abciximab) for the treatment of
acute cardiac disease. Prescription drugs in the dermatology field include
RETIN-A MICRO (tretinoin), a dermatological cream for acne. Prescription drugs
in the gastrointestinal field include ACIPHEX (rabeprazole sodium), a proton
pump inhibitor for treating erosive gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and
duodenal ulcers (from which the Company derives service revenue as this product
is co-promoted in the U.S. with Eisai); IMODIUM (loperamide HCl), an
antidiarrheal; MOTILIUM (domperidone), a gastrointestinal mobilizer; and
REMICADE (infliximab), a novel monoclonal antibody for treatment of certain
Crohn's disease patients. REMICADE is also indicated for the treatment of
rheumatoid arthritis.

     Prescription drugs in the hematology field include PROCRIT (epoetin alfa,
sold outside the U.S. as EPREX), a biotechnology derived version of the human
hormone erythropoietin that stimulates red blood cell production, which
accounted for 11.8% of the Company's total revenues in 2002. Prescription drugs
in the immunology field include ORTHOCLONE OKT-3 (muromonab-CD3), for reversing
the rejection of kidney, heart and liver transplants. Prescription drugs in the
neurology field include REMINYL (galantamine), TOPAMAX (topiramate) and STUGERON
(cinnarizine). Prescription drugs in the oncology field include DOXIL
(doxorubicin), an anti-cancer treatment, ERGAMISOL (levamisole hydrochloride), a
colon cancer drug, and LEUSTATIN (cladribine), for hairy cell leukemia.
Prescription drugs in the pain management field include DURAGESIC (fentanyl
transdermal system, sold abroad as DUROGESIC), a transdermal patch for chronic
pain and ULTRACET (tramadol hydrochloride/acetaminophen) for the short-term
management of acute pain. Prescription drugs in the psychotropics (central
nervous system) field include RISPERDAL (risperidone) and HALDOL (haloperidol),
and CONCERTA (methylphenidate) for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
Prescription drugs in the urology field include DITROPAN XL (oxybutynin) for
treatment of overactive bladder. Prescription drugs in the contraceptive field
include ORTHO-EVRA (norelgestromin/ethinyl estradiol transdermal system),
ORTHO-NOVUM (norethindrone/ethinyl estradiol) and TRICILEST
(norgestimate/ethinyl estradiol, sold in the U.S. as ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN) group of
oral contraceptives. In 2002, sales to three largest distributors,
AmerisourceBergen Corp., McKesson HBOC and Cardinal Distribution accounted for
10.3%, 9.8% and 9.2%, respectively, of total revenues.

MEDICAL DEVICES & DIAGNOSTICS

     The Medical Devices & Diagnostics segment includes a broad range of
products used by or under the direction of physicians, nurses, therapists,
hospitals, diagnostic laboratories and clinics. These products include Ethicon's
wound care, surgical sports medicine and women's health products; Ethicon
Endo-Surgery's minimally invasive surgical products; Cordis' circulatory disease
management products; LifeScan's blood glucose monitoring products;
Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics' professional diagnostic products; DePuy's
orthopaedic joint reconstruction and spinal products and Vistakon's disposable
contact lenses. Distribution to these health care professional markets is done
both directly and through surgical supply and other dealers.

GEOGRAPHIC AREAS

     The international business of Johnson & Johnson is conducted by
subsidiaries located in 54 countries outside the United States, which are
selling products in virtually all countries throughout the world. The products
made and sold in the international business include many of those described
above under "Description of Segments -- Consumer, Pharmaceutical and Medical
Devices & Diagnostics." However, the principal markets, products and methods of
distribution in the international business vary with the country and the
culture. The products sold in the international business include not only those
which were developed in the United States but also those which were developed by
subsidiaries abroad.

     Investments and activities in some countries outside the United States are
subject to higher risks than comparable domestic activities because the
investment and commercial climate is influenced by restrictive economic policies
and political uncertainties.

RAW MATERIALS

     Raw materials essential to Johnson & Johnson's business are generally
readily available from multiple sources.

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PATENTS AND TRADEMARKS

     Johnson & Johnson has made a practice of obtaining patent protection on its
products and processes where possible. Johnson & Johnson owns or is licensed
under a number of patents relating to its products and manufacturing processes,
which in the aggregate are believed to be of material importance in the
operation of its business. However, it is believed that except for the patents
related to PROCRIT/EXPREX, no single patent or related group of patents is
material in relation to Johnson & Johnson as a whole.

     Johnson & Johnson has made a practice of selling its products under
trademarks and of obtaining protection for these trademarks by all available
means. Johnson & Johnson's trademarks are protected by registration in the
United States and other countries where its products are marketed. Johnson &
Johnson considers these trademarks in the aggregate to be of material importance
in the operation of its business.

SEASONALITY

     Worldwide sales do not reflect any significant degree of seasonality;
however, spending has been heavier in the fourth quarter of each year than in
other quarters. This reflects increased spending decisions, principally for
advertising and research grants.

COMPETITION

     In all its product lines, Johnson & Johnson companies compete with
companies both large and small, located in the United States and abroad.
Competition is strong in all lines without regard to the number and size of the
competing companies involved. Competition in research, involving the development
of new products and processes and the improvement of existing products and
processes, is particularly significant and results from time to time in product
and process obsolescence. The development of new and improved products is
important to Johnson & Johnson's success in all areas of its business. This
competitive environment requires substantial investments in continuing research
and in multiple sales forces. In addition, the winning and retention of customer
acceptance of Johnson & Johnson's consumer products involve heavy expenditures
for advertising, promotion and selling.

RESEARCH

     Research activities are important to all segments of Johnson & Johnson's
business. Major research facilities are located not only in the United States
but also in Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Switzerland and the
United Kingdom. The costs of Johnson & Johnson's worldwide research activities
relating to the development of new products, the improvement of existing
products, technical support of products and compliance with governmental
regulations for the protection of the consumer amounted to $3,957, $3,591, and
$3,105 million for fiscal years 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively. These costs
are charged directly to income in the year in which incurred. All research was
sponsored by Johnson & Johnson.

ENVIRONMENT

     During the past year Johnson & Johnson was subject to a variety of federal,
state and local environmental protection measures. Johnson & Johnson believes
that its operations comply in all material respects with applicable
environmental laws and regulations. Johnson & Johnson's compliance with these
requirements did not and is not expected to have a material effect upon its
capital expenditures, earnings or competitive position.

REGULATION

     Most of Johnson & Johnson's business is subject to varying degrees of
governmental regulation in the countries in which operations are conducted, and
the general trend is toward regulation of increasing stringency. In the United
States, the drug, device, diagnostics and cosmetic industries have long been
subject to regulation by various federal, state and local agencies, primarily as
to product safety, efficacy, advertising and labeling. The exercise of broad
regulatory powers by the Food and Drug Administration (the "FDA")

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continues to result in increases in the amounts of testing and documentation
required for FDA clearance of new drugs and devices and a corresponding increase
in the expense of product introduction. Similar trends toward product and
process regulation are also evident in a number of major countries outside of
the United States, especially in the European Economic Community where efforts
are continuing to harmonize the internal regulatory systems.

     The costs of human health care have been and continue to be a subject of
study, investigation and regulation by governmental agencies and legislative
bodies in the United States and other countries. In the United States, attention
has been focused on drug prices and profits and programs that encourage doctors
to write prescriptions for particular drugs or recommend particular medical
devices. Even in the absence of new government regulation, managed care has
become a more potent force in the market place and it is likely that increased
attention will be paid to drug and medical device pricing, appropriate drug and
medical device utilization and the quality of health care.

     The regulatory agencies under whose purview Johnson & Johnson operates have
administrative powers that may subject Johnson & Johnson to such actions as
product recalls, seizure of products and other civil and criminal sanctions. In
some cases Johnson & Johnson may deem it advisable to initiate product recalls
voluntarily.

ITEM 2.  PROPERTIES

     Johnson & Johnson and its worldwide subsidiaries operate 154 manufacturing
facilities occupying approximately 16 million square feet of floor space.

     The manufacturing facilities are used by the industry segments of Johnson &
Johnson's business approximately as follows:

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<Caption>
                                                               SQUARE FEET
                          SEGMENT                             (IN THOUSANDS)
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<S>                                                           <C>
Consumer....................................................       4,586
Pharmaceutical..............................................       5,110
Medical Devices & Diagnostics...............................       6,437
                                                                  ------
          Worldwide total...................................      16,133
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     Within the United States, 9 facilities are used by the Consumer segment, 13
by the Pharmaceutical segment and 55 by the Medical Devices & Diagnostics
segment. Johnson & Johnson's manufacturing operations outside the United States
are often conducted in facilities which serve more than one segment of the
business.

     The locations of the manufacturing facilities by major geographic areas of
the world are as follows:

<Table>
<Caption>
                                                                NUMBER
                                                                  OF         SQUARE FEET
                      GEOGRAPHIC AREA                         FACILITIES    (IN THOUSANDS)
                      ---------------                         ----------    --------------
<S>                                                           <C>           <C>
United States...............................................      77             7,429
Europe......................................................      34             5,132
Western Hemisphere excluding U.S.A..........................      16             1,983
Africa, Asia and Pacific....................................      27             1,589
                                                                 ---            ------
          Worldwide total...................................     154            16,133
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     In addition to the manufacturing facilities discussed above, Johnson &
Johnson maintains numerous office and warehouse facilities throughout the world.
Research facilities are also discussed in Item 1 under "Business -- Research."

     Johnson & Johnson generally seeks to own its manufacturing facilities,
although some, principally in locations abroad, are leased. Office and warehouse
facilities are often leased.

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     Johnson & Johnson's properties are maintained in good operating condition
and repair and are well utilized.

     For information regarding lease obligations see Note 4 "Rental Expense and
Lease Commitments" under "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" on page 44
through 45 of Johnson & Johnson's Annual Report to Shareholders for fiscal year
2002. Segment information on additions to Johnson & Johnson's property, plant
and equipment is contained on page 57 of Johnson & Johnson's Annual Report to
Shareholders for fiscal year 2002.

ITEM 3.  LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

     The information set forth in Note 18 "Legal Proceedings" under "Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements" on page 53 through 54 of Johnson & Johnson's
Annual Report to Shareholders for fiscal year 2002 is incorporated herein by
reference.

     The Company or its subsidiaries are parties to a number of proceedings
brought under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act, commonly known as Superfund, and comparable state laws, in which
the primary relief sought is the cost of past and future remediation. While it
is not feasible to predict or determine the outcome of these proceedings, in the
opinion of the Company, such proceedings would not have a material adverse
effect on the results of operations, cash flows or financial position of the
Company.

ITEM 4.  SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

     Not applicable.

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT

     Listed below are the executive officers of Johnson & Johnson as of March
17, 2003, each of whom, unless otherwise indicated below, has been an employee
of the Company or its affiliates and held the position indicated during the past
five years. There are no family relationships between any of the executive
officers, and there is no arrangement or understanding between any executive
officer and any other person pursuant to which the executive officer was
selected. At the annual meeting of the Board of Directors, the executive
officers are elected by the Board to hold office for one year and until their
respective successors are elected and qualified, or until earlier resignation or
removal.

     Information with regard to the directors of the Company, including those of
the following executive officers who are directors, is incorporated herein by
reference to pages 4 through 7 of Johnson & Johnson's Proxy Statement dated
March 12, 2003.

<Table>
<Caption>
                 NAME                    AGE                          POSITION
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<S>                                      <C>    <C>
Robert J. Darretta.....................  56     Member, Board of Directors; Member, Executive
                                                  Committee; Executive Vice President; Chief
                                                  Financial Officer
Russell C. Deyo........................  53     Member, Executive Committee; Vice President,
                                                  Administration(a)
Michael J. Dormer......................  51     Member, Executive Committee; Worldwide Chairman,
                                                  Medical Devices Group(b)
Roger S. Fine..........................  60     Member, Executive Committee; Vice President, General
                                                  Counsel(c)
Colleen A. Goggins.....................  48     Member, Executive Committee; Worldwide Chairman,
                                                  Consumer & Personal Care Group(d)
JoAnn Heffernan Heisen.................  53     Member, Executive Committee; Vice President, Chief
                                                  Information Officer(e)
James T. Lenehan.......................  54     Vice Chairman, Board of Directors; President;
                                                Member, Executive Committee
</Table>

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<Table>
<Caption>
                 NAME                    AGE                          POSITION
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<S>                                      <C>    <C>
Brian D. Perkins.......................  49     Member, Executive Committee; Worldwide Chairman,
                                                  Consumer Pharmaceuticals & Nutritionals Group(f)
Per A. Peterson, M.D., Ph.D. ..........  58     Member, Executive Committee; Chairman, Research &
                                                  Development, Pharmaceuticals Group(g)
Christine A. Poon......................  50     Member, Executive Committee; Worldwide Chairman,
                                                  Pharmaceuticals Group(h)
William C. Weldon......................  54     Chairman, Board of Directors; Chief Executive
                                                Officer; Chairman, Executive Committee
Robert N. Wilson.......................  62     Senior Vice Chairman, Board of Directors(i)
</Table>

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(a) Mr. R. C. Deyo joined the Company in 1985 and became Associate General
    Counsel in 1991. He became a Member of the Executive Committee and Vice
    President, Administration in 1996.

(b) Mr. M. J. Dormer joined the Company in 1998 as Company Group Chairman,
    Worldwide Franchise Chairman for DePuy and Codman, when the Company acquired
    DePuy, Inc. At the time of that acquisition, he had been Chief Operating
    Officer of DePuy, Inc. since 1996. Mr. Dormer served as President of DePuy
    International Ltd. from 1992 to 1996. Mr. Dormer became a Member of the
    Executive Committee and Franchise Group Chairman for Medical Devices in
    2001. In April 2002, Mr. Dormer was named Worldwide Chairman, Medical
    Devices Group.

(c) Mr. R. S. Fine joined the Company in 1974 and became a Member of the
    Executive Committee and Vice President, Administration in 1991 and Vice
    President, General Counsel in 1996.

(d) Ms. C. A. Goggins joined the Company in 1981 and held various positions
    before becoming President of Personal Products Company in 1994. She was
    named President of Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products Company in 1995 and
    Company Group Chairman, North America, Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products
    in 1998. Ms. Goggins became a Member of the Executive Committee and
    Worldwide Chairman, Consumer & Personal Care Group in 2001.

(e) Ms. J. H. Heisen joined the Company in 1989 and became Treasurer in 1991 and
    Controller in 1995. She became a Member of the Executive Committee and Vice
    President, Chief Information Officer in 1997.

(f) Mr. B. D. Perkins joined the Company in 1980 and held various positions
    before becoming President of McNeil Consumer Products Company in 1994 and
    Company Group Chairman for OTC Pharmaceuticals in 1999. He became a Member
    of the Executive Committee and Worldwide Chairman, Consumer Pharmaceuticals
    & Nutritionals Group in 1999.

(g) Dr. P. A. Peterson joined the Company in 1994 as Vice President, Drug
    Discovery, of The R.W. Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute. He was
    named Group Vice President of The Pharmaceutical Research Institute in April
    1998 and its President in November 1998. In 2000, Dr. Peterson was named
    Chairman, Research & Development, Pharmaceuticals Group. Dr. Peterson became
    a Member of the Executive Committee in 2001.

(h) Ms. C. A. Poon joined the Company in 2000 as a Company Group Chairman in the
    Pharmaceuticals Group. Ms. Poon became a Member of the Executive Committee
    and Worldwide Chairman, Pharmaceuticals Group in 2001. Prior to joining the
    Company, she served in various management positions at Bristol-Myers Squibb
    for 15 years, most recently as President of International Medicines
    (1998 - 2000) and President of Medical Devices (1997 - 1998).

(i) Mr. Wilson joined the Company in 1964, served in several sales and marketing
    management positions and was appointed Company Group Chairman in 1981 and
    appointed to the Executive Committee in 1983. He was appointed Chairman of a
    Sector Operating Committee in 1985 and was appointed Vice Chairman of the
    Board of Directors in 1989. He assumed expanded responsibilities as Vice
    Chairman of the Executive Committee in 1994 and was named Senior Vice
    Chairman of the Board of Directors in 2001.

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                                    PART II

ITEM 5.  MARKET FOR THE REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED SHAREHOLDER
         MATTERS

     The information called for by this item is incorporated herein by reference
to the material captioned "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Results of
Operations and Financial Condition -- Share Repurchases & Dividends" on page 34
and "Common Stock Market Prices" on page 37 of Johnson & Johnson's Annual Report
to Shareholders for fiscal year 2002.

ITEM 6.  SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

     The information called for by this item is incorporated herein by reference
to the material captioned "Summary of Operations and Statistical Data 1992-2002"
on page 58 of Johnson & Johnson's Annual Report to Shareholders for fiscal year
2002.

ITEM 7.  MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS
         OF OPERATIONS

     The information called for by this item is incorporated herein by reference
to the narrative and tabular (but not the graphic) material included in the
material captioned "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Results of
Operations and Financial Condition" on pages 28 through 37 of Johnson &
Johnson's Annual Report to Shareholders for fiscal year 2002.

ITEM 7A.  QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

     The information called for by this item is incorporated herein by reference
to the material captioned "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Results of
Operations and Financial Condition -- Financial Position & Capital Resources" on
page 34 through 35 of Johnson & Johnson's Annual Report to Shareholders for
fiscal year 2002.

ITEM 8.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

     The information called for by this item is incorporated herein by reference
to the Consolidated Financial Statements and the Notes thereto and the material
captioned "Independent Auditor's Report" on pages 38 through 56 of Johnson &
Johnson's Annual Report to Shareholders for fiscal year 2002.

ITEM 9.  CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND
         FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

     Not applicable.

                                    PART III

ITEM 10.  DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT

     The information called for by this item is incorporated herein by reference
to (a) the material under the caption "Election of Directors -- Nominees" on
pages 3 through 7 of Johnson & Johnson's Proxy Statement dated March 12, 2003,
(b) the material in Part I hereof under the caption "Executive Officers of the
Registrant" and (c) the material under the caption "Section 16(a) Beneficial
Ownership Reporting Compliance" on page 10 of Johnson & Johnson's Proxy
Statement dated March 12, 2003.

ITEM 11.  EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

     The information called for by this item is incorporated herein by reference
to the following sections of Johnson & Johnson's Proxy Statement dated March 12,
2003: "Election of Directors -- Directors' Fees, Committees and Meetings" on
pages 8 through 10; "Compensation Committee Report on Executive
                                        7
<PAGE>

Compensation" on pages 12 through 15; "Shareowner Return Performance Graphs" on
pages 16 and 17; and "Executive Compensation" on pages 18 through 22.

ITEM 12.  SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

     The information called for by this item is incorporated herein by reference
to the material captioned "Election of Directors -- Stock Ownership/Control" on
pages 7 through 8 of Johnson & Johnson's Proxy Statement dated March 12, 2003.

ITEM 13.  CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

     Not applicable.

ITEM 14.  CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

     Disclosure Controls.  Within 90 days before filing this report, the Company
evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of its disclosure
controls and procedures. The Company's disclosure controls and procedures are
the controls and other procedures that the Company has designed to ensure that
it records, processes, summarizes and reports in a timely manner the information
the Company must disclose in its reports filed under the Securities Exchange
Act. William C. Weldon, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Robert J.
Darretta, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, reviewed and
participated in this evaluation. Based on this evaluation, Messrs. Weldon and
Darretta concluded that, as of the date of their evaluation, the Company's
disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

     Internal Controls.  Since the date of the evaluation described above, there
have not been any significant changes in the Company's internal controls or in
other factors that could significantly affect those controls, including any
corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material
weaknesses.

                                    PART IV

ITEM 15.  EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES, AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

     (a) The following documents are filed as part of this report

        1. Financial Statements

     The following Consolidated Financial Statements and the Notes thereto and
the Independent Auditor's Report on pages 38 through 56 of Johnson & Johnson's
Annual Report to Shareholders for fiscal year 2002 are incorporated herein by
reference:

        Consolidated Balance Sheets at end of Fiscal Years 2002 and 2001

        Consolidated Statements of Earnings for Fiscal Years 2002, 2001 and 2000

        Consolidated Statements of Equity for Fiscal Years 2002, 2001 and 2000

        Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for Fiscal Years 2002, 2001 and
2000

        Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

        Independent Auditor's Report

        2. Financial Statement Schedules

        Schedule II -- Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

     Schedules other than those listed above are omitted because they are not
required or are not applicable.

        3. Exhibits Required to be Filed by Item 60l of Regulation S-K

     The information called for by this item is incorporated herein by reference
to the Exhibit Index in this report.

     (b) Reports on Form 8-K

     A Report on Form 8-K was filed on October 23, 2002, which included a press
release statement on the Amgen arbitration.

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     A Report on Form 8-K was filed on December 4, 2002, which included a press
release statement on the change in European labeling for EPREX/ERYPO.

     A Report on Form 8-K was filed on December 30, 2002, regarding the funding
of the Company's U.S. Pension Plan.

     A Report on Form 8-K was filed on January 30, 2003, which included a press
release statement on the Amgen arbitration and also reported the resignation of
John W. Snow from the Board of Directors.

     A Report on Form 8-K was filed on March 12, 2003, which included
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations and the Independent Auditors' Report.

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                       JOHNSON & JOHNSON AND SUBSIDIARIES

                SCHEDULE II -- VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS

 FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 29, 2002, DECEMBER 30, 2001 AND DECEMBER 31, 2000
                             (DOLLARS IN MILLIONS)

<Table>
<Caption>
                                                ADDITIONS
                                BALANCE AT       CHARGED             DEDUCTIONS FROM RESERVES            BALANCE
                                 BEGINNING    TO COSTS AND    ---------------------------------------    AT END
                                 OF PERIOD     EXPENSES(A)              DESCRIPTION            AMOUNT   OF PERIOD
                                ----------    ------------              -----------            ------   ---------
<S>                             <C>           <C>             <C>                              <C>      <C>
2002
Reserves deducted from
  accounts receivable, trade
     Reserve for doubtful
       accounts...............     $197              53       Write-offs less recoveries.....     64
                                                              Currency adjustments...........     (5)      191
     Reserve for customer
       rebates................      252           1,934       Customer rebates allowed.......  1,917
                                                              Currency adjustments...........     (5)      274
     Reserve for cash
       discounts..............       74             627       Cash discounts allowed.........    640
                                                              Currency adjustments...........     (1)       62
                                   ----           -----                                        -----       ---
                                   $523           2,614                                        2,610       527
                                   ====           =====                                        =====       ===

2001
Reserves deducted from
  accounts receivable, trade
     Reserve for doubtful
       accounts...............     $182              66       Write-offs less recoveries.....     43
                                                              Currency adjustments...........      8       197
     Reserve for customer
       rebates................      188           1,543       Customer rebates allowed.......  1,475
                                                              Currency adjustments...........      4       252

     Reserve for cash
       discounts..............       69             557       Cash discounts allowed.........    550
                                                              Currency adjustments...........      2        74
                                   ----           -----                                        -----       ---
                                   $439           2,166                                        2,082       523
                                   ====           =====                                        =====       ===

2000
Reserves deducted from
  accounts receivable, trade
     Reserve for doubtful
       accounts...............     $206              89       Write-offs less recoveries.....    106
                                                              Currency adjustments...........      7       182
     Reserve for customer
       rebates................      140           1,220       Customer rebates allowed.......  1,170
                                                              Currency adjustments...........      2       188
     Reserve for cash
       discounts..............       61             494       Cash discounts allowed.........    484
                                                              Currency adjustments...........      2        69
                                   ----           -----                                        -----       ---
                                   $407           1,803                                        1,771       439
                                   ====           =====                                        =====       ===
</Table>

- ---------------
(A) Charges related to customer rebates and cash discounts are reflected as
    reductions of sales to customers.

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<PAGE>

                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Date: March 17, 2003                                JOHNSON & JOHNSON
                                          --------------------------------------
                                                       (Registrant)

                                          By /s/      W. C. WELDON
                                            ------------------------------------

                                              W. C. Weldon, Chairman, Board of
                                                          Directors
                                                and Chief Executive Officer

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this
report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

<Table>
<Caption>
                SIGNATURE                                    TITLE                         DATE
                ---------                                    -----                         ----
<C>                                           <S>                                     <C>

             /s/ W. C. WELDON                 Chairman, Board of Directors and        March 11, 2003
- ------------------------------------------    Chief Executive Officer, and
               W. C. Weldon                   Director (Principal Executive
                                              Officer)

            /s/ R. J. DARRETTA                Executive Vice President; Chief         March 12, 2003
- ------------------------------------------    Financial Officer and Director
              R. J. Darretta                  (Principal Financial Officer)

            /s/ S. J. COSGROVE                Controller                              March 12, 2003
- ------------------------------------------
              S. J. Cosgrove

             /s/ G. N. BURROW                 Director                                March 12, 2003
- ------------------------------------------
               G. N. Burrow

             /s/ J. G. CULLEN                 Director                                March 14, 2003
- ------------------------------------------
               J. G. Cullen

                                              Director                                March   , 2003
- ------------------------------------------
              M. J. Folkman

             /s/ A. D. JORDAN                 Director                                March 12, 2003
- ------------------------------------------
               A. D. Jordan

             /s/ A. G. LANGBO                 Director                                March 11, 2003
- ------------------------------------------
               A. G. Langbo

             /s/ J.T. LENEHAN                 Vice Chairman, Board of Directors,      March 17, 2003
- ------------------------------------------    President and Director
               J.T. Lenehan

</Table>

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<PAGE>

<Table>
<Caption>
                SIGNATURE                                    TITLE                         DATE
                ---------                                    -----                         ----
<C>                                           <S>                                     <C>

             /s/ L.F. MULLIN                  Director                                March 12, 2003
- ------------------------------------------
               L.F. Mullin

              /s/ D. SATCHER                  Director                                March 13, 2003
- ------------------------------------------
                D. Satcher

            /s/ H. B. SCHACHT                 Director                                March 12, 2003
- ------------------------------------------
              H. B. Schacht

             /s/ M. F. SINGER                 Director                                March 14, 2003
- ------------------------------------------
               M. F. Singer

             /s/ R. N. WILSON                 Senior Vice Chairman, Board of          March 17, 2003
- ------------------------------------------    Directors and Director
               R. N. Wilson
</Table>

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<PAGE>

                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
       PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-14 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

     I, William C. Weldon, certify that:

          1.  I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Johnson &
     Johnson (the "registrant");

          2.  Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any
     untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
     necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under
     which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
     covered by this annual report;

          3.  Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
     financial information included in this annual report, fairly present in all
     material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash
     flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
     annual report;

          4.  The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible
     for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
     defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrant and we
     have:

             a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that
        material information relating to the registrant, including its
        consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
        entities, particularly during the period in which this annual report is
        being prepared;

             b) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
        controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing
        date of this annual report (the "Evaluation Date"); and

             c) presented in this annual report our conclusions about the
        effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on our
        evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;

          5.  The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed,
     based on our most recent evaluation, to the registrant's auditors and the
     audit committee of registrant's board of directors (or persons performing
     the equivalent function):

             a) all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of
        internal controls which could adversely affect the registrant's ability
        to record, process, summarize and report financial data and have
        identified for the registrant's auditors any material weaknesses in
        internal controls; and

             b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
        other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal
        controls; and

          6.  The registrant's other certifying officers and I have indicated in
     this annual report whether or not there were significant changes in
     internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect
     internal controls subsequent to the date of our most recent evaluation,
     including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies
     and material weaknesses.

                                                 /s/ WILLIAM C. WELDON
                                          --------------------------------------
                                                    William C. Weldon
                                                 Chief Executive Officer

Date: March 17, 2003

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                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
       PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-14 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

     I, Robert J. Darretta, certify that:

          1.  I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Johnson &
     Johnson (the "registrant");

          2.  Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any
     untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
     necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under
     which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
     covered by this annual report;

          3.  Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
     financial information included in this annual report, fairly present in all
     material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash
     flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
     annual report;

          4.  The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible
     for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
     defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrant and we
     have:

             a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that
        material information relating to the registrant, including its
        consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
        entities, particularly during the period in which this annual report is
        being prepared;

             b) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
        controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing
        date of this annual report (the "Evaluation Date"); and

             c) presented in this annual report our conclusions about the
        effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on our
        evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;

          5.  The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed,
     based on our most recent evaluation, to the registrant's auditors and the
     audit committee of registrant's board of directors (or persons performing
     the equivalent function):

             a) all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of
        internal controls which could adversely affect the registrant's ability
        to record, process, summarize and report financial data and have
        identified for the registrant's auditors any material weaknesses in
        internal controls; and

             b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
        other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal
        controls; and

          6.  The registrant's other certifying officers and I have indicated in
     this annual report whether or not there were significant changes in
     internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect
     internal controls subsequent to the date of our most recent evaluation,
     including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies
     and material weaknesses.

                                                /s/ ROBERT J. DARRETTA
                                          --------------------------------------
                                                    Robert J. Darretta
                                                 Chief Financial Officer

Date: March 17, 2003

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                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                       PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

     The undersigned, William C. Weldon, the Chief Executive Officer of Johnson
& Johnson, a New Jersey corporation (the "Company"), pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350,
as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, hereby
certifies that:

          (1) the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
     December 29, 2002 (the "Report) fully complies with the requirements of
     Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

          (2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
     material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
     Company.

                                                 /s/ WILLIAM C. WELDON
                                          --------------------------------------
                                                    William C. Weldon
                                                 Chief Executive Officer

Dated: March 17, 2003

     This certification accompanies this Report on Form 10-K pursuant to Section
906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and shall not, except to the extent
required by such Act, be deemed filed by the Company for purposes of Section 18
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

                                        15
<PAGE>

                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
                       PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

     The undersigned, Robert J. Darretta, the Chief Financial Officer of Johnson
& Johnson, a New Jersey corporation (the "Company"), pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350,
as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, hereby
certifies that:

          (1) the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
     December 29, 2002 (the "Report) fully complies with the requirements of
     Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

          (2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
     material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
     Company.

                                                /s/ ROBERT J. DARRETTA
                                          --------------------------------------
                                                    Robert J. Darretta
                                                 Chief Financial Officer

Dated: March 17, 2003

     This certification accompanies this Report on Form 10-K pursuant to Section
906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and shall not, except to the extent
required by such Act, be deemed filed by the Company for purposes of Section 18
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

                                        16
<PAGE>

                      REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS ON

                          FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULE

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of
Johnson & Johnson:

     Our audits of the consolidated financial statements referred to in our
report dated January 20, 2003, except for Note 22 for which the date is February
10, 2003, appearing in the 2002 Annual Report to Shareholders of Johnson &
Johnson (which report and consolidated financial statements are incorporated by
reference in this Annual Report on Form 10-K) also included an audit of the
financial statement schedule listed in Item 15(a)(2) of this Form 10-K. In our
opinion, this financial statement schedule presents fairly, in all material
respects, the information set forth therein when read in conjunction with the
related consolidated financial statements.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP

New York, New York
January 20, 2003

                                        17
<PAGE>

                                 EXHIBIT INDEX

<Table>
<Caption>
  REG. S-K
EXHIBIT TABLE                            DESCRIPTION
  ITEM NO.                                OF EXHIBIT
- -------------                            -----------
<C>              <S>
      3(a)(i)    Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated April 26,
                 1990 -- Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3(a) of
                 the Registrant's Form 10-K Annual Report for the year ended
                 December 30, 1990.
      3(a)(ii)   Certificate of Amendment to the Restated Certificate of
                 Incorporation of the Company dated May 20,
                 1992 -- Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3(a) of
                 the Registrant's Form 10-K Annual Report for the year ended
                 January 3, 1993.
      3(a)(iii)  Certificate of Amendment to the Restated Certificate of
                 Incorporation of the Company dated May 21,
                 1996 -- Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
                 3(a)(iii) of the Registrant's Form 10-K Annual Report for
                 the year ended December 29, 1996.
      3(a)(iv)   Certificate of Amendment to the Restated Certificate of
                 Incorporation of the Company effective May 22,
                 2001 -- Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3 of the
                 Registrant's Form 10-Q Quarterly Report for the quarter
                 ended July 1, 2001.
      3(b)       By-Laws of the Company, as amended effective June 11,
                 2001 -- Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.2 of
                 the Registrant's Form 10-Q Quarterly Report for the quarter
                 ended July 1, 2001.
      4(a)       Upon the request of the Securities and Exchange Commission,
                 the Registrant will furnish a copy of all instruments
                 defining the rights of holders of long term debt of the
                 Registrant.
     10(a)       Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors -- Incorporated
                 herein by reference to Exhibit 10(a) of the Registrant's
                 Form 10-K Annual Report for the year ended December 29,
                 1996.*
     10(b)       2000 Stock Option Plan (as amended) -- Filed with this
                 document.*
     10(c)       1995 Stock Option Plan (as amended) -- Incorporated herein
                 by reference to Exhibit 10(b) of the Registrant's Form 10-K
                 Annual Report for the year ended January 3, 1999.*
     10(d)       1991 Stock Option Plan (as amended) -- Incorporated herein
                 by reference to Exhibit 10(c) of the Registrant's Form 10-K
                 Annual Report for the year ended December 28, 1997.*
     10(e)       2000 Stock Compensation Plan -- Incorporated herein by
                 reference to Exhibit 10(e) of the Registrant's Form 10-K
                 Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2000.*
     10(f)       Executive Incentive Plan (as amended) -- Incorporated herein
                 by reference to Exhibit 10(f) of the Registrant's Form 10-K
                 Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2000.*
     10(g)       Domestic Deferred Compensation (Certificate of Extra
                 Compensation) Plan (as amended) -- Incorporated herein by
                 reference to Exhibit 10(g) of the Registrant's Form 10-K
                 Annual Report for the year ended December 30, 2001.*
     10(h)       Deferred Fee Plan for Directors (as amended) -- Filed with
                 this document.*
     10(i)       Executive Income Deferral Plan (as amended) -- Filed with
                 this document.*
     10(j)       Excess Savings Plan -- Incorporated herein by reference to
                 Exhibit 10(j) of the Registrant's Form 10-K Annual Report
                 for the year ended December 29, 1996.*
     10(k)       Supplemental Retirement Plan -- Incorporated herein by
                 reference to Exhibit 10(h) of the Registrant's Form 10-K
                 Annual Report for the year ended January 3, 1993.*
     10(l)       Executive Life Insurance Plan -- Incorporated herein by
                 reference to Exhibit 10(i) of the Registrant's Form 10-K
                 Annual Report for the year ended January 3, 1993.*
     10(m)       Stock Option Gain Deferral Plan -- Incorporated herein by
                 reference to Exhibit 10(m) of the Registrant's Form 10-K
                 Annual Report for the year ended January 2, 2000.*
     10(n)       Estate Preservation Plan -- Incorporated herein by reference
                 to Exhibit 10(n) of the Registrant's Form 10-K Annual Report
                 for the year ended January 2, 2000.*
</Table>

                                        18
<PAGE>

<Table>
<Caption>
  REG. S-K
EXHIBIT TABLE                            DESCRIPTION
  ITEM NO.                                OF EXHIBIT
- -------------                            -----------
<C>              <S>
     10(o)       Letter Agreement dated June 24, 2002 between the Company and
                 Mr. R. S. Larsen with respect to post-employment
                 arrangements -- Filed with this document. *
     10(p)       Consulting Agreement between the Company and Dr. Judah
                 Folkman, member of the Board -- Filed with this document. *
     12          -- Statement of Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed
                 Charges -- Filed with this document.
     13          -- Pages 28 through 58 of the Company's Annual Report to
                 Shareholders for fiscal year 2002 (only those portions of
                 the Annual Report incorporated by reference in this report
                 are deemed "filed") -- Filed with this document.
     21          -- Subsidiaries -- Filed with this document.
     23          -- Consent of Independent Accountants -- Filed with this
                 document.
     99(a)       -- Annual Reports on Form 11-K for the Johnson & Johnson
                 Savings Plans, to be filed on or before June 30, 2003.
     99(b)       -- Cautionary Statement pursuant to Private Securities
                 Litigation Reform Act of 1995: "Safe Harbor" for
                 Forward-Looking Statements -- Filed with this document.
</Table>

- ---------------

* Management contracts and compensatory plans and arrangements required to be
  filed as Exhibits to this form pursuant to Item 15(c) of the report.

     A copy of any of the Exhibits listed above will be provided without charge
to any shareholder submitting a written request specifying the desired
exhibit(s) to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Company.

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</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-10.B
<SEQUENCE>3
<FILENAME>y83983exv10wb.txt
<DESCRIPTION>2000 STOCK OPTION PLAN (AS AMENDED)
<TEXT>
<PAGE>
                                                                   EXHIBIT 10(B)

                                JOHNSON & JOHNSON

                             2000 STOCK OPTION PLAN

                         (As amended February 10, 2003)

1.PURPOSE

The purpose of the Johnson & Johnson 2000 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan") is to
promote the interests of Johnson & Johnson (the "Company") by ensuring
continuity of management and increased incentive on the part of officers and
executive employees responsible for major contributions to effective management,
through facilitating their acquisition of an equity interest in the Company on
reasonable terms.

2.ADMINISTRATION

The Plan shall be administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board of
Directors (the "Committee"). The Committee shall consist of not less than three
directors. No person shall be eligible to continue to serve as a member of such
Committee unless such person is a "Non-Employee Director" within the meaning of
Rule 16b-3 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, and an "outside director" within the meaning of Section
162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Internal Revenue
Code"). The Committee shall have the power to select optionees, to establish the
number of shares and other terms applicable to each such option, to construe the
provisions of the Plan, and to adopt rules and regulations governing the
administration of the Plan.

The Board of Directors, within its discretion, shall have authority to amend the
Plan and the terms of any option issued hereunder without the necessity of
obtaining further approval of the shareowners, unless such approval is required
by law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, except for any stock split, adjustment or
other change in the corporate structure or shares of the Company as contemplated
under Section 6(A)(v) hereof, the Company shall neither lower the exercise price
of any option granted under the Plan nor grant any option hereunder in
replacement of an option which had previously been granted at a higher exercise
price, without the approval of the shareowners.

3.ELIGIBILITY

Those eligible to participate in the Plan will be selected by the Committee from
the following:

(1)   Directors.

(2)   Officers and other key employees of the Company and its domestic
      subsidiaries.

(3)   Key employees of subsidiaries outside the United States.

(4)   Key employees of a joint venture operation of the Company or its
      subsidiaries and key employees of joint venture partners who are assigned
      to such a joint venture.
<PAGE>

In all cases, optionees shall be selected on the basis of demonstrated ability
to contribute substantially to the effective management or financial performance
of the Company or its subsidiaries.

In no event shall an option be granted to any individual who, immediately after
such option is granted, is considered to own stock possessing more than 10% of
the combined voting power of all classes of stock of Johnson & Johnson or any of
its subsidiaries within the meaning of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code.

4.ALLOTMENT OF SHARES

The amount of Common Stock of the Company (par value $1.00 per share) that may
be made subject to grants of options under the Plan in any calendar year shall
not exceed an amount equal to 1.6 percent of the issued shares of the Company's
Common Stock (including Treasury Shares) on January 1 of such year, plus (i) the
number of shares that were available for grants in the previous year under the
Plan but were not made subject to a grant in such previous year and (ii) the
number of shares that were covered by options granted under the Plan which
options lapsed, expired or terminated in the previous year without being
exercised. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no more than 75 million shares in the
aggregate shall be available for issuance as incentive stock options under the
Plan.

The total number of shares which may be awarded under the Plan to any optionee
in any one year shall not exceed the lesser of (x) 5% of the total shares
allotted to the Plan for such year and (y) 2 million shares. The Committee may,
in its discretion, issue upon exercise of any option Treasury Shares or
authorized but unissued shares.

5.EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF PLAN

The Plan, if approved by the shareowners of the Company, shall become effective
on April 19, 2000. No option shall be granted pursuant to this Plan later than
April 18, 2005, but the rights of optionees under options theretofore granted to
them will not be affected, and all unexpired options will continue in force and
operation thereafter, except as such options may lapse or be terminated in
accordance with their terms and conditions.

6.TERMS AND CONDITIONS

A.ALL OPTIONS

         The following shall apply to all options granted under the Plan:

(i) Option Price

         The option price per share for each stock option shall be determined by
the Committee and shall not be less than the fair market value on the date the
option is granted. The fair market value shall be determined as prescribed by
the Internal Revenue Code and Regulations.

(ii) Time of Exercise of Option

         The Committee shall establish the time or times within the option
period when the stock option may be exercised in whole or in such parts as may
be
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specified from time to time by the Committee. With respect to an optionee whose
employment has terminated by reason of death, disability or retirement, the
Committee may in its discretion accelerate the time or times when any particular
stock option held by said optionee may be so exercised so that such time or
times are earlier than those originally provided in said option. In all cases
exercise of a stock option shall be subject to the provisions of Section 6B(ii)
or 6C(iii), as the case may be. The Committee shall determine, either at the
time of grant or later, whether and to what extent and under what circumstances,
the delivery of shares issuable in connection with the exercise of a
non-qualified option may be deferred at the election of the optionee.

(iii) Payment

         The entire option price may be paid at the time the option is
exercised. When an option is exercised prior to termination of employment, the
Committee shall have the discretion to arrange for the payment of such price, in
whole or in part, in installments. In such cases, the Committee shall obtain
such evidence of the optionee's obligation, establish such interest rate and
require such security as it may deem appropriate for the adequate protection of
the Company.

(iv) Non-Transferability of Option

         Unless otherwise specified by the Committee to the contrary, an option
by its terms shall not be transferable by the optionee otherwise than by will or
by the laws of descent and distribution and shall be exercisable during the
optionee's lifetime only by the optionee. The Committee may, in the manner
established by the Committee, provide for the transfer, without payment of
consideration, of a non-qualified option by an optionee to a member of the
optionee's immediate family or to a trust or partnership whose beneficiaries are
members of the optionee's immediate family. In such case, the option shall be
exercisable only by such transferee. For purposes of this provision, an
optionee's "immediate family" shall mean the holder's spouse, children and
grandchildren.

(v) Adjustment in Event of Recapitalization of the Company

         In the event of a reorganization, recapitalization, stock split, stock
dividend, combination of shares, merger, consolidation, rights offering, or any
other change in the corporate structure or shares of the Company, the Board of
Directors shall make such adjustment as it may deem equitably required in the
number and kind of shares authorized by and for the Plan, the number and kind of
shares covered by the options granted, the number of shares which may be awarded
to an optionee in any one year, and the option price.

(vi) Rights after Termination of Employment

         (1)      In the event of termination of employment due to any cause
                  other than death, disability or retirement, rights to exercise
                  the stock option shall cease, except for those which have
                  accrued to and including the "date of termination" (as defined
                  below), unless the Committee shall otherwise specify. These
                  rights shall remain exercisable for a period of three (3)
                  months after the date of termination, or such longer period
                  (not to exceed three (3) years) as the Committee shall
                  provide.
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         (2)      In the event of termination of employment due to death or
                  disability, rights to exercise the stock option shall cease,
                  except for those which have accrued to and including the date
                  of termination, unless the Committee shall otherwise specify.
                  These rights shall remain exercisable for a period of three
                  (3) years or such longer period (not to exceed the term of the
                  option) as the Committee shall provide.

                  Notwithstanding the above, in the event such termination of
                  employment due to death or disability occurs with optionee
                  having at least ten (10) years of service, any unexercised or
                  unexercisable portion of the stock option may be exercised in
                  whole or in part during the remaining term of the option at
                  such times and to the extent the optionee could have exercised
                  such stock option had the optionee's employment not
                  terminated.

         (3)      In the event of retirement (unrelated to termination for
                  cause, as defined below, which shall be governed by the
                  provisions of (1) above) rights to exercise the stock option
                  shall cease, except for those which have accrued to and
                  including the date of termination, unless the Committee shall
                  otherwise specify. These rights shall remain exercisable for a
                  period of three (3) years, or such longer period (not to
                  exceed the term of the option) as the Committee shall provide,
                  provided, however, that in the event the optionee is "employed
                  by a competitor" (as defined below) within two (2) years from
                  the date of such retirement, no rights may be exercisable
                  beyond a date which is three (3) months after the commencement
                  of such employment with a competitor.

                  Notwithstanding the above, in the event such retirement
                  (unrelated to termination for cause which shall be governed by
                  the provisions of (1) above) occurs with optionee having at
                  least ten (10) years of service, any unexercised or
                  unexercisable portions of the stock option may be exercised in
                  whole or in part during the remaining term of the stock option
                  at such times and to the extent the optionee could have
                  exercised such stock option had the optionee's employment not
                  terminated, provided, however, that in the event the optionee
                  is employed by a competitor within two (2) years from the date
                  of such retirement, (i) any unexercisable portion of the stock
                  option shall terminate immediately and (ii) no rights may be
                  exercisable beyond a date which is three (3) months after the
                  commencement of such employment with a competitor.

         (4)      No stock option shall, in any event, be exercised after the
                  expiration of 10 years from the date such option is granted,
                  or such earlier date as may be specified in the option. In
                  addition, any stock option granted within six (6) months of
                  termination of employment due to any cause whatsoever shall be
                  void unless the Committee shall otherwise provide.

         (5)      As used in the Plan:

                  (i) The term "termination for cause" shall mean optionee's
                  termination by the Company or any of its subsidiaries in
                  connection with the violation of any federal or state law,
                  dishonesty, the willful and deliberate failure on the part of
                  an optionee to perform his/her employment duties in any
                  material respect or such other events, including the existence
                  of a conflict of interest, as the Management Compensation
                  Committee may determine. Such committee shall
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                  have the sole discretion to determine whether a "termination
                  for cause" exists, and its determination shall be final.

                  (ii) The term "employed by a competitor" shall mean the
                  optionee's engaging in any activity or providing services,
                  whether as director, employee, advisor, consultant or
                  otherwise, for any corporation or other entity which is a
                  competitor of the Company or any of its subsidiaries. The
                  Management Compensation Committee shall have the sole
                  discretion to determine if an optionee is "employed by a
                  competitor", and its determination shall be final.

                  (iii) The term "date of termination" shall mean the last date
                  on which the optionee was in an active employment status.
                  Specifically, in the event an optionee is covered by a
                  severance agreement or arrangement, the "date of termination"
                  shall be the last day date of active employment, not the date
                  corresponding to the end of the severance period.

B. NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTIONS

         The Committee may, in its discretion, grant options under the Plan
which, in whole or in part, do not qualify as incentive stock options under
Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code. In addition to the terms and
conditions set forth in Section 6A above, the following terms and conditions
shall govern any option (or portion thereof) to the extent that it does not so
qualify.

         (i)      Form of Payment

                  Payment of the option price of any option (or portion thereof)
         not qualifying as an incentive stock option shall be made in cash or,
         in the discretion of the Committee, in the Common Stock of the Company
         valued at its fair market value (as the same shall be determined by the
         Committee), or a combination of such Common Stock and cash. Where
         payment of the option price is to be made with Common Stock acquired
         under a Company compensation plan (within the meaning of Opinion No. 25
         of the Accounting Principles Board), such Common Stock will not be
         accepted as payment unless the optionee has beneficially owned such
         Common Stock for at least six months (increased to one year if such
         Common Stock was acquired under an incentive stock option) prior to
         such payment.

         (ii)     Period of Option

                  The exercise period of each non-qualified stock option by its
         terms shall not be more than l0 years from the date the option is
         granted as specified by the Committee.

C. INCENTIVE STOCK OPTIONS

         The Committee may, in its discretion, grant options under the Plan
which qualify in whole or in part as incentive stock options under Section 422
of the Internal Revenue Code. In addition to the terms and conditions set forth
in Section 6A above, the following terms and conditions shall govern any option
(or portion thereof) to the extent that it so qualifies:
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           (i)      Maximum Fair Market Value of Incentive Stock Options

                    The aggregate fair market value (determined as of the time
          such option is granted) of the Common Stock for which any optionee may
          have stock options which first become vested in any calendar year
          (under all incentive stock option plans of the Company and its
          subsidiaries) shall not exceed $100,000.

           (ii)     Form of Payment

                    Payment of the option price for incentive stock options
           shall be made in cash or in the Common Stock of the Company valued at
           its fair market value (as the same shall be determined by the
           Committee), or a combination of such Common Stock and cash. Where
           payment of the option price is to be made with Common Stock acquired
           under a Company compensation plan (within the meaning of Opinion No.
           25 of the Accounting Principles Board), such Common Stock will not be
           accepted as payment unless the optionee has beneficially owned such
           Common Stock for at least six months (increased to one year if such
           Common Stock was acquired under an incentive stock option) prior to
           such payment.

           (iii)    Period of Option

                    The exercise period of each incentive stock option by its
           terms shall not be more than l0 years from the date the option is
           granted as specified by the Committee.

D.         Options for Non-Employee Directors

           Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of any inconsistency
between the terms and conditions above and the following terms and conditions,
the following terms and conditions shall govern the stock options granted to
non-employee directors of the Board of Directors:

          (i) The Committee shall establish the time or times within the option
         period when the stock option may be exercised in whole or in such parts
         as may be specified from time to time by the Committee; provided
         however that each option shall become 100% exercisable upon the
         completion of a non-employee director's Board service.

         (ii) If a non-employee director completes his or her service as a
         director of the Company for any reason (other than death), their
         options may be exercised at any time during the remainder of the option
         term.

         (iii) In the event of a non-employee director's death, regardless of
         whether he or she is still serving as a director, the option may be
         exercised, subject to the provisions of Section 6B (ii) above, within
         three (3) years after death by his or her estate or by any person who
         acquires such option by inheritance or devise. Thereafter, such rights
         shall lapse.

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<DESCRIPTION>DEFERRED FEE PLAN FOR DIRECTORS (AS AMENDED)
<TEXT>
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                                                                  EXHIBIT  10(H)

                                JOHNSON & JOHNSON
                         DEFERRED FEE PLAN FOR DIRECTORS

                        (Amended as of December 4, 2002)

         1. Purpose. The purpose of the Johnson & Johnson Deferred Fee Plan for
Directors (the "Plan") is to provide outside Directors of Johnson & Johnson (the
"Company") the opportunity to defer receipt of compensation earned as a Director
to a date following termination of such service. The provision of such an
opportunity is designed to aid the Company in attracting and retaining as
members of its Board of Directors persons whose abilities, experience and
judgment can contribute to the well being of the Company.

         2. Effective Date. The original effective date of the Plan was January
1, 1983. The Plan was amended in its entirety, effective as of January 1, 1995
and again as of December 5, 1996.

         3. Eligibility. Any Director of the Company who is not also an Employee
of the Company or any related company shall participate in the Plan.

         4. Deferred Compensation Account. A deferred compensation account shall
be established for each Director.

         5. Amount of Deferral. Each participant shall (effective January 1,
1997) be required to defer receipt of Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.) of
his/her annual fee for serving on the Board of Directors (the "Required
Deferral"). In addition, a participant may elect to defer receipt of all or a
specified part of any remaining compensation payable to the participant for
serving on the Board of Directors or for serving on committees of the Board of
Directors of the Company. An amount equal to all deferred compensation will be
credited to the participant's deferred compensation account on a quarterly basis
as of the dividend payment date in each quarter (the "Payment Date"). In the
event that there shall not be a dividend payment date in any quarter, then the
Payment Date shall be deemed to be the last business day of such quarter.

         6.   Deferred Compensation Account - Hypothetical Investment Options.

         (a) All Required Deferrals and, unless otherwise specified by the
participant pursuant to the terms of paragraph (b) of this Section 6, all
amounts elected to be deferred under this Plan for any calendar year shall be
credited to the participant's deferred compensation account, converted into
equivalent units of Johnson & Johnson Common Stock ("Company Stock") and
adjusted as if the compensation deferred had been invested in Company Stock as
of the Payment Date, until the date of final payment pursuant to Section 9
hereof ("Company Stock Equivalent Units"). The number of Company Stock
Equivalent Units shall be determined by dividing the amount of compensation
payable by the average of the high and low price of the Company Stock as traded
on the New York Stock Exchange on the trading day immediately prior to the
Payment Date, as reported by Bloomberg (or another financial reporting service
selected by the Company in its sole discretion). The number of Company Stock
Equivalent Units included in a participant's deferred compensation account shall
be adjusted to reflect dividends and the value of such account shall be adjusted
to reflect increases or decreases in market value which would have resulted had
funds equal to the balance of
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the participant's deferred compensation account been invested in Company Stock.
Nothing herein obligates the Company to purchase any such Company Stock; and if
such Company Stock is purchased, it shall remain the sole property of the
Company.

         (b) Except with respect to the Required Deferral amount, at the
election of each participant, to be made as provided for in Section 7, each
deferred compensation account will be credited with interest from the Payment
Date, until the date of final payment pursuant to Section 9 hereof, at a rate
equal to the annual rate of growth of investment in the Johnson & Johnson
Certificate of Extra Compensation Plan (the "CEC Plan"), for the prior year
provided, however, that the computation of said growth rate shall not include
dividend equivalents paid under the CEC Plan. The election permitted under this
Section 6(b) shall not be available to any participant who becomes a participant
in the Plan after December 31, 1995.

         (c) With respect to Company Stock Equivalent Units in a deferred
compensation account, the Company shall credit such account on each dividend
payment date declared with respect to the Company's Stock, a number of Company
Stock Equivalent Units equal to: (i) the product of (y) the dividend per share
of the Company's Stock which is payable as of the dividend payment date,
multiplied by (z) the number of Company Stock Equivalent Units credited to such
account as of the applicable dividend record date, divided by (ii) the average
of the high and low price of the Company Stock as traded on the New York Stock
Exchange on the trading day immediately prior to the dividend payment date, as
reported by Bloomberg (or another financial reporting service selected by the
Company in its sole discretion). Fractional Company Stock Equivalent Units shall
be carried forward and fractional dividend equivalent units shall be payable
thereon.

         (d) All account balances in Company Stock Equivalent Units from the
Company's Retirement Plan for Nonemployee Directors which have been transferred
to his/her deferred compensation account under this Plan, as of January 1, 1995,
by reason of the termination of such Retirement Plan, shall be treated for
purposes of this Plan as Required Deferrals.

         7. Time of Election of Deferral. Except as to Required Deferrals, which
shall at all times be held in Company Stock Equivalent Units, a participant may
change (i) the amount of compensation deferred and/or (ii) the option elected
under Section 6 with respect to his/her account and deferrals for subsequent
years, once annually in December by completing forms provided by the Company for
that purpose. Any such change shall become effective on January 1 of the
following year. If a participant elects to change his/her investment option
available under Section 6, the participant's account shall be valued as of
December 31 with that value being entered into his/her account under the new
investment option as of the following January 1 (except if such change is to
Company Stock Equivalent Units, the first trading day following such January 1
shall be used).

         8. Value of Deferred Compensation Account. The value of each
participant's deferred compensation account shall, as the case may be, include
compensation deferred, interest credited thereon, if any, and any adjustments
for dividends, and increases or decreases in the market value of Company Stock,
pursuant to the option selected under Section 6 or as otherwise required under
the Plan. If the Company Stock does not trade on any date a calculation of
Common Stock Equivalent Units is to be made under the Plan, the next preceding
date on which such stock was traded shall be utilized.
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         9. Payment of Deferred Compensation. Upon a participant's completion of
service as a member of the Board of Directors (the "Completion Date"), each
participant (or in the event of the participant's death, the named beneficiary
or his/her estate) shall be entitled to receive in cash in a lump sum the value
of his/her deferred compensation account as of the Completion Date, unless such
participant has elected, pursuant to the provisions of Section 10 below, to
further defer payment of his/her deferred compensation account beyond such
Completion Date. Company Stock Equivalent Units shall be valued at the average
of the high and low price of the Company's Stock as traded on the New York Stock
Exchange on the trading day immediately prior to such date, as reported by
Bloomberg (or another financial reporting service selected by the Company in its
sole discretion). No withdrawal may be made from the participant's deferred
compensation account prior to the Completion Date. The value of a participant's
deferred compensation account shall, subject to any further election made
pursuant to Section 10 below, be paid as soon as practicable following the
Completion Date or death.

         10. Further Deferral Election. In addition to the deferral elections
referred to above, a participant may also elect (in the manner provided for
below) to continue to defer the receipt of his/her deferred compensation account
beyond his/her Completion Date. The value of a participant's account on his/her
Completion Date may be deferred for up to 10 taxable years following such
Completion Date. If installments are elected, the first installment payment may
be made immediately at the Completion Date or be deferred for up to 10 taxable
years. Installment payments will be made annually (in the manner described
below) in approximately equal amounts (i.e. the balance of the account). The
minimum number of installments is two and the maximum number is 10 provided,
however, that all payments shall be made within ten (10) years of the Completion
Date. A participant may elect to defer up to 100% of the value of his/her
account at the Completion Date; or any percentage increment less than that. All
deferred or installment payments shall be made in cash. The following additional
rules shall apply:

         a) Immediate Lump Sum Payment. The participant will receive the full
value of his/her account in the calendar month of his/her Completion Date.

         b) Deferred Lump Sum Payment. The participant will receive the full
value of his/her account on or about January 15 of the year he/she elects to
receive payment in.

         c) Immediate Commencement of Installments. The participant will receive
the first installment in the calendar month of his/her Completion Date. All
subsequent installments on or about January 15 of each year.

         d) Deferred Commencement of Installments. The participant will receive
the first and all subsequent installments on or about January 15 of each year.

         e) In the event of death of a participant, the Company will make
payment in full of the balance of an account, as soon as administratively
practical in a single lump sum payment to the designated beneficiary or his/her
estate.

         f) In making any payment due on or about January 15, the value of a
participant's account on the first trading day of such month shall be utilized.

         Any and all deferrals following a Completion Date shall be invested in
Company Stock Equivalent Units described in Section 6(a) above. To the extent a
participant's account was credited with the annual growth rate of an investment
in the CEC Plan (as
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described in Section 6(b) above), such account shall be converted to Common
Stock Equivalent units as of the Completion Date.

         An election by a participant to defer payment or elect installments of
all or a part of his/her deferred compensation account beyond the Completion
Date must be made a minimum of twelve (12) months prior to such Completion Date.
Any such election may be revised or revoked up to twelve (12) months prior to
such Completion Date; after such time any election may not be revoked or
otherwise revised.

         Notwithstanding the above and upon implementation of the Plan, an
exception has been made for participants having a Completion Date during 1997.
For such participants, the deferral and or installment election must be made a
minimum of three (3) months and in the calendar year prior to the Completion
Date. For example, a participant having a Completion Date of April 1, 1997, must
make the deferral and/or installment election no later than December 31, 1996.
Any such election to defer and/or receive installment payments may only be
revised or revoked prior to the last permissible date for making such election.
After such time the election may not be revoked or otherwise revised.

         An election to defer payment and/or be paid in installments beyond a
Completion Date is effective only when filed with Extra Compensation Services on
the form utilized for such purposes. Any election made after the required
deadline shall be disregarded.

         11. Designation of Beneficiary. Each participant may, from time to
time, by writing filed with the Secretary of the Company, designate any legal or
natural person or persons (who may be designated contingently or successively)
to whom payments of a participant's deferred compensation account are to be made
if a participant dies prior to the receipt of payment of such account. A
beneficiary designation will be effective only if the signed form is filed with
the Secretary of the Company while the participant is alive and will cancel all
beneficiary designation forms filed earlier. If a participant fails to designate
a beneficiary as provided above, or if all designated beneficiaries die before
the participant or before complete payment of the deferred compensation account,
such account shall be paid to the estate of the last to die of the participant
and designated beneficiaries as soon as practicable after such death.

         12. Participant's Rights Unsecured. The right of any participant to
receive payment under the provisions of the Plan shall be an unsecured claim
against the general assets of the Company, and no provisions contained in the
Plan shall be construed to give any participant or beneficiary at any time a
security interest in any deferred compensation account or any other asset in
trust with the Company for the benefit of any participant or beneficiary.

         13. Statement of Account. A statement will be sent to participants as
soon as practical following the end of each year as to the value of his/her
deferred compensation account as of December 31 of such year.

         14. Assignability. No right to receive payments hereunder shall be
transferable or assignable by a participant or a beneficiary, except by will or
by the laws of descent and distribution.

         15. Administration of the Plan. The Plan shall be administered by a
Committee appointed by and responsible to the Board of Directors. The Committee
shall consist of no less than three Directors of the Company. The Committee
shall act by vote or written consent of a majority of its members.
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         16. Amendment or Termination of Plan. This Plan may at any time or from
time to time be amended, modified or terminated by the Compensation Committee of
the Board of Directors or the Board of Directors of the Company. No amendment,
modification or termination shall, without the consent of a participant,
adversely affect such participant's accruals in his deferred compensation
accounts.

         17. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the Laws of the State of New Jersey.

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<SEQUENCE>5
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<DESCRIPTION>EXECUTIVE INCOME DEFERRAL PLAN (AS AMENDED)
<TEXT>
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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10(I)

                                JOHNSON & JOHNSON
                         EXECUTIVE INCOME DEFERRAL PLAN

                        (AMENDED AS OF DECEMBER 4, 2002)

         The Johnson & Johnson Executive Income Deferral Plan (the "Plan") is
intended to permit a select group of executives to defer income which would
otherwise be immediately payable to them under various compensation and/or
incentive plans of Johnson & Johnson (the "Company").

         1. ADMINISTRATION. The Plan is administered by the Compensation
Committee of the Company's Board of Directors. The Committee shall have
responsibility for determining which investments will from time to time be
available under the Plan and shall review the investment options at least once
every three years. The Committee shall make all decisions affecting the timing,
price or amount of any and all of the Deferred Awards (as hereinafter defined)
of participants subject to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, but may otherwise delegate any of its authority under the Plan.

         2. ELIGIBILITY. Eligibility to defer income and other amounts under the
Plan will be initially limited to members of the Executive Committee of the
Company. The Committee may from time to time expand eligibility to defer
compensation under the Plan to other executives of the Company. The Committee,
however, has the authority to refuse to permit any executive to participate in
the Plan or elect to defer payments, if the Committee determines that such
participation would jeopardize the Plan's compliance with applicable law or the
Plan's status as a top hat plan under ERISA.

         3. DEFERRAL INTO AN INCOME DEFERRAL ACCOUNT OR ESTATE PRESERVATION
PLAN. Participants may elect to defer up to (i) fifty percent (50%) of annual
salary, (ii) one hundred percent (100%) of cash and/or stock awards under the
Company's Executive Incentive Plan, (iii) one hundred percent (100%) of dividend
equivalents paid under the Company's Certificate of Extra Compensation ("CEC")
Plan and (iv) one hundred percent (100%) of dividend equivalents paid on
deferred "gain" shares under the Company's Stock Option Gain Deferral Plan.
Amounts so deferred are known as "Deferred Awards" and will be directed, at the
election of a participant, to either an "Income Deferral Account" or the Estate
Preservation Plan (as described below). A participant's decision to defer under
the Plan must be made on or before September 30 of the year prior to the
commencement of the fiscal year as to which the compensation, bonus, incentive
payment or dividend equivalent monies to be deferred will be earned.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the required notice period for elections made in
respect of amounts to be deferred under (iv) above shall be governed by the
notice and election provisions of the Stock Option Gain Deferral Plan. Any
election to defer pursuant to this Section 3 shall be effective only when timely
filed with Extra Compensation Services on the form utilized for such purpose. A
participant shall designate, in multiples of 1% of the Deferred Award, the
portion to be allocated to each investment option available under the Plan. A
participant may change the investment options for Deferred Awards not yet
credited to his or her Income Deferral Account not more than once each month,
such change to be effective as
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of the first day of the month following the month in which a participant's
request to change such allocation is filed with Extra Compensation Services.

         In determining the maximum amounts which can be deferred by any
participant under the Plan, the Committee shall take into account (and include)
any commitment made by such participant under the Estate Preservation Plan. To
the extent that the amount of salary and/or cash award under the Company's
Executive Incentive Plan is insufficient to meet the prior deferral commitment
made by a participant under the Plan and the Estate Preservation Plan, then the
deferral commitment under the Plan shall be reduced accordingly so that the
deferral commitment under the Estate Preservation Plan is funded in full.

         Any elections to defer dividend equivalents under the Company's CEC
Plan will be applied such that elections will apply to the CEC contracts in the
reverse order of their issuance. Deferred Awards shall be held in one account
regardless of the form of compensation or plan under which they were earned.

         Upon ceasing to be an employee of the Company, each participant (or in
the event of a participant's death, the named beneficiary or his/her estate)
shall be entitled to receive in cash in lump sum the value of his/her Income
Deferral Account as of the date of such termination, unless such participant has
elected, pursuant to the provisions of Section 7 below, to further defer payment
of his/her Income Deferral Account beyond retirement. Notwithstanding the above,
if a participant is in any fiscal year a "named executive officer" for proxy
statement reporting purposes by reason of his/her being the chief executive
officer of the Company or one of the four highest compensated officers (other
than the chief executive officer), any payment from an Income Deferral Account
otherwise due to be made in such year shall be postponed to a date which is on
or about the 15th day of January of the following fiscal year; provided,
however, that all such funds in such Income Deferral Account shall be deemed to
be invested at the One Year Treasury Bill Rate, as described below, as of the
date of his or her retirement until payment is made.

         4. INVESTMENT OF INCOME DEFERRAL ACCOUNTS. At the election of each
participant, amounts in an Income Deferral Account may be invested utilizing the
investment options set forth below. Amounts to be deferred in any month
(including any stock award) will be valued and credited to a participant's
Income Deferral Account effective as of the last day of each month. Amounts to
be deferred into the Estate Preservation Plan are separate and distinct from the
amounts deferred into Income Deferral Accounts.

         (a) Common Stock Equivalent Units. All amounts elected to be deferred
under this investment option shall be converted into equivalent units of the
Company's Common Stock ("Common Stock") as if the compensation deferred had been
invested in Common Stock ("Common Stock Equivalent Units"). The number of Common
Stock Equivalent Units shall be determined by dividing the amount of
compensation or dividend equivalents to be deferred by the average of the high
and low prices of the Common Stock as traded on the New York Stock Exchange on
the trading day immediately preceding the last trading day of each month, as
reported by Bloomberg (or another financial reporting service selected by the
Company in its sole discretion). The Company shall credit the participant's
Income Deferral Account, effective as of the last trading of each such month,
with the number of full and partial shares of the Company's Common Stock so
determined. However, at no time shall any shares of the Company's Common Stock
actually be purchased or earmarked for such Income Deferral Account. No
participant shall have any of the rights of a shareowner with respect to any
shares credited to
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                                       3

his or her Income Deferral Account. The number of Common Stock Equivalent Units
included in a participant's Income Deferral Account shall be adjusted to reflect
payment of dividends and increases or decreases in market value which would have
resulted had funds equal to such deferred amount actually been invested in
Common Stock.

         The value of the Company's Common Stock for purposes of investment
redesignation (as described in Section 5) shall be the closing price of the
Company's Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on the trading day
immediately preceding the last trading day of the month in which the
participant's redesignation request is received by Extra Compensation Services,
as reported as determined above, and shall be effective as of the last trading
day of such month.

         Distributions in cash of the value of equivalent shares of the
Company's Common Stock will be valued at the closing price of the Company's
Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on the last trading date preceding
the distribution date, as reported as determined above.

         In the event of a reorganization, stock split, stock dividend,
combination of shares, merger, consolidation, rights offering or any other
change in the corporate structure or shares of the Company the Committee shall
make such adjustment, if any, as it may deem appropriate in the number and kind
of shares of the Company's Common Stock credited to participants' Income
Deferral Accounts.

         (b) Balanced Fund. All amounts elected to be deferred under this option
shall be deemed to be invested in and credited with the investment rate of
return earned under the Balanced Fund option under the Company's Savings Plan or
any such successor fund. However, no Balanced Fund shares shall be purchased or
earmarked for a participant's Account.

         (c) One Year Treasury Bill Rate. All amounts elected to be deferred
under this option shall be deemed to be invested in an interest bearing account
which bears interest at the One Year Treasury Bill Rate, compounded monthly. For
purposes of the Plan, the One Year Treasury Bill Rate shall be the interest rate
for One Year Treasury Bills on the last trading day of the preceding calendar
year, as provided by such financial reporting service as shall be selected by
the Company in its sole discretion. Such rate shall be adjusted annually. No
Treasury Bills will be actually purchased or earmarked for a participant's
Account.

         5. REDESIGNATION OF INVESTMENT OPTIONS WITHIN AN INCOME DEFERRAL
ACCOUNT. A participant may redesignate amounts previously credited to an Income
Deferral Account among the investment options available under the Plan.
Participants who wish to redesignate out of a particular investment option may
not at the same time redesignate into the same investment option. No
redesignation of investments may take place during the 30 days prior to a
scheduled distribution under the Plan. The following additional rules shall
apply with respect to the redesignation of any such previously credited amounts:

         (a) Permitted Frequency--Redesignation by a participant may be made not
more than once during any consecutive twelve month period.

         (b) Amount and Extent of Redesignation--Redesignation for any
participant must be in 1% multiples of the investment from which redesignation
is being made.
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                                       4
         (c) Timing--Redesignation shall take place effective as of the first
day of the month following the month in which a participant's written
redesignation is received by Extra Compensation Services. The value of the
Company's Common Stock for purposes of investment redesignation shall be the
average of the high and low trading price of the Common Stock on the New York
Stock Exchange, as reported as determined above, for the trading day immediately
preceding the last trading day of such prior month.

         (d) Special rules for Redesignation Into or Out of Common Stock
Equivalent Units previously credited to an Income Deferral Account:

                  (i) Material, Nonpublic Information--The Committee in its sole
discretion and with advice of counsel at any time may rescind a redesignation
into or out of Common Stock Equivalent Units if such redesignation was made by a
participant who, a) at the time of the redesignation was in the possession of
material, nonpublic information with respect to the Company; and b) in the
Committee's estimation benefited from such information in the timing of his or
her redesignation. The Committee's determination shall be final and binding. In
the event of such rescission, the participant's Income Deferral Account shall be
returned to a status as though such redesignation had not occurred.
Notwithstanding the above, the Committee shall not rescind a redesignation if
the facts were reviewed by the participant with the General Counsel of the
Company or a designee prior to the redesignation and if the General Counsel or
designee had concluded that such participant was not in possession of material,
nonpublic information.

                  (ii) A participant subject to Section 16(b) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 may redesignate his or her Income Deferral Account into or
out of Common Stock Equivalent Units only during the applicable "window period"
with respect to the release of any quarterly or annual statements of sales and
earnings by the Company.

                  (iii) No redesignation of amounts in an Income Deferral
Account shall be made into or out of Common Stock Equivalent Units within six
(6) months of a discretionary "opposite way transaction" into or out of Common
Stock held by the participant in the Company's Savings Plan.

         (e) Estate Preservation Plan -- Participants may transfer amounts from
their Income Deferral Account balance to the Estate Preservation Plan, in
accordance with the terms of the Estate Preservation Plan. However, once
transferred into the Estate Preservation Plan, such amounts may not be
transferred back into an Income Deferral Account.

         6. DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME DEFERRAL ACCOUNTS. If a participant's
employment is terminated for any reason (including death or disability), and
such participant is not eligible to retire from active service under the
Company's pension plan, then his or her Income Deferral Account will be
automatically paid in a lump sum as soon as administratively feasible in the
month following his or her termination of employment. Distributions in cash of
the value of equivalent shares of the Company's Common Stock will be valued at
the average of the high and low trading prices of the Common Stock on the New
York Stock Exchange, as reported as determined above, for the trading day
immediately preceding the last trading day of the month in which employment was
terminated.
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                                       5

         7. POST RETIREMENT DEFERRALS. At the further election of each
participant, to be made as provided for below, the payment of any sum otherwise
due to a participant upon his/her retirement may be further deferred and paid in
either a single lump sum or in installments. A lump sum payment may be deferred
for up to ten taxable years following the participant's retirement date. If
installment payments are elected, the first installment payment may be made
immediately upon retirement or be deferred for up to ten taxable years.
Installment payments will be made annually (in the manner described below) and
in approximately equal installment amounts (i.e., the value of the balance of
the Income Deferral Account, plus accrued interest, divided by the number of
remaining installments). The minimum number of annual installments is two (2)
and the maximum number is fifteen (15). An participant may elect to defer up to
100% of the value of his/her total Income Deferral Account at retirement; or,
any percentage increment less than that. The payment of any amounts from an
Income Deferral Account pursuant to this Section 7 shall be subject to the
provisions of the last sentence of Section 3 above. The following additional
rules shall apply with respect to all payments:

         a) Immediate Lump Sum Payment - The participant will receive the full
value of his or her Income Deferral Account in the calendar month of his or her
retirement effective date. Participants retiring prior to the determination of a
prior years incentive plan award will receive 75% of the estimated value with
the remainder paid shortly after the final value is determined.

         b) Deferred Lump Sum Payment - The participant will receive the full
value of his or her Income Deferral Account, plus any accrued interest, on or
about January 15 of the year he or she elects to receive payment in.

         c) Immediate Commencement of Installments - The participant will
receive the first installment in the calendar month of his/her retirement
effective date, subject to the provisions of the last sentence of Section 3
above. All subsequent installments, plus any accrued interest, will be paid on
or about January 15 of each year.

         d) Deferred Commencement of Installments - The participant will receive
the first and all subsequent installments, plus any accrued interest, on or
about January 15 of each year.

         With respect to any amounts which are deferred and/or paid in
installments, interest shall be paid by the Company from the effective date of
retirement to the date of any such payment. The interest rate for all deferred
and/or installment payments to an participant shall be fixed at the date of
retirement and shall be the rate (rounded to 1 decimal place) offered, as
reported by such financial reporting service as the Company in its sole
discretion shall select, on the effective retirement date, on a United States
Treasury Instrument for the period comparable to the length of the period of the
deferral and/or installment payments. The interest shall be compounded
semi-annually on the last calendar day of June and December of each year. If
more than one instrument is quoted, the average of such rates shall be utilized.
By way of example, if an election is made to receive installments over eight (8)
years, the comparable eight (8) year U.S. Treasury Rate shall be utilized; if an
election is made to defer the commencement of installments for two (2) years
with installments paid out over ten (10) years, the comparable twelve (12) year
U.S. Treasury Rate shall be utilized. Once established, the interest rate shall
remain fixed for the period of the deferral and/or installments.

         In the event of death of a participant following retirement, the
Company will make payment in full of the balance of his/her Income Deferral
Account, plus any accrued interest, as soon as
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                                       6

administratively practical in a single lump sum payment to the designated
beneficiary, subject to the provisions of the last sentence of Section 3 above.

         In the event no deferral or installment election is made under this
Section 7, the total amount of the Income Deferral Account will be paid in
accordance with the provisions of Section 3 in a lump sum payment as soon as
practical following an participant's retirement effective date.

         An election by a participant to defer payment or elect installments of
all or a part of his/her Account beyond his/her effective retirement date must
be made a minimum of twelve (12) months prior to the date of such retirement
date. Any such election may be revised or revoked up to twelve (12) months prior
to such retirement date. For the twelve month period prior to such retirement
date, any election is irrevocable and thus may not be revoked or otherwise
revised.

         Notwithstanding the above, at the Plan's inception, an exception has
been made for participants who have a retirement effective date between January
1, 1997 and December 31, 1997. For participants having a retirement effective
date prior to June 30, 1997, the deferral and/or installment election must be
made a minimum of three (3) months and in the calendar year prior to the
retirement date. For such participants having a retirement date between July 1,
1997 and December 31, 1997, such election must be made at least six (6) months
prior to the retirement date. For example, a participant who retires on April 1,
1997, must make the deferral and/or installment election no later than December
31, 1996; if the retirement date is August 1, 1997, such election must be made
not later than January 31, 1997. Any such election to defer and/or receive
installment payments may only be revised or revoked prior to the last
permissible date for making such election. After such time the election may not
be revoked or otherwise revised.

         An election to defer payment and/or be paid in installments is
effective only when timely filed with Extra Compensation Services on the form
utilized for such purpose. Any election made after the required deadline shall
be disregarded.

8. ESTATE PRESERVATION PLAN.


         (a) As described in Section 5 above, a participant may elect to
transfer all or any portion of the balance of his or her Income Deferral Account
to the Estate Preservation Plan, in accordance with the terms of the Estate
Preservation Plan. In the event of such election, the participant's Income
Deferral Account shall be reduced, as directed by the participant, as of
December 31 of the year in which the transfer is to occur. Transfers from an
Income Deferral Account to the Estate Preservation Plan shall only be made
effective as of December 31 in any year. Any such transfer shall be irrevocable
when made, pursuant to the terms of a split dollar life insurance agreement, as
designated by the Compensation Committee, and otherwise upon the terms and
conditions set by the Compensation Committee. Upon the election of any
participant to so transfer amounts from his or her Income Deferral Account to
the Estate Preservation Plan, such participant shall be deemed to have waived
irrevocably any and all rights to benefits which might be due under the Plan
with respect to those amounts so transferred.

         (b) In addition to the terms set forth in paragraph (a) above, amounts
from a participant's Income Deferral Account may have to be transferred to the
Estate Preservation Plan in order to satisfy a prior obligation of such
participant in connection with the Estate Preservation Plan. Any such transfer
shall be made solely upon the direction of the Compensation Committee, upon the
determination of the Compensation Committee that such transfer is necessary, and
shall be
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                                      7

effected under the same terms and conditions as a voluntary transfer under
paragraph (a) above. If it is determined by the Committee that such a transfer
is necessary, the participant's Income Deferral Account shall be reduced by the
requisite amount as of December 31st in the year as directed by the Compensation
Committee. Upon the determination of the Compensation Committee and the
subsequent transfer of amounts into the Estate Preservation Plan, such
participant shall be deemed to have waived irrevocably any and all rights to
benefits which might be due under the Plan with respect to those amounts so
transferred.

         9. DEDUCTIONS FROM DISTRIBUTIONS. The Company will deduct from each
distribution amounts required to be withheld for income, Social Security and
other tax purposes. Such withholding will be done on a pro rata basis per
investment. The Company may also deduct any amounts the participant owes the
Company for any reason.

         10. BENEFICIARY DESIGNATIONS. A participant may designate one or more
beneficiaries to receive the value of his/her Income Deferral Account upon
death. Should a beneficiary predecease the participant, or should a beneficiary
not be named, the amount designated for such beneficiary or the participant's
balance, as the case may be, will be distributed to the participant's estate.
Beneficiary designations may be made or revised at any time by submitting a
Beneficiary Designation Form to Extra Compensation Services.

         11. AMENDMENTS. The Committee may amend the Plan at any time. However,
such amendment shall not without the consent of a participant, materially
adversely affect any right or obligation with respect to any Deferred Award made
theretofore.

         12. MISCELLANEOUS. The Company does not fund the obligations created by
the participant's participation in the Plan. Rather, the Company makes an
unsecured promise to pay these obligations out of general corporate assets. This
applies to obligations for both active and retired participants.

         In the first quarter of each calendar year, statements will be sent to
active participants participating in the Plan as well as to retirees with
Deferral Accounts. The statement will also include previously made deferral
elections and beneficiary designations. The report for retirees will provide the
deferred payout balance plus interest, as well as the deferred and/or
installment election and beneficiary designations.

         The Plan shall be administered by the Extra Compensation Services
Department at the Corporate Headquarters of Company. Questions in regard to the
administration of the Plan should be addressed to it.

AN ELECTION TO DEFER AND/OR BE PAID IN INSTALLMENTS SHOULD ONLY BE MADE IN
CONSULTATION WITH A PARTICIPANT'S TAX AND/OR FINANCIAL ADVISOR.


</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-10.O
<SEQUENCE>6
<FILENAME>y83983exv10wo.txt
<DESCRIPTION>LETTER AGREEMENT
<TEXT>
<PAGE>
                                                                   EXHIBIT 10(O)

                                                                   June 24, 2002

Mr. Ralph S. Larsen
One Johnson & Johnson Plaza
New Brunswick, NJ 08933


                        Re: Post-Employment Arrangements

Dear Ralph:

On November 30, 2000, you met with the Compensation Committee of the Board of
Directors to discuss matters related to management succession and the transition
of leadership of Johnson & Johnson (the "Company").

At that meeting, you agreed to remain with the Company until at least April 30
2002, in exchange for certain arrangements to be made available to you following
your employment with the Company, including reimbursement for office space,
furnishings and equipment, secretarial support and access to Company aircraft.

At a meeting of the Compensation Committee on June 10, 2002, the Compensation
Committee determined that it would be in the best interests of all parties to
clarify, better define and document such arrangements as follows:

WHEREAS, Ralph S. Larsen served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
Johnson & Johnson (the "Company") through April 25, 2002, and has continued, and
will continue, to provide transition management advice to Mr. William C. Weldon,
current Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, upon the request of Mr. Weldon;
and

WHEREAS, the Compensation Committee has recognized that that based upon his
leadership of the Company, his dedication to Credo values and his recognized
expertise in corporate management, Mr. Larsen will serve in retirement as an
ambassador of goodwill for Johnson & Johnson,

NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and Mr. Larsen agree as follows:

     Mr. Larsen agrees that for a period of up to five (5) years following his
retirement from the Company, and when and as requested by the Chief Executive
Officer of the Company, he will participate in various external activities and
events for the benefit of the Company. Mr. Larsen agrees to provide up to ten
(10) days per year to the Company, subject to his reasonable availability, for
such participation in external activities and events. Mr. Larsen is willing to
participate in these external activities and events, at the request of the Chief
Executive Officer of the Company, for no fee, other than reimbursement of costs
and expenses for him and his wife.
<PAGE>

     In consideration of Mr. Larsen's dedicated service to the Company, his
continued visibility as a former Chairman of the Board, his future role as an
ambassador of goodwill for Johnson & Johnson and his agreement to provide
services over the next five years on behalf of the Chief Executive Officer, all
of which shall serve to benefit the Company and its shareowners, the following
arrangements shall be provided for Mr. Larsen's full benefit:

1.       Furnished Office. The Company will pay for a staffed and furnished
         office for Mr. Larsen, at a location to be determined by Mr. Larsen.
         The office arrangements will include appropriate secretarial support
         and computer and telecommunications equipment and support service. The
         office and all related arrangements are to be commensurate with Mr.
         Larsen's position as a former Chairman of the Board and will remain in
         place for the duration of his life.

2.       Company Aircraft. Upon Mr. Larsen's retirement and for the duration of
         his life, Mr. Larsen will be entitled to 100 hours of flying time each
         year in Company aircraft (owned or leased), including helicopters. The
         100 hours will be determined based on actual flying time with Mr.
         Larsen on board the aircraft. Mr. Larsen will have priority access to
         Company aircraft, but not to any specific aircraft. "Priority access"
         means that Mr. Larsen has access to Company aircraft, following the
         individuals then holding the positions listed on Annex A hereto, and
         shall take priority in access to Company aircraft over all other
         directors, officers or employees of the Company. The positions listed
         on Annex A may be modified upon the mutual agreement of the then Chief
         Executive Officer and Mr. Larsen to reflect changes in organizational
         structure. Mr. Larsen will provide the Company with reasonable advance
         notice of requests to use Company aircraft. Mr. Larsen may be
         accompanied by family members and friends when using Company aircraft.
         Taxes arising from any such use of Company aircraft will be the
         responsibility of Mr. Larsen.

         No provision of, or action taken under, this agreement shall affect in
any way Mr. Larsen's rights under any Company compensation, employee benefit,
pension and welfare plans or programs. This agreement is unconditional and
irrevocable and shall remain in full force and effect regardless of a merger,
change of control in the ownership or sale of substantially all of the assets of
the Company. No change or modification to any provision hereof shall be binding
unless in writing and signed by both Mr. Larsen and a duly authorized
representative of the Board of Directors of the Company.


<PAGE>



     If the foregoing meets with your approval, kindly sign below to acknowledge
your agreement to the terms of this letter.

Very truly yours,


/s/ William C. Weldon                    /s/ Arnold G. Langbo
- ---------------------                    --------------------
William C. Weldon                        Arnold G. Langbo
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer       Chairman, Compensation Committee

ACCEPTED AND AGREED TO:


/s/ Ralph S. Larsen
- -------------------
Ralph S. Larsen

</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-10.P
<SEQUENCE>7
<FILENAME>y83983exv10wp.txt
<DESCRIPTION>CONSULTING AGREEMENT
<TEXT>
<PAGE>


                                                                   EXHIBIT 10(P)

                              CONSULTING AGREEMENT

       This Agreement is by and between Judah Folkman, M.D., an individual
having a business address at Children's Hospital, Hunnewell 103, 300 Longwood
Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 (hereinafter called "CONSULTANT"); and Johnson &
Johnson having a business address at One Johnson & Johnson Plaza, New Brunswick,
NJ 08933 (hereinafter called "J&J").

                                   WITNESSETH

       WHEREAS, J&J desires to engage CONSULTANT'S professional services; and

       WHEREAS, CONSULTANT desires to render professional services to J&J;

       WHEREAS, CONSULTANT represents that he is under no obligation to any
third party that would interfere with his rendering to J&J professional services
as hereinafter defined; and

       WHEREAS, J&J desires to engage Consultant's professional services for a
one year period January 1, 2003 through December 31, 2003, subject to renewal
upon the consent of both parties.

       NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual
promises and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

         1. J&J hereby offers to engage and CONSULTANT accepts engagement by J&J
of CONSULTANT's professional services as follows: advising and attendance at and
participation in Scientific Advisory Committee Meetings.

         2. In consideration of CONSULTANT's acceptance of this Consulting
Agreement and of his performance of the professional services as specifically
set forth in Paragraph 1 hereof, J&J shall pay CONSULTANT a fee of Three
Thousand Dollars ($3,000) per Scientific Advisory Committee Meeting attended,
starting on the date last set below. In addition J&J agrees to reimburse
CONSULTANT for all reasonable out-of-pocket (including J&J-authorized travel)
expenses incurred while providing consulting services to J&J hereunder. Airline
expenses are generally reimbursed at the business class level. Receipts shall be
required for all individual expenses exceeding $25.00.

         3. In order to carry out the consulting services set forth herein, it
has been and may be necessary for J&J to disclose to and provide CONSULTANT with
certain technical, economic, scientific, and/or business information relating to
the research and development activities and interests of J&J and its Affiliates
(hereinafter collectively referred to as "Information") which J&J considers
proprietary. Additionally, certain technical, economic, scientific and/or
business information may be developed by CONSULTANT in the course of the
services provided to J&J hereunder and this information will also be included in
the term "Information". CONSULTANT agrees to keep such Information in strict
confidence and not to disclose or use such Information for any purpose other
than for the performance of the services contemplated herein without the prior
written consent of J&J.

         4. Any inventions, whether patentable or not, improvements, ideas, or
Information made or conceived in connection with or during the performance of
services hereunder shall be the exclusive property of J&J. CONSULTANT, without
charge to J&J, shall execute, acknowledge, and deliver to J&J all such further
papers, including assignments and applications for patents, as may be necessary
to enable J&J to publish or protect said inventions, improvements, and ideas by
patent or otherwise in any and all countries and to vest title to said patents,
inventions, improvements, and ideas in J&J or its nominees, their successors or
assigns,

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                                       2


and shall render all such assistance as J&J may require in any Patent
Office proceeding or litigation involving said inventions, improvements, ideas
or Information.

         5. Any copyrightable work created by CONSULTANT in connection with or
during the performance of services contemplated by this Agreement shall be
considered a work made for hire, whether published or unpublished, and all
rights therein shall be the property of J&J as employer, author and owner of the
copyright in such work. CONSULTANT, without charge to J&J other than reasonable
payment for time involved in the event the services contained in this Agreement
shall have terminated, but at J&J's expense, shall duly execute, acknowledge,
and deliver to J&J all such further papers, including assignments and
applications for copyright registration or renewal, as may be necessary to
enable J&J to publish or protect said works by copyright or otherwise in any and
all countries, to vest title to said work in J&J or its nominees, their
successors or assigns, and shall render all such assistance as J&J may require
in any proceeding or litigation involving the rights in said works.

         6. J&J reserves the right at any time, upon written notice to
CONSULTANT, to terminate this Agreement, in which event J&J shall be obligated
to pay CONSULTANT only for services provided prior to such termination.

         7. CONSULTANT agrees to promptly inform J&J of any occurrence which
would affect his ability to consult with J&J hereunder. This includes similar
agreements with other pharmaceutical companies or research organizations.

         8. CONSULTANT represents that he is under no obligation or agreement
with any third party which would prevent him from carrying out his duties and
obligations under this Agreement.

         9. CONSULTANT agrees not to originate or use the name of J&J, or any of
its employees, in any publicity, news release or other public announcement,
written or oral, whether to the public, press or otherwise, relating to this
Consulting Agreement, to any amendment hereto, or to the performance hereunder,
without the prior written consent of J&J.

         10. CONSULTANT agrees that all matters arising under this Consulting
Agreement shall be interpreted under the laws of the State of New Jersey, United
States of America, and that venue for deciding all disputes hereunder shall be
the State of New Jersey.

         11. CONSULTANT understands and agrees that his relationship to J&J
hereunder will be as an independent contractor and not an employee or agent of
J&J, and he will not be entitled to participate in any of the benefits and
privileges available to J&J employees.

         12. Unless otherwise provided herein or terminated pursuant to
Paragraph 8 above, the term of this Agreement shall be one (1) year from the
last date set forth below until December 31, 2003. This Agreement shall be
renewable for successive one (1) year periods upon the mutual written consent of
the parties. Notwithstanding the termination of this Agreement the rights and
obligations recited in Paragraphs 3-6 shall continue.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed as of the day and year signed below.

Dated:  December 20,  2002


</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-12
<SEQUENCE>8
<FILENAME>y83983exv12.txt
<DESCRIPTION>STATEMENT OF COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS
<TEXT>
<PAGE>

                                                                      EXHIBIT 12

                       JOHNSON & JOHNSON AND SUBSIDIARIES

       STATEMENT OF COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES(1)
                             (DOLLARS IN MILLIONS)

<Table>
<Caption>
                                                              FISCAL YEAR ENDED
                                     --------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     DECEMBER 29,   DECEMBER 30,   DECEMBER 31,   JANUARY 2,   JANUARY 3,
                                         2002           2001           2000          2000         1999
                                     ------------   ------------   ------------   ----------   ----------
<S>                                  <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>          <C>
Determination of Earnings:
  Earnings Before Provision for
     Taxes on Income...............     $9,291         7,898          6,868         5,877        4,333
  Fixed Charges....................        259           245            292           337          269
                                        ------         -----          -----         -----        -----
          Total Earnings as
            Defined................     $9,550         8,143          7,160         6,214        4,602
                                        ======         =====          =====         =====        =====
Fixed Charges and Other:
  Rents............................         99            92             88            82           83
  Interests........................        160           153            204           255          186
                                        ------         -----          -----         -----        -----
          Fixed Charges............        259           245            292           337          269
  Capitalized Interest.............         98            95             97            84           73
                                        ------         -----          -----         -----        -----
          Total Fixed Charges......     $  357           340            389           421          342
                                        ======         =====          =====         =====        =====
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed
  Charges..........................      26.75         23.95          18.41         14.76        13.46
                                        ======         =====          =====         =====        =====
</Table>

- ---------------
(1) The ratio of earnings to fixed charges represents the historical ratio of
    Johnson & Johnson and is calculated on a total enterprise basis. The ratio
    is computed by dividing the sum of earnings before provision for taxes and
    fixed charges (excluding capitalized interest) by fixed charges. Fixed
    charges represent interest (including capitalized interest) and amortization
    of debt discount and expense and the interest factor of all rentals,
    consisting of an appropriate interest factor on operating leases.



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                                                                      Exhibit 13

Management's Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial
Condition

Overview

Record 2002 sales of $36.3 billion exceeded 2001 sales by $4.0 billion or 12.3%
and marked the 70th year of consecutive positive sales growth. This growth was
led by the strong performances of the Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices &
Diagnostics segments.

The balance sheet remains strong with cash generated from operations of $8.2
billion in 2002. Cash dividends per share paid to shareholders in 2002 increased
by 13.6% over 2001 and represented the 40th consecutive year of cash dividend
increases. The Company continues to be one of few companies with a Triple A
credit rating.

Organization
Management's Objectives

The Company's objective is to achieve superior levels of capital efficient
profitable growth. To accomplish this, the Company's management operates the
business consistent with certain strategic principles that have proven
successful over time. To this end, the Company participates in growth areas in
human health care and is committed to attaining leadership positions in these
growth segments through the development of innovative products and services. In
2002, approximately $4.0 billion or 10.9% of sales was invested in research and
development, recognizing the importance of on-going development of new and
differentiated products and services.

The Company's system of management operates on a decentralized basis. With over
200 operating companies located in 54 countries, the Company views this
management philosophy as an asset and fundamental to the success of a broadly
based business. It also fosters an entrepreneurial spirit, combining the
extensive resources of a large organization with the ability to react quickly to
local market changes and challenges. Businesses are managed for the long term in
order to sustain leadership positions and achieve growth that provides an
enduring source of value to shareholders.

Unifying the management team and the Company's dedicated employees in achieving
these objectives is the Johnson & Johnson Credo. The Credo provides a common set
of values and serves as a constant reminder of the Company's responsibilities to
its customers, employees, communities and shareholders. The Company believes
that these basic principles, along with its overall mission of improving the
quality of life for people everywhere, will enable Johnson & Johnson to continue
to be among the leaders in the health care industry.

During 2002 as a result of corporate governance issues at certain companies,
government lawmakers enacted the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to protect investors
by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures. In light of
this legislation, the Company has established a more documented, formal process
around its already existing internal controls, like the annual certification of
compliance by management with our Policy on Business Conduct. The Company
continues to evaluate and enhance its internal control processes. Additionally,
the Company continues to maintain a strong ethical environment, using the
Johnson & Johnson Credo as the overall guide.

Description of Business

The Company has approximately 108,300 employees worldwide engaged in the
manufacture and sale of a broad range of products in the health care field. The
Company sells products in virtually all countries of the world. The Company's
primary interest, both historically and currently, has been in products related
to human health and well-being.

The Company is organized on the principle of decentralized management. The
Executive Committee of Johnson & Johnson is the principal management group
responsible for the operations and allocation of the resources of the Company.
This Committee oversees and coordinates the activities of domestic and
international companies which span the Consumer, Pharmaceutical and Medical
Devices & Diagnostics segments. Each international subsidiary is, with some
exceptions, managed by citizens of the country where it is located.

In all its product lines, the Company competes with companies both large and
small, located in the United States of America and abroad. Competition is strong
in all lines without regard to the number and size of the competing companies
involved. Competition in research, involving the development and the improvement
of new and existing products and processes, is particularly significant and
results from time to time in product and process obsolescence. The development
of new and improved products is important to the Company's success in all areas
of its business. This competitive environment requires substantial investments
in continuing research and in multiple sales forces. In addition, the winning
and retention of customer acceptance of the Company's consumer products involves
heavy expenditures for advertising and promotion.


Description of Segments
Consumer

The Consumer segment's principal products are personal care, including
nonprescription drugs, adult skin and hair care products, baby care products,
oral care products, first aid products, women's health products and nutritional
products. These products are marketed principally to the general public and
distributed both to wholesalers and directly to independent and chain retail
outlets throughout the world. Major brands in the skin and hair care line of
products include NEUTROGENA, RoC, AVEENO, CLEAN & CLEAR, JOHNSON'S
pH5.5, PIZ BUIN and SUNDOWN sun care products and SHOWER TO SHOWER
personal care products. Major brands in the over-the-counter line of products
include the broad family of TYLENOL acetaminophen products, adult and
children's MOTRIN analgesic products, IMODIUM, MYLANTA and the
PEPCID Acid Controller from the Johnson & Johnson Merck Consumer
Pharmaceuticals Co. Major brands in the women's health care line of products
include CAREFREE, STAYFREE, o.b.  Tampons and MONISTAT. Major brands
in the baby care line of products include the JOHNSON'S Baby line of products
and the PENATEN and NATUSAN baby care products. Major first aid products
include BAND-AID Brand Adhesive Bandages and COMPEED. Major oral care
products include the REACH brand of toothbrushes. Major products in the
nutritionals product line include SPLENDA, a non-caloric sugar substitute,
VIACTIV calcium chews and Benecol food products.

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Pharmaceutical

The Pharmaceutical segment's principal worldwide franchises are in the
antifungal, anti-infective, cardiovascular, contraceptive, dermatology,
gastrointestinal, hematology, immunology, neurology, oncology, pain management,
psychotropic (central nervous system) and urology fields. These products are
distributed both directly and through wholesalers and health care professionals
for use by prescription by the general public.

Prescription drugs in the antifungal field include NIZORAL (ketoconazole),
SPORANOX (itraconazole), TERAZOL (terconazole) and DAKTARIN(TM)
(miconazole nitrate) antifungal products. Prescription drugs in the
anti-infective field include FLOXIN (ofloxacin) and LEVAQUIN
(levofloxacin). Prescription drugs in the cardiovascular field include
RETAVASE (reteplase), a recombinant biologic cardiology care product for the
treatment of acute myocardial infarction to improve blood flow to the heart and
ReoPro (abciximab) for the treatment of acute cardiac disease.

Prescription drugs in the contraceptive field include ORTHO EVRA
(norelgestromin/ethinyl estradiol transdermal system), ORTHO-NOVUM
(norethindrone/ethinyl estradiol) and TRICILEST (norgestimate/ethinyl estradiol,
sold in the U.S. as ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN) group of oral contraceptives. Prescription
drugs in the dermatology field include RETIN-A MICRO (tretinoin), a
dermatological cream for acne. Prescription drugs in the gastrointestinal field
include ACIPHEX (rabeprazole sodium), a proton pump inhibitor for treating
erosive gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and duodenal ulcers from which
the Company derives service revenue as this product is co- promoted in the U.S.
with Eisai; IMODIUM (loperamide HCl), an antidiarrheal; MOTILIUM (domperidone),
a gastrointestinal mobilizer; and REMICADE (infliximab), a novel monoclonal
antibody for treatment of certain Crohn's disease patients. REMICADE is also
indicated for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.

Prescription drugs in the hematology field include PROCRIT (Epoetin alfa,
sold outside the U.S. as EPREX), a biotechnology derived version of the human
hormone erythropoietin that stimulates red blood cell production. Prescription
drugs in the immunology field include ORTHOCLONE OKT3 (muromonab-CD3), for
reversing the rejection of kidney, heart and liver transplants. Prescription
drugs in the neurology field include TOPAMAX (topiramate), REMINYL
(galantamine) and STUGERON (cinnarizine). Prescription drugs in the oncology
field include DOXIL (doxorubicin), an anti-cancer treatment, ERGAMISOL
(levamisole hydrochloride), a colon cancer drug and LEUSTATIN (cladribine),
for hairy cell leukemia.

Prescription drugs in the psychotropic (central nervous system) field include
antipsychotic drugs RISPERDAL (risperidone) and HALDOL (haloperidol) and
CONCERTA (methylphenidate) for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
Prescription drugs in the pain management field include DURAGESIC (fentanyl
transdermal system, sold abroad as DUROGESIC), a transdermal patch for
chronic pain; and ULTRACET(TM) (tramadol hydrochloride), an analgesic for
moderate to moderately severe pain. Prescription drugs in the urology field
include DITROPAN XL (oxybutynin) for the treatment of overactive bladder.

Medical Devices & Diagnostics

The Medical Devices & Diagnostics segment includes a broad range of products
used by or under the direction of health care professionals. These products
include Ethicon's wound care, surgical sports medicine and women's health
products; Ethicon Endo-Surgery's minimally invasive surgical products; Cordis'
circulatory disease management products; LifeScan's blood glucose monitoring
products; Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics' professional diagnostic products; DePuy's
orthopaedic joint reconstruction and spinal products and Vistakon's disposable
contact lenses. These products are used principally in the professional fields
by physicians, nurses, therapists, hospitals, diagnostic laboratories and
clinics. Acquisitions in the Medical Devices & Diagnostics segment during recent
years have been an integral part of an ongoing process to transform a medical
supply business to one serving a range of higher technology medical specialties.

Operating Results
Sales

In 2002, worldwide sales increased 12.3% to $36.3 billion, compared to increases
of 10.8% in 2001 and 6.6% in 2000. In 2002, sales to the three largest
distributors, AmerisourceBergen Corp., McKesson HBOC and Cardinal Distribution,
accounted for 10.3%, 9.8% and 9.2%, respectively, of total revenues. Excluding
the impact of foreign currencies, worldwide sales increased 12.1% in 2002, 13.4%
in 2001, and 9.9% in 2000. Price increases accounted for approximately 1.7%,
1.2% and 1.0% of growth in 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively.

Sales by domestic companies were $22.5 billion in 2002, $19.8 billion in 2001
and $17.3 billion in 2000, that represents increases of 13.3% in 2002, 14.5% in
2001 and 11.5% in 2000. Sales by international companies were $13.8 billion in
2002, $12.5 billion in 2001 and $11.9 billion in 2000, that represents increases
of 10.8% in 2002, 5.4% in 2001 and 0.3% in 2000. Excluding the impact of the
foreign currency fluctuations over the past three years, sales by international
companies increased 10.3% in 2002, 11.8% in 2001 and 7.8% in 2000. For the last
five years, the annual compound growth rate for sales was 10.0%. Excluding the
impact of foreign currency fluctuations, the annual compound growth rate for
sales for the 5-year period was 12.1%.

All geographic areas throughout the world posted operational gains during 2002.
Excluding the effect of exchange rate fluctuations between the U.S. dollar and
foreign currencies, sales increased 8.3% in Europe, 10.9% in the Western
Hemisphere (excluding the U.S.) and 13.6% in the Asia-Pacific, Africa regions.
Including the impact of currency fluctuations, sales increased 14.2% in Europe
and 12.2% in Asia-Pacific, Africa but decreased 2.5% in the Western Hemisphere
(excluding the U.S.). The Company achieved an annual compound growth rate of
10.3% for worldwide sales for the 10-year period since 1992 with domestic sales
growing at a rate of 12.5% and international sales growing at a rate of 7.5%.
Excluding the impact of foreign currency fluctuations, the annual compound
growth rate for the 10-year period was 12.0%.

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Consumer segment sales in 2002 were $6.6 billion, an increase of 3.9% over 2001.
Of the 3.9% increase in Consumer segment sales over prior year, 4.6% was
operational growth with currency negatively impacting sales growth by 0.7%.
Domestic sales increased by 4.5% while international sales gains in local
currency of 4.6% were offset by a negative currency impact of 1.5%, resulting in
total international growth of 3.1%. Consumer sales achieved strong growth in
skin care products (NEUTROGENA, CLEAN & CLEAR and AVEENO) and
BAND-AID wound care products, as well as in McNeil Nutritionals' SPLENDA
sweetener products and VIACTIV calcium chews.

Consumer segment sales in 2001 were $6.3 billion, an increase of 0.8% over 2000.
Domestic sales increased by 1.4% while international sales gains in local
currency of 6.8% were offset by a negative currency impact of 6.7%, resulting in
total growth of 0.1%. Consumer segment sales in 2000 were $6.3 billion, an
increase of 0.4% over 1999. Domestic sales increased by 2.8% while international
sales gains in local currency of 4.3% were offset by a negative currency impact
of 6.6%, resulting in a total decrease of 2.3%.

Pharmaceutical segment sales in 2002 were $17.2 billion, an increase of 15.5%
over 2001 including 16.4% growth in domestic sales and 13.5% total growth in
international sales that includes a 2.4% positive effect of currency. Of the
15.5% increase in Pharmaceutical segment sales over prior year, 14.8% was due to
operational increases, with currency positively impacting sales growth by 0.7%.

Sales growth reflects the strong performance of PROCRIT/EPREX, for
treatment of anemia; REMICADE, a treatment for rheumatoid arthritis and
Crohn's disease; RISPERDAL, an antipsychotic medication; DURAGESIC, a
transdermal patch for chronic pain, and TOPAMAX, an anti-epileptic
medication. Sales of PROCRIT/EPREX accounted for 11.8% of total Company
revenues for 2002 and 10.6% in 2001. Johnson & Johnson markets over 100
prescription drugs around the world, with 30.5% of the sales generated outside
the United States. Thirty-three drugs sold by the Company had 2002 sales in
excess of $50 million, with 24 in excess of $100 million.

The rate of growth for sales of PROCRIT and EPREX was slowed in the latter
half of 2002 as a result of new competition for PROCRIT. Sales growth may
also have been affected by rare reports of Pure Red Cell Aplasia (PRCA) in
chronic renal failure (CRF) patients administered EPREX subcutaneously. The
Company's on-going investigation of PRCA in CRF patients indicates that the
occurrence of PRCA continues to be rare.

During the second quarter of 2002, the Company completed its acquisition of
Tibotec-Virco N.V. for approximately $320 million. Tibotec-Virco N.V. is a
privately-held biopharmaceutical company focused on developing anti-viral
treatments, with several promising compounds in development for the treatment of
infectious diseases including HIV.

During the fourth quarter of 2002, the Company received U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) approval for LEVAQUIN (levofloxacin) for an additional
indication for the treatment of nosocomial pneumonia, the second most common
hospital-acquired infection. The Company also filed several new drug
applications with the FDA. These include TOPAMAX (topiramate) for the
prevention of migraine headaches in adults as well as for use as a monotherapy
treatment in epilepsy (it is currently approved as adjunctive treatment),
LEVAQUIN for a five-day treatment of community-acquired pneumonia, and
RISPERDAL (risperidone) as both adjunctive and monotherapy treatments of
bipolar disorder.

Also in the fourth quarter of 2002, the Company announced a definitive agreement
to acquire OraPharma, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the
development and commercialization of unique therapeutics in oral health care
products. The acquisition will provide entry into the oral health professional
marketplace by providing a synergistic line of prevention and treatment products
to maintain periodontal health. The transaction is valued at approximately $85
million, net of cash, and closed in the first quarter of 2003.

Pharmaceutical segment sales in 2001 were $14.9 billion, a total increase of
17.3% over 2000 including 21.3% growth in domestic sales. Operationally,
international sales increased 14.2% but were partially offset by a negative
currency impact of 4.9%, resulting in total growth of 9.3%. Pharmaceutical
segment sales in 2000 were $12.7 billion, an increase of 12.7% over 1999
including 21.4% growth in domestic sales. Operationally, international sales
increased 7.6% but were more than offset by a negative currency impact of 8.9%
resulting in a total decrease in sales of 1.3%. Sales growth was partially
offset by the restricted access of PROPULSID in a number of markets around
the world.

Worldwide sales in 2002 of $12.6 billion in the Medical Devices & Diagnostics
segment represented an increase of 12.9% over 2001. As currency had no impact on
sales growth, the 12.9% total increase is also the operational sales increase
over prior year. Domestic sales were up 13.0% and international sales increased
12.8% over the prior year.

Strong sales growth was achieved in each of the major franchises within this
segment: Cordis' circulatory disease management products; DePuy's orthopaedic
joint reconstruction and spinal products; Ethicon's wound care, surgical sports
medicine and women's health products; LifeScan's blood glucose monitoring
products; Ethicon Endo-Surgery's minimally invasive surgical products;
Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics' professional diagnostic products and Vistakon's
disposable contact lenses.

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During the third quarter of 2002, the Company announced the final results for
SIRIUS, the landmark U.S. study of the CYPHERTM Sirolimus-eluting Stent. This
drug-eluting coronary stent is the first of its kind to be recommended for FDA
approval. Clinical results of the CYPHERTM stent indicate a significant
reduction of in-stent restenosis and revascularization rates as compared to bare
metal stents. The findings confirm the stent's continued excellent performance
in significantly reducing reblockage of coronary arteries in patients with
coronary artery disease. Additionally, in July 2002, the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) made a decision to provide accelerated
incremental reimbursement to hospitals for this technology commencing April 1,
2003 under newly established Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGs). In order to
ensure access to this technology for patients as rapidly as possible, HHS has
taken the unprecedented step of assigning it to new DRGs prior to FDA approval.
On October 22, 2002, the Circulatory System Device Panel advisory panel voted
8-0 in favor of FDA approval with recommended conditions, for the Company's
drug-eluting coronary stent. The Company is continuing to work with the FDA on
their on-going review for product approval.

Also in the fourth quarter of 2002, the FDA's Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation
Devices Panel unanimously recommended in favor of FDA approval, with conditions,
for the INDEPENDENCE(TM) iBOT(TM) Mobility System. The iBOT(TM) Mobility System
is a unique device that offers benefits for individuals with mobility-related
disabilities. The device can be used to navigate difficult terrain, climb stairs
and ramps and balance at standing height on two wheels.

In December 2002, Ethicon received FDA clearance to market VICRYL Plus
Antibacterial Suture, the first and only suture designed with an antibacterial
agent. Designed to reduce bacterial colonization on the suture, VICRYL Plus
may help reduce the risk of complications associated with surgery.

Worldwide sales in 2001 of $11.1 billion in the Medical Devices & Diagnostics
segment represented a total increase of 8.8% over 2000. Domestic sales were up
12.1%, while international sales increased 5.1% as sales gains in local currency
of 12.1% were offset by a negative currency impact of 7.0%. Worldwide sales in
2000 of $10.2 billion in the Medical Devices & Diagnostics segment represented a
total increase of 3.7% over 1999 consisting of gains in local currency of 6.9%
that were reduced by 3.2% due to the strength of the U.S. dollar. Domestic sales
were up 3.9%, while international sales increased 3.4% as sales gains in local
currency of 10.3% were offset by a negative currency impact of 6.9%.

Gross Profit

Gross profit margin in 2002 was 71.2%, an improvement of 0.8% over the gross
profit margin in 2001 of 70.4%. The improvement in gross profit margin for 2001
was 1.1% over the gross profit margin in 2000 of 69.3%, an improvement of 0.5%
over 1999. The improvement in gross profit margin over the past three years was
primarily a result of continued improvements in the mix of businesses and
successful ongoing cost control efforts.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Consolidated selling, general and administrative expenses increased 8.5%, 7.3%
and 4.3% in 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively. Selling, general and
administrative expenses as a percent to sales were 33.7%, 34.8% and 36.0% in
2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively. As a result of the implementation in 2002 of
Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) Issue No. 01-09 "Accounting for Consideration
Given by a Vendor to a Customer or Reseller of the Vendor's Products," the
Company reclassified $687 million and $674 million for 2001 and 2000,
respectively, from selling, general and administrative expenses to a reduction
of sales and reclassified $45 million and $49 million of expense for 2001 and
2000, respectively, from selling, general and administrative expenses to cost of
products sold.

Advertising expenses, which are comprised of television, radio and print media,
as well as Internet advertising, were $1.5 billion in 2002, $1.4 billion in 2001
and $1.4 billion in 2000.

Research Expenses

Research activities represent a significant part of the Company's business.
These expenditures relate to the development of new products, improvement of
existing products, technical support of products and compliance with
governmental regulations for the protection of the consumers and patients.
Worldwide costs of research activities, excluding in-process research &
development charges, were as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(Millions of Dollars)    2002      2001      2000
- ---------------------------------------------------
<S>                     <C>        <C>       <C>
Research expense        $3,957     3,591     3,105
Percent increase
 over prior year          10.2%     15.7%     12.2%
Percent of sales          10.9      11.1      10.6
</TABLE>

Research expense as a percent of sales for the Pharmaceutical segment was 15.7%
for 2002, 16.6% for 2001 and 16.4% for 2000 while averaging 6.6%, 6.5% and 6.2%
in the Consumer and Medical Devices & Diagnostics segments for 2002, 2001 and
2000, respectively.

Significant research activities continued in the Pharmaceutical segment, with
spending increasing to $2.7 billion or 9.3% over 2001 representing a compound
annual growth rate of approximately 12.2% for the five-year period since 1997.
Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C., formerly known
as the Janssen Research Foundation and the R.W. Johnson Pharmaceutical Research
Institute, is the primary worldwide pharmaceutical research organization and
additional research is conducted by Centocor, ALZA Corporation (ALZA),
Tibotec-Virco N.V. and through collaboration with the James Black Foundation in
London, England.

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In-Process Research & Development

In the second quarter of 2002, the Company recorded in-process research &
development (IPR&D) charges of $189 million after-tax ($189 million before tax
as IPR&D is not generally tax deductible in the U.S.) related to acquisitions.
These acquisitions included Tibotec-Virco N.V., a privately-held
biopharmaceutical company focused on developing anti-viral treatments and Obtech
Medical AG, a privately-held company that markets an adjustable gastric band for
the treatment of morbid obesity.

In the fourth quarter of 2001, the IPR&D charge of $105 million after-tax ($105
million before tax as IPR&D is not generally tax deductible in the U.S.) was
incurred as a result of the acquisition of Inverness Medical Technology, a
supplier of LifeScan electrochemical products for blood glucose monitoring
following the spin-off of its non-diabetes businesses and TERAMed, an early
stage medical device company that is developing endovascular stent-graft systems
for minimally invasive treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms and peripheral
occlusive disease.

In 2000, the Company's IPR&D charges of $66 million after-tax ($66 million
before tax as IPR&D is not generally tax deductible in the U.S.) was related to
the acquisition of Atrionix, Inc., a development stage company whose primary
product is a pulmonary ablation catheter for the treatment of atrial
fibrillation and Crescendo, a company formed by ALZA for the purpose of
selecting, developing and commercializing human pharmaceutical products.

Interest (Income) Expense

Interest income decreased in 2002 primarily due to the decline in U.S. interest
rates and cash expended as part of a stock repurchase program (see page 34). In
2002, the average yield on investments was more than 200 basis points below the
average yield in 2001. Interest expense in 2002 as compared to 2001 remained
relatively constant as there were no significant changes in average debt
balances.

Other (Income) Expense, Net

Other (income) expense includes gains and losses related to the sale and
write-down of certain equity securities of the Johnson & Johnson Development
Corporation, losses on the disposal of fixed assets, currency gains & losses,
minority interests, litigation settlement expense as well as royalty income.
Additionally, in 2002, other (income) expense included the gain on the sale of
the Ortho Prefest product line and the impact of the Amgen arbitration
settlement.

On October 18, 2002, an arbitrator in Chicago denied an effort by Amgen, Inc.,
to terminate the 1985 license agreement under which Ortho Biotech obtained
exclusive U.S. rights to Amgen-developed erythropoietin (EPO which is sold as
PROCRIT/EPREX) for all indications outside of kidney dialysis. Amgen had filed
suit in 1995, claiming that Ortho Biotech had breached its license rights by
improperly making sales of EPO into Amgen's exclusive dialysis market. In his
decision, the arbitrator found that sales had been made into markets where Amgen
had retained exclusive rights, but that they did not warrant the extraordinary
remedy of terminating the contract. Instead, he found that Amgen could be
adequately compensated with monetary damages. The arbitrator awarded $150
million in damages that was recorded in the third quarter of 2002. This
arbitration was the fourth between the parties since 1989. On January 24, 2003,
the arbitrator ruled that Amgen was the "prevailing party" in this arbitration,
entitling it to an award of reasonable attorneys' fees and costs. Amgen has not
yet submitted its application for fees and costs. The Company expensed $85
million in the fourth quarter of 2002 in connection with this outstanding claim.

In 2001, in addition to the items indicated above, other (income) expense
included costs related to the merger with ALZA of $147 million and the
amortization expense of approximately $141 million that is no longer required
under Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Standard No. 142, "Goodwill
and Other Intangible Assets" (SFAS No. 142). In 2000, in addition to the items
indicated above, other (income) expense included a favorable adjustment to the
costs associated with the 1998 global manufacturing restructuring charge and the
gain on the sale of various product lines.

Earnings Before Provision for Taxes on Income.

Consolidated earnings before provision for taxes on income increased 17.6%,
15.0% and 16.9% in 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively. Excluding the IPR&D and
merger charges noted in the previous sections, the increases were 16.3%, 18.1%
and 15.8% in 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively. The increase in 2002 is due
primarily to volume growth, improved gross profit margins and efficiencies in
spending in selling, marketing and administrative expenses.

Operating profit by segment for 2002 and 2001 is as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                          Percent
                                          of Sales
(Millions of Dollars)    2002   2001    2002     2001
- ------------------------------------------------------
<S>                    <C>      <C>     <C>      <C>
Consumer               $1,229   1,004   18.7%    15.9%
Pharmaceutical          5,787   4,928   33.7     33.2
Med Devices & Diag      2,489   2,001   19.8     18.0
                       --------------
Segments total          9,505   7,933   26.2     24.5
Expenses not
 allocated to
 segments                (214)    (35)
                       --------------
Earnings before
 taxes on income       $9,291   7,898   25.6%    24.4%
                       ==============
</TABLE>

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The increase in expenses not allocated to segments is primarily due to the
decline in interest income in 2002 as discussed in the Interest (Income) Expense
section.

Consumer segment operating profit increased 22.4% over prior year and reflects
an operating profit as a percent to sales improvement of 2.8%. The improvement
is due primarily to leveraging of selling, promotion and administrative expenses
offset by increased expenditures in advertising. Additionally, the Consumer
segment operating profit improved 0.6% as amortization expense is no longer
required under SFAS No. 142.

Pharmaceutical segment operating profit increased 17.4% and reflects an
operating profit as a percent to sales improvement of 0.5%. The Pharmaceutical
segment operating profit was negatively impacted by the cost of the Amgen
arbitration settlement in 2002 of $150 million in damages and $85 million in
legal fees, IPR&D related to the Tibotec-Virco N.V. acquisition and offset by
the gain on the sale of the Ortho Prefest product line. There was no impact of
SFAS No. 142 on operating profit as a percent to sales in the Pharmaceutical
segment. The Pharmaceutical segment operating profit also included the effect of
leveraging marketing expenses. In 2001, the Pharmaceutical operating profit
included expenses related to the merger with ALZA.

Medical Devices & Diagnostics segment operating profit increased 24.4% and
reflects an operating profit as a percent to sales improvement of 1.8%. The
non-amortization per SFAS No. 142 accounted for 0.8% of the improvement. The
remaining margin improvement over prior year was achieved despite investment
spending in support of the Cordis product line. Operating profit includes the
IPR&D associated with the acquisitions of Obtech Medical AG in 2002 and
Inverness Medical Technology and TERAMed in 2001.

Provision For Taxes on Income

The worldwide effective income tax rate was 29.0% in 2002, 28.2% in 2001 and
27.9% in 2000. The increase in the effective tax rate for the years, 2002, 2001
and 2000 was primarily due to the increase in income subject to tax in the U.S.
and the Company's non-deductible IPR&D charge. Refer to Footnote 8 to the
financial statements for additional information.

Net Income and Earnings Per Share

Worldwide net earnings for 2002 were $6.6 billion, reflecting a 16.4% increase
over 2001. Worldwide net earnings per share for 2002 equaled $2.16 per share, an
increase of 17.4% from the $1.84 net earnings per share in 2001. Excluding the
impact of IPR&D in 2002 and the impact of IPR&D and merger costs in 2001,
worldwide net earnings were $6.8 billion and net earnings per share were $2.23,
representing an increase of 15.0% and 16.8%, respectively, over 2001. The impact
of the non-amortization per SFAS No. 142 increased net earnings and earnings per
share by approximately 2.0%. Worldwide net earnings achieved a 10-year annual
growth rate of 21.0%, while earnings per share grew at a rate of 20.3%.
Excluding the impact of an accounting change in 1992 and IPR&D in 2002,
worldwide net earnings achieved a 10-year annual growth rate of 15.7%, while
earnings per share grew at a rate of 15.0%. The 5-year annual compound growth
rates for net earnings and earnings per share are 16.3% and 16.2%, respectively.
Excluding the impact of IPR&D and merger costs, worldwide net earnings achieved
a 5-year annual growth rate of 14.9%, while earnings per share grew at a rate
of 15.0%.


Worldwide net earnings for 2001 were $5.7 billion, reflecting a 14.4% increase
over 2000. Worldwide net earnings per share for 2001 equaled $1.84 per share, an
increase of 14.3% from the $1.61 net earnings per share in 2000. Excluding the
impact of IPR&D and merger costs in 2001 and IPR&D net of a favorable adjustment
to the costs associated with the 1998 global manufacturing restructuring charge
in 2000, worldwide net earnings were $5.9 billion and net earnings per share
were $1.91, representing an increase of 18.0% and 17.2%, respectively, over
2000. Worldwide net earnings for 2000 were $5.0 billion, reflecting a 15.9%
increase over 1999. Worldwide net earnings per share for 2000 equaled $1.61 per
share, an increase of 15.8% from the $1.39 net earnings per share in 1999.
Excluding the impact of IPR&D net of a favorable adjustment to the costs
associated with the 1998 global manufacturing restructuring charge in 2000 and
merger costs in 1999, worldwide net earnings were $5.0 billion and net earnings
per share were $1.63, representing an increase of 14.9% and 14.8% respectively
over 1999.

Cash Flows and Liquidity

Cash generated from operations and selected borrowings provide the major sources
of funds for the growth of the business, including working capital, capital
expenditures, acquisitions, share repurchases, dividends and debt repayments.
Cash and current marketable securities were $7.5 billion at the end of 2002 as
compared with $8.0 billion at the end of 2001.

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Cash generated from operations amounted to $8.2 billion in 2002, which is less
than the cash generated from operations in 2001 of $8.9 billion. This decrease
is due primarily to the funding of the U.S. pension plan of approximately $750
million net of the current tax benefit during 2002. In 2001, there was a change
in the timing of salary increases and bonuses paid to employees from December
2001 to February 2002. This change was enacted to have 2001 results finalized in
order to align compensation and performance. The result of this change was an
increase of approximately $450 million in cash flows in 2001 from operating
activities due to the payment of the 2001 bonus in 2002.

Capital Expenditures

Capital expenditures in 2002 increased to $2.1 billion or 21.3% over 2001 and
increased 2.5% to $1.7 billion in 2001 over 2000. The increase in 2002 is due
primarily to expansion of manufacturing facilities to support new and existing
products, investments in support of research and investments in information
systems across all business segments.

Share Repurchases & Dividends

On February 13, 2002, the Company announced a stock repurchase program of up to
$5 billion with no time limit on this program. This program was completed on
August 1, 2002, with 83.6 million shares repurchased for an aggregate price of
$5.0 billion. In addition to the 2002 stock repurchase program, the Company has
an annual program to repurchase shares for use in employee stock and employee
incentive plans.

The Company increased its cash dividend in 2002 for the 40th consecutive year.
Cash dividends paid were $0.795 per share in 2002, compared with dividends of
$0.70 per share in 2001 and $0.62 per share in 2000. The dividends were
distributed as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                          2002    2001    2000
- ----------------------------------------------
<S>                      <C>       <C>     <C>
First quarter            $ .18     .16     .14
Second quarter            .205     .18     .16
Third quarter             .205     .18     .16
Fourth quarter            .205     .18     .16
                          --------------------
Total                    $.795     .70     .62
                          ====================
</TABLE>

On January 6, 2003, the Board of Directors declared a regular cash dividend of
$0.205 per share, paid on March 11, 2003 to shareholders of record as of
February 18, 2003. The Company expects to continue the practice of paying
regular cash dividends.

Contractual Obligations & Commitments

The Company has long-term contractual obligations primarily lease and debt
obligations. To satisfy these obligations, the Company intends to use cash from
operations. The following table summarizes the Company's contractual obligations
and their aggregate maturities as of December 29, 2002 (see Notes 4 and 6 for
further details):

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                Operating   Debt
(Millions of Dollars)           Leases      Obligations
- -------------------------------------------------------
<S>                             <C>         <C>
2003                              $138             77
2004                               121            270
2005                               101             17
2006                                86             12
2007                                67              8
After 2007                        $160          1,715
</TABLE>

Financial Position & Capital Resources
Total Assets & Returns

Total assets increased $2.1 billion or 5.4% in 2002 and $4.2 billion or 12.4% in
2001. Of the consolidated assets at year-end 2002, Medical Devices & Diagnostics
accounted for 37.1%, 27.4% were Pharmaceutical segment assets, 12.5% were
Consumer segment assets and 23.0% were general corporate assets. At year-end
2001, 35.5% and 27.5% of the consolidated assets were identifiable to the
Medical Devices & Diagnostics and Pharmaceutical segments, respectively while
10.9% and 26.1% were Consumer segment and general corporate assets,
respectively. Net intangible assets in 2002 increased 1.9% over 2001 and
represented 22.8% of total assets at year-end 2002. Net property, plant and
equipment increased to $8.7 billion or 12.8% and represented 21.5% of total
assets at year-end 2002. Shareholders' equity per share at the end of 2002 was
$7.65 compared with $7.95 at year-end 2001, a decrease of 3.8%. The decrease is
primarily due to the $5 billion stock repurchase program completed during 2002.

Financing & Market Risk

The Company uses financial instruments to manage the impact of foreign exchange
rate changes on cash flows. Accordingly, the Company enters into forward foreign
exchange contracts to protect the value of existing foreign currency assets and
liabilities and to hedge future foreign currency product costs. Gains or losses
on these contracts are offset primarily by the effect of foreign exchange rate
changes on the underlying transactions. A 10% appreciation of the U.S. Dollar
from December 29, 2002 market rates would increase the unrealized value of the
Company's forward contracts by $252 million. Conversely, a 10% depreciation of
the U.S. Dollar from December 29, 2002 market rates would decrease the
unrealized value of the Company's forward contracts by $308 million. In either
scenario, the gain or loss on the forward contract would be offset by the effect
of foreign exchange rate changes on the underlying transaction.

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The Company enters into currency swap contracts to manage the Company's exposure
to changes in currency exchange rates by hedging foreign currency denominated
assets and liabilities. The impact of a 1% change in interest rates on the
Company's interest rate sensitive financial instruments would be immaterial.

The Company does not enter into financial instruments for trading or speculative
purposes. Further, the Company has a policy of only entering into contracts with
parties that have at least an "A" (or equivalent) credit rating. The
counterparties to these contracts are major financial institutions and the
Company does not have significant exposure to any one counterparty. Management
believes the risk of loss is remote.

Total unused credit available to the Company approximates $3.1 billion,
including $1.5 billion of credit commitments and $0.8 billion of uncommitted
lines with various banks worldwide that expire during 2003. The Company's shelf
registration filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission enables the
Company to issue up to $2.6 billion of unsecured debt securities and warrants to
purchase debt securities under its medium term note (MTN) program. No MTN's were
issued in 2002. At December 29, 2002, the Company had $1.8 billion remaining on
its shelf registration. The Company continues to be one of few companies with a
Triple A credit rating.

Total borrowings at the end of 2002 and 2001 were $4.1 billion and $2.8 billion,
respectively. In 2002, net cash (cash and current marketable securities net of
debt) was $3.3 billion. In 2001, net cash (cash and current marketable
securities net of debt) was $5.2 billion. Total debt represented 15.4% of total
capital (shareholders' equity and total debt) in 2002 and 10.3% of total capital
in 2001. For the period ended December 29, 2002, there were no material cash
commitments. A summary of borrowings can be found in Note 6.

The Company believes that its operations comply in all material respects with
applicable environmental laws and regulations. The Company or its subsidiaries
are parties to a number of proceedings brought under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, commonly known as
Superfund, and comparable state laws, in which the relief being sought is the
cost of past and future remediation. While it is not feasible to predict or
determine the outcome of these proceedings, in the opinion of the Company, such
proceedings would not have a material adverse effect on the results of
operations, cash flows or financial position of the Company.

Other Matters
Critical Accounting Policies & Estimates

Management's discussion and analysis of results of operations and financial
condition are based on the Company's consolidated financial statements that have
been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the
U.S. The preparation of these financial statements requires management to make
estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported for revenues,
expenses, assets, liabilities and other related disclosures. Actual results may
or may not differ from these estimates. The Company's significant accounting
policies are described in Note 1, however the Company believes that the
understanding of certain key accounting policies and estimates is essential in
achieving more insight into the Company's operating results and financial
condition. These key accounting policies and estimates include revenue
recognition, accounting for income taxes, legal and self insurance
contingencies, valuation of long lived assets, assumptions used to determine the
amounts recorded for pensions and other employee benefit plans and accounting
for stock options.

Revenue Recognition

The Company recognizes revenue from product sales when goods are shipped or
delivered depending on when title and risk passes to the customer. Provisions
for certain rebates, sales incentives, trade promotions, coupons, product
returns and discounts to customers are provided for as reductions in determining
sales in the same period the related sales are recorded. These provisions, the
largest of these being the Medicaid rebate provision, are based on estimates
derived from current program requirements and historical experience. The Company
also recognizes service revenue that is received for co-promotion of certain
products. At year-end December 29, 2002, these revenues were less than 2% of
total revenues and are included in product sales.

Income Taxes

Income taxes are recorded based on amounts refundable or payable in the current
year and include the results of any difference between U.S. GAAP accounting and
U.S. tax reporting that are recorded as deferred tax assets or liabilities. The
Company records deferred tax assets and liabilities based on current tax
regulations and rates. Changes in tax laws and rates that may affect these
deferred tax assets and liabilities are recorded in the future. Management
believes that changes in these estimates would not have a material effect on the
Company's results of operations, cash flows or financial position.

The Company intends to continue to reinvest its undistributed international
earnings to expand its international operations; therefore no U.S. tax expense
has been recorded to cover the repatriation of such undistributed earnings. At
December 29, 2002, and December 30, 2001, the cumulative amount of undistributed
international earnings was approximately $12.3 billion and $12.1 billion,
respectively.

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Legal & Self Insurance Contingencies

The Company records accruals for various contingencies including legal
proceedings and product liability cases as they arise in the normal course of
business. The accruals are based on management's judgment as to the probability
of losses, opinions of legal counsel and where applicable, actuarially
determined estimates. Additionally, the Company records insurance receivable
amounts from third party insurers based on the probability of recovery. As
appropriate, reserves against these receivables are recorded for estimated
amounts that may not be collected from such third party insurers.

Long Lived and Intangible Assets

The Company assesses changes in economic conditions and strategic priorities and
makes assumptions regarding estimated future cash flows in evaluating the value
of the Company's fixed assets, goodwill and other non-current assets. As these
assumptions and estimates may change over time, it may or may not be necessary
for the Company to record impairment charges.

Employee Benefit Plans

The Company sponsors various retirement and pension plans, including defined
benefit, defined contribution and termination indemnity plans that cover most
employees worldwide. These plans require assumptions for the discount rate,
expected return on plan assets, expected salary increases and health care cost
trend rates. See Note 13 for further detail on these rates and the effect of a
change in these rates on the Company's results of operations.

Stock Options

The Company has elected the use of Accounting Principle Board Opinion No. 25,
"Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees," (APB 25) that does not require
compensation costs related to stock options to be recorded in net income, as all
options granted under the various stock option plans had an exercise price equal
to the market value of the underlying common stock at grant date. Statement of
Financial Accounting Standard (SFAS) No. 148 "Accounting for Stock-Based
Compensation - Transition and Disclosure - an amendment of FASB Statement No.
123" requires pro forma disclosure of net income and earnings per share
determined as if the fair value method of accounting for stock options had been
applied in measuring compensation cost. See Notes 1 and 10 for further
information regarding stock options.

New Accounting Standards

In June 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 143, "Accounting for Asset Retirement
Obligations." The Company will adopt this standard in 2003 that is effective for
fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2002 and it is not expected to have a
material impact on the Company's results of operations, cash flows or financial
position. In August 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 144, "Accounting for the
Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets," which was effective for the first
quarter of 2002. The Company's adoption of SFAS No. 144 did not have a material
effect on the Company's results of operations, cash flows or financial position.
In June 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 146, "Accounting for Costs Associated
with Exit or Disposal Activities" which is effective for exit or disposal
activities that are initiated after December 31, 2002. The Company will adopt
SFAS No. 146 in the first quarter of 2003 and is not expected to have a material
effect on the Company's results of operations, cash flows or financial position.

On November 25, 2002, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 45 (FIN 45),
"Guarantor's Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including
Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others, an interpretation of FASB
Statements No. 5, 57 and 107 and Rescission of FASB Interpretation No. 34." FIN
45 clarifies the requirements of FASB Statement No. 5, "Accounting for
Contingencies," relating to the guarantor's accounting for, and disclosure of,
the issuance of certain types of guarantees. The disclosure requirements of FIN
45 are effective for financial statements of interim or annual periods that end
after December 15, 2002 and have been adopted by the Company. There is no
disclosure required at year-end 2002. The provisions for initial recognition and
measurement are effective on a prospective basis for guarantees that are issued
or modified after December 31, 2002, irrespective of the guarantor's year-end.
FIN 45 requires that upon issuance of a guarantee, the entity must recognize a
liability for the fair value of the obligation it assumes under that guarantee.
The Company's adoption of FIN 45 in 2003 is not expected to have a material
effect on the Company's results of operations, cash flows or financial position.

In January 2003, the FASB issued FIN 46, "Consolidation of Variable Interest
Entities - an interpretation of ARB No. 51," which addresses consolidation of
variable interest entities. FIN 46 expands the criteria for consideration in
determining whether a variable interest entity should be consolidated by a
business entity, and requires existing unconsolidated variable interest entities
(which include, but are not limited to, Special Purpose Entities, or SPEs) to be
consolidated by their primary beneficiaries if the entities do not effectively
disperse risks among parties involved. This interpretation applies immediately
to variable interest entities created after January 31, 2003, and to variable
interest entities in which an enterprise obtains an interest after that date. It
applies in the first fiscal year or interim period beginning after June 15,
2003, to variable interest entities in which an enterprise holds a variable
interest that it acquired before February 1, 2003. The adoption of FIN 46 is not
expected to have a material effect on the Company's results of operations, cash
flows or financial position.

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Changing Prices & Inflation

Johnson & Johnson is aware that its products are used in a setting where, for
more than a decade, policymakers, consumers and businesses have expressed
concern about the rising cost of health care. In response to these concerns,
Johnson & Johnson has a long-standing policy of pricing products responsibly.
For the period 1992-2002, in the United States, the weighted average compound
annual growth rate of Johnson & Johnson price increases for health care products
(prescription and over-the-counter drugs, hospital and professional products)
was below the U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the period. Inflation rates,
even though moderate in many parts of the world during 2002, continue to have an
effect on worldwide economies and, consequently, on the way companies operate.
In the face of increasing costs, the Company strives to maintain its profit
margins through cost reduction programs, productivity improvements and periodic
price increases.

Common Stock Market Prices

The Company's common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the
symbol JNJ. The composite market price ranges for Johnson & Johnson common stock
during 2002 and 2001 were:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                           2002            2001
                      -----------------------------
                       High    Low      High   Low
- ---------------------------------------------------
<S>                   <C>     <C>      <C>    <C>
First quarter         $65.89  54.70    52.34  40.25
Second quarter         65.29  52.00    54.20  42.60
Third quarter          56.50  41.40    57.60  50.00
Fourth quarter         61.30  53.00    60.97  53.05
Year-end close            $53.11           59.86
</TABLE>

Subsequent Events

On February 10, 2003, Johnson & Johnson announced that it signed a definitive
agreement with Scios Inc., a biopharmaceutical company with a marketed product
for cardiovascular disease and research projects focused on auto-immune
diseases. The Company will acquire Scios in a cash for stock exchange.

Under the terms of the agreement, Scios shareholders will receive $45.00 for
each outstanding Scios share. The value of the transaction as of the anticipated
closing date is expected to be approximately $2.4 billion, net of cash
anticipated to be acquired, based on Scios' approximately 59.8 million fully
diluted shares outstanding.

The boards of directors of Johnson & Johnson and Scios have given their approval
to the transaction, which is subject to clearance under the Hart-Scott-Rodino
Anti-Trust Improvements Act. This transaction is also subject to the approval of
the shareholders of Scios and other customary closing conditions.

Scios is a biopharmaceutical company developing novel treatments for
cardiovascular and inflammatory disease. The company's disease-based technology
platform integrates expertise in protein biology with computational and
medicinal chemistry to identify novel targets and rationally design small
molecule compounds for large markets with unmet medical needs. Scios' product
NATRECOR is the first novel agent approved for congestive heart failure (CHF)
in more than a decade. NATRECOR is a recombinant form of a naturally
occurring protein secreted by the heart as part of the body's response to CHF.
The drug has several significant advantages over existing therapies for CHF, the
single most common cause of hospitalization in the United States for patients
over 65.

The principal focus of Scios' research and development program is small molecule
inhibitors, and includes several potential new treatments for pain and
inflammatory diseases, including an advanced p-38 kinase inhibitor program.

The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2003, and the
Company anticipates an IPR&D charge of approximately $700 million to be incurred
in connection with this acquisition.

Cautionary Factors That May Affect Future Results.

This Annual Report contains forward-looking statements. Forward-looking
statements do not relate strictly to historical or current facts and anticipate
results based on management's plans that are subject to uncertainty.
Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of words like "plans,"
"expects," "will," "anticipates," "estimates" and other words of similar meaning
in conjunction with, among other things, discussions of future operations,
financial performance, the Company's strategy for growth, product development,
regulatory approval, market position and expenditures.

Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations of future events.
The Company cannot guarantee that any forward- looking statement will be
accurate, although the Company believes that it has been reasonable in its
expectations and assumptions. Investors should realize that if underlying
assumptions prove inaccurate or that unknown risks or uncertainties materialize,
actual results could vary materially from the Company's expectations and
projections. Investors are therefore cautioned not to place undue reliance on
any forward-looking statements. Furthermore, the Company assumes no obligation
to update any forward-looking statements as a result of new information or
future events or developments. The Company's report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 29, 2002 that will be filed in March 2003, will contain, as an
Exhibit, a discussion of various factors that could cause actual results to
differ from expectations. Prior to that filing, investors should reference the
Company's report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2001. The
Company notes these factors as permitted by the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995.

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Consolidated Balance Sheets
Johnson & Johnson and Subsidiaries

At December 29, 2002 and December 30, 2001
(Dollars in Millions Except Share and Per Share Data) (Note 1)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                   2002           2001
                                  -------        -----
<S>                               <C>            <C>
Assets

Current assets
Cash and cash
 Equivalents
 (Notes 1, 14 and 15)             $ 2,894        3,758
Marketable securities
 (Notes 1, 14 and 15)               4,581        4,214
Accounts receivable trade,
 less allowances for
 doubtful accounts $191
 (2001, $197)                       5,399        4,630
Inventories (Notes 1 and 2)         3,303        2,992
Deferred taxes on income
 (Note 8)                           1,419        1,192
Prepaid expenses and other
 Receivables                        1,670        1,687
                                  ---------------------
Total current assets               19,266       18,473
                                  =====================
Marketable securities,
 non-current (Notes 1, 14 and 15)     121          969
Property, plant and equipment,
 net (Notes 1 and 3)                8,710        7,719
Intangible assets, net
 (Notes 1 and 7)                    9,246        9,077
Deferred taxes on income
 (Note 8)                             236          288
Other assets (Note 5)               2,977        1,962
                                  ---------------------
Total assets                      $40,556       38,488
                                  =====================
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
- -------------------------------------------------------
Current liabilities
Loans and notes payable
 (Note 6)                         $ 2,117          565
Accounts payable                    3,621        2,838
Accrued liabilities                 3,820        3,135
Accrued salaries, wages
 and commissions                    1,181          969
Taxes on income                       710          537
                                  ---------------------
Total current liabilities          11,449        8,044
                                  =====================
Long-term debt (Note 6)             2,022        2,217
Deferred tax liability (Note 8)       643          493
Employee related obligations
 (Note 5)                           1,967        1,870
Other liabilities                   1,778        1,631
Shareholders' equity
Preferred stock - without par value
 (authorized and unissued
 2,000,000 shares)                     --           --
Common stock - par value
 $1.00 per share (Note 20)
 (authorized 4,320,000,000 shares;
 issued 3,119,842,000 shares)       3,120        3,120
Note receivable from employee
 stock ownership plan (Note 16)       (25)         (30)
Accumulated other comprehensive
 income (Note 12)                    (842)        (530)
Retained earnings                  26,571       23,066
                                  ---------------------
                                   28,824       25,626
Less: common stock held in
 treasury, at cost (Note 20)
 (151,547,000 and 72,627,000)       6,127        1,393
                                  ---------------------
Total shareholders' equity         22,697       24,233
                                  =====================
Total liabilities and
 shareholders' equity             $40,556       38,488
                                  =====================
</TABLE>
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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Consolidated Statements of Earnings
Johnson & Johnson and Subsidiaries

(Dollars in Millions Except Per Share Figures) (Note 1)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                 2002      2001      2000
- ----------------------------------------------------------
<S>                            <C>        <C>       <C>
Sales to customers             $36,298    32,317    29,172
                                ==========================
Cost of products sold           10,447     9,581     8,957
                                ==========================
Gross profit                    25,851    22,736    20,215
Selling, marketing and
 administrative expenses        12,216    11,260    10,495
Research expense                 3,957     3,591     3,105
Purchased in-process
 research and development
 (Note 17)                         189       105       66
Interest income                   (256)     (456)    (429)
Interest expense, net
 of portion capitalized
 (Note 3)                          160       153      204
Other (income) expense,
 Net                               294       185      (94)
                                --------------------------
                                16,560    14,838   13,347
                                --------------------------
Earnings before provision
 for taxes on income             9,291     7,898    6,868
Provision for taxes on income
 (Note 8)                        2,694     2,230    1,915
                                --------------------------
Net earnings                   $ 6,597     5,668    4,953
                                ==========================
Basic net earnings per share
 (Notes 1 and 19)              $  2.20      1.87     1.65
                                ==========================
Diluted net earnings per share
 (Notes 1 and 19)              $  2.16      1.84     1.61
                                ==========================
</TABLE>
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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Consolidated Statements of Equity
Johnson & Johnson and Subsidiaries

(Dollars in Millions) (Note 1)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                Note Rec.
                                                                From Employee
                                          Compre-               Stock Owner-
                                          hensive   Retained    ship Plan
                               Total      Income    Earnings    (ESOP)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                            <C>        <C>       <C>         <C>
Balance, Jan 2, 2000           $16,995              14,768       (41)
                                =============================================
Net earnings                     4,953     4,953     4,953
Cash dividends paid             (1,724)             (1,724)
Employee stock
 Compensation and
 stock option plans                619                (456)
Conver. of subordinated
 Debentures                        504                 504
Repurchase of common
 Stock                            (973)
Business combinations               77                  68
Other comprehensive income,
 net of tax:
 Curncy translation adj            (45)      (45)
 Unrealized gains/(losses)
  on securities                     (2)       (2)
 Pension liab adj                  (15)      (15)
Reclassification adj                         (52)
                                           -----
Total comprehensive income                 4,839
                                           =====
Note receivable from ESOP            6                             6
                                ------     --------------------------------
Bal, Dec 31, 2000              $20,395              18,113       (35)
                                ===========================================
Net earnings                     5,668     5,668     5,668
Cash dividends paid             (2,047)             (2,047)
Employee stock
 Compensation and
 stock option plans                842                (602)
Conver. of subordinated
 Debentures                        815                 632
Repurchase of common
 stock                          (2,742)
Business combinations            1,366               1,302
Other comprehensive income,
 net of tax:
 Curncy translation adj           (175)     (175)
 Unrealized gains/(losses)
  on securities                      8         8
 Gains/(losses) on
  derivatives & hedges              98        98
Reclassification adj                         (14)
                                           -----
Total comprehensive income                 5,585
                                           =====
Note receivable from ESOP            5                             5
                                ------     --------------------------------
Bal, Dec 30, 2001              $24,233              23,066       (30)
                                ===========================================
Net earnings                     6,597     6,597     6,597
Cash dividends paid             (2,381)             (2,381)
Employee stock
 Compensation and
 stock option plans                806                (489)
Conver. of subordinated
 Debentures                        131                (222)
Repurchase of common
 stock                          (6,382)
Other comprehensive income,
 net of tax:
 Curncy translation adj            (10)      (10)
 Unrealized gains/(losses)
  on securities                    (86)      (86)
 Pension liab adj                  (18)      (18)
 Gains/(losses) on
  derivatives & hedges            (198)     (198)
Reclassification adj                         (26)
                                           -----
Total comprehensive income                 6,259
                                           =====
Note receivable from ESOP            5                             5
                                ------     --------------------------------
Bal, Dec 29, 2002              $22,697              26,571       (25)
                                ===========================================
</TABLE>
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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Consolidated Statements of Equity
Johnson & Johnson and Subsidiaries

(Dollars in Millions) (Note 1)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                               Accumul
                               Other      Common
                               Compre-    Stock     Treasury
                               hensive    Issued    Stock
                               Income     Amount    Amount
- ------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                            <C>        <C>       <C>
Balance, Jan 2, 2000              (399)    3,120      (453)
============================================================
Net earnings
Cash dividends paid
Employee stock
 Compensation and
 stock option plans                                  1,075
Conver. of subordinated
 Debentures
Repurchase of common
 Stock                                                (973)
Business combinations                                    9
Other comprehensive income,
 net of tax:
 Curncy translation adj            (45)
 Unrealized gains/(losses)
  on securities                     (2)
 Pension liab adj                  (15)
Reclassification adj
Total comprehensive income
Note receivable from ESOP
                                   -----------------------
Bal, Dec 31, 2000                 (461)    3,120      (342)
                                   =======================
Net earnings
Cash dividends paid
Employee stock
 Compensation and

 stock option plans                                  1,444
Conver. of subordinated

 Debentures                                            183
Repurchase of common
 stock                                              (2,742)
Business combinations                                   64
Other comprehensive income,
 net of tax:
 Curncy translation adj           (175)
 Unrealized gains/(losses)
  on securities                      8
 Gains/(losses) on
  derivatives & hedges              98
Reclassification adj
Total comprehensive income
Note receivable from ESOP
                                   -----------------------

Bal, Dec 30, 2001                 (530)    3,120    (1,393)
                                   =======================
Net earnings
Cash dividends paid
Employee stock
 Compensation and
 stock option plans                                  1,295
Conver. of subordinated
 Debentures                                            353
Repurchase of common
 stock                                              (6,382)
Other comprehensive income,
 net of tax:
 Curncy translation adj            (10)
 Unrealized gains/(losses)
  on securities                    (86)
 Pension liab adj                  (18)
 Gains/(losses) on
  derivatives & hedges            (198)
Reclassification adj
Total comprehensive income
Note receivable from ESOP
                                   -----------------------
Bal, Dec 29, 2002                 (842)    3,120    (6,127)
                                   =======================
</TABLE>
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Johnson & Johnson and Subsidiaries

Dollars in Millions) (Note 1)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                         2002      2001      2000
                                        ------    -------   -------
<S>                                     <C>       <C>       <C>
Cash flows from operating activities
Net earnings                            $6,597     5,668     4,953
Adjustments to reconcile net
 earnings to cash flows:
 Depreciation and amortization
 of property and intangibles             1,662     1,605     1,592
 Purchased in-process research
 and development                           189       105        66
 Deferred tax provision                    (74)     (106)     (128)
 Accounts receivable reserves               (6)       99        41
Changes in assets and liabilities,
 net of effects from acquisition of
 businesses:
 Increase in accounts receivable          (510)     (258)     (468)
 (Increase) decrease in inventories       (109)     (167)      128
 Increase in accounts payable and
 accrued liabilities                     1,420     1,401        41
 (Increase) decrease in other current
 and non-current assets                 (1,429)     (270)      124
 Increase in other current and
 non-current liabilities                   436       787       554
                                         -------------------------
Net cash flows from operating
 Activities                              8,176     8,864     6,903
                                         =========================
Cash flows from investing activities
Additions to property, plant
 and equipment                          (2,099)   (1,731)   (1,689)
Proceeds from the disposal of
 Assets                                    156       163       166
Acquisition of businesses, net of
 cash acquired (Note 17)                  (478)     (225)     (151)
Purchases of investments                (6,923)   (8,188)   (5,676)
Sales of investments                     7,353     5,967     4,827
Other                                     (206)      (79)     (142)
                                         -------------------------
Net cash used by invest activities      (2,197)   (4,093)   (2,665)
                                         =========================
Cash flows from financing activities
Dividends to shareholders               (2,381)   (2,047)   (1,724)
Repurchase of common stock              (6,538)   (2,570)     (973)
Proceeds from short-term debt            2,359       338       814
Retirement of short-term debt             (560)   (1,109)   (1,485)
Proceeds from long-term debt                22        14       591
Retirement of long-term debt              (245)     (391)      (35)
Proceeds from the exercise of
 stock options                             390       514       387
                                         -------------------------
Net cash used by financing
 Activities                             (6,953)   (5,251)   (2,425)
                                         =========================
Effect of exchange rate changes on
 cash and cash equivalents                 110       (40)      (47)
                                         -------------------------
(Decrease) increase in cash and
 cash equivalents                         (864)     (520)    1,766
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning
 of year (Note 1)                        3,758     4,278     2,512
                                         -------------------------
Cash and cash equivalents,
 end of year (Note 1)                   $2,894     3,758     4,278
                                         =========================

Supplemental cash flow data
Cash paid during the year for:
 Interest                               $  141       185       215
 Income taxes                            2,006     2,090     1,651
Supplemental schedule of
 noncash investing and
 financing activities
Treasury stock issued for employee
 compensation and stock option plans,
 net of cash proceeds                   $  946       971       754
Conversion of debt                         131       815       504
Acquisition of businesses
Fair value of assets acquired           $  550     1,925       241
Fair value of liabilities assumed          (72)     (434)       (5)
                                         -------------------------
                                           478     1,491       236
Treasury stock issued at fair value         --    (1,266)      (85)
                                         -------------------------
Net cash paid for acquisitions          $  478       225       151
                                         =========================
</TABLE>
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

1 Summary of Significant Accounting Principles

Principles of Consolidation

The financial statements include the accounts of Johnson & Johnson and
subsidiaries. Intercompany accounts and transactions are eliminated.

New Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement
of Financial Accounting Standard (SFAS) No. 143, "Accounting for Asset
Retirement Obligations." The Company will adopt this standard in 2003 that is
effective for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2002 and it is not expected
to have a material impact on the Company's results of operations, cash flows or
financial position. In August 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 144, "Accounting
for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets," which was effective for
the first quarter of 2002. The Company's adoption of SFAS No. 144 did not have a
material effect on the Company's results of operations, cash flows or financial
position. In June 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 146, "Accounting for Costs
Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities" which is effective for exit or
disposal activities that are initiated after December 31, 2002. The Company's
adoption of SFAS No. 146 in the first quarter of 2003 is not expected to have a
material effect on the Company's results of operations, cash flows or financial
position.

On November 25, 2002, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 45 (FIN 45),
"Guarantor's Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including
Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others, an interpretation of FASB
Statements No. 5, 57 and 107 and Rescission of FASB Interpretation No. 34." FIN
45 clarifies the requirements of FASB Statement No. 5, "Accounting for
Contingencies," relating to the guarantor's accounting for, and disclosure of,
the issuance of certain types of guarantees. The disclosure requirements of FIN
45 are effective for financial statements of interim or annual periods that end
after December 15, 2002. The disclosure provisions have been implemented and no
disclosures were required at year-end 2002. The provisions for initial
recognition and measurement are effective on a prospective basis for guarantees
that are issued or modified after December 31, 2002, irrespective of the
guarantor's year-end. FIN 45 requires that upon issuance of a guarantee, the
entity must recognize a liability for the fair value of the obligation it
assumes under that guarantee. The Company's adoption of FIN 45 in 2003 has not
and is not expected to have a material effect on the Company's results of
operations, cash flows or financial position.

In January 2003, the FASB issued FIN 46, "Consolidation of Variable Interest
Entities - an interpretation of ARB No. 51," which addresses consolidation of
variable interest entities. FIN 46 expands the criteria for consideration in
determining whether a variable interest entity should be consolidated by a
business entity, and requires existing unconsolidated variable interest entities
(which include, but are not limited to, Special Purpose Entities, or SPEs) to be
consolidated by their primary beneficiaries if the entities do not effectively
disperse risks among parties involved. This interpretation applies immediately
to variable interest entities created after January 31, 2003, and to variable
interest entities in which an enterprise obtains an interest after that date. It
applies in the first fiscal year or interim period beginning after June 15,
2003, to variable interest entities in which an enterprise holds a variable
interest that it acquired before February 1, 2003. The adoption of FIN 46 is not
expected to have a material effect on the Company's results of operations, cash
flows or financial position.

Cash Equivalents

The Company considers securities with maturities of three months or less, when
purchased, to be cash equivalents.

Investments

Short-term marketable securities are carried at cost, which approximates fair
value. Long-term debt securities that the Company has the ability and intent to
hold until maturity are carried at amortized cost, which also approximates fair
value. Investments classified as available-for-sale are carried at estimated
fair value with unrealized gains and losses recorded as a component of
accumulated other comprehensive income. Management determines the appropriate
classification of its investment in debt and equity securities at the time of
purchase and re-evaluates such determination at each balance sheet date. The
Company periodically reviews its investments in non-marketable equity securities
for impairment and adjusts these investments to their fair value when a decline
in market value is deemed to be other than temporary.

Property, Plant and Equipment and Depreciation.

Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost. The Company utilizes the
straight-line method of depreciation over the estimated useful lives of the
assets:

Building and building equipment    20-40 years
Land and leasehold improvements    10-20 years
Machinery and equipment            2-13 years

The Company capitalizes certain computer software and development costs incurred
in connection with developing or obtaining computer software for internal use.
Capitalized software costs are amortized over the estimated useful lives of the
software, which generally ranges from 3 to 5 years.

The Company reviews long-lived assets to assess recoverability using
undiscounted cash flows. When necessary, charges for impairments of long-lived
assets are recorded for the amount by which the present value of future cash
flows is less than the carrying value of these assets.

Revenue Recognition

The Company recognizes revenue from product sales when the goods are shipped or
delivered depending on when title and risk passes to the customer. Provisions
for certain rebates, sales incentives, trade promotions, product returns and
discounts to customers are provided for as reductions in determining sales in
the same period the related sales are recorded.

Sales Incentives and Trade Promotional Allowances.

The Company has adopted Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) Issue No. 01-09
"Accounting for Consideration Given by a Vendor to a Customer or Reseller of the
Vendor's Products" effective December 31, 2001. All prior periods have been
restated to reclassify

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sales incentives and trade promotional allowances from selling, general and
administrative expenses to either a reduction of sales or cost of sales. As
such, sales were reduced by $687 million and $674 million for 2001 and 2000,
respectively, and cost of products sold increased by $45 million and $49 million
for 2001 and 2000, respectively.

Shipping and Handling

Shipping and handling costs incurred were $518 million, $473 million and $492
million in 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively, and are included in selling,
marketing and administrative expense. The amount of revenue received for
shipping and handling is immaterial for all periods presented.

Inventories

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market determined by the
first-in, first-out method.

Intangible Assets

In accordance with SFAS No. 142, no amortization was recorded for goodwill
and/or intangible assets deemed to have indefinite lives for acquisitions
completed after June 30, 2001. Further, effective the beginning of fiscal year
2002 in accordance with SFAS No. 142, the Company discontinued the amortization
relating to all existing goodwill and indefinite lived intangible assets. The
effect of non-amortization of this goodwill and these intangible assets was
approximately $141 million before tax for 2002. Intangible assets that have
finite useful lives continue to be amortized over their useful lives. SFAS No.
142 requires that goodwill and non- amortizable intangible assets be assessed
annually for impairment. The required initial assessment was completed at June
30, 2002 and no impairment was determined. This initial impairment assessment
was updated in the fourth quarter of 2002 and no impairment was determined.
Future impairment tests will be performed in the fourth quarter, annually.

Financial Instruments

Effective January 1, 2001, the Company adopted SFAS No. 133 "Accounting for
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities," as amended by SFAS No. 138
"Accounting for Certain Derivative Instruments and Certain Hedging Activities,
an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133," collectively referred to as SFAS No.
133. SFAS No. 133 requires that all derivative instruments be recorded on the
balance sheet at fair value. Changes in the fair value of derivatives are
recorded each period in current earnings or other comprehensive income,
depending on whether the derivative is designated as part of a hedge
transaction, and if it is, depending on the type of hedge transaction.

The Company uses forward exchange contracts to manage its exposure to the
variability of cash flows, primarily related to the foreign exchange rate
changes of future intercompany product and third party purchases of raw
materials denominated in foreign currency. The Company also uses currency swaps
to manage currency risk primarily related to borrowings. Both of these types of
derivatives are designated as cash flow hedges. Additionally, the Company uses
forward exchange contracts to offset its exposure to certain foreign currency
assets and liabilities. These forward exchange contracts are not designated as
hedges and, therefore, changes in the fair values of these derivatives are
recognized in earnings, thereby offsetting the current earnings effect of the
related foreign currency assets and liabilities.

The designation as a cash flow hedge is made at the date of entering into the
derivative contract. At inception, all derivatives are expected to be highly
effective. Changes in the fair value of a derivative that is designated as a
cash flow hedge and that is highly effective, are recorded in accumulated other
comprehensive income, until the underlying transaction affects earnings and are
then reclassified to earnings in the same account as the hedged transaction.
Fair value of a forward exchange contract represents the present value of the
change in forward exchange rates times the notional amount of the derivative.
The fair value of a currency swap contract is determined by discounting to the
present all future cash flows of the currencies to be exchanged at interest
rates prevailing in the market for the periods the currency exchanges are due,
and expressing the result in U.S. dollars at the current spot foreign currency
exchange rate.

On an ongoing basis, the Company assesses whether each derivative continues to
be highly effective in offsetting changes in the cash flows of hedged items. If
and when a derivative is no longer expected to be highly effective, hedge
accounting is discontinued. Hedge ineffectiveness, if any, is included in
current period earnings.

The Company documents all relationships between hedged items and derivatives.
The overall risk management strategy includes reasons for undertaking hedge
transactions and entering into derivatives. The objectives of this strategy are:
(1) minimize foreign currency exposure's impact on the Company's financial
performance; (2) protect the Company's cash flow from adverse movements in
foreign exchange rates; (3) ensure the appropriateness of financial instruments;
and (4) manage the enterprise risk associated with financial institutions.

Product Liability

Accruals for product liability claims are recorded, on an undiscounted basis,
when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the
liability can be reasonably estimated, based on existing information. The
accruals are adjusted periodically as additional information becomes available.
Receivables for insurance recoveries related to product liability related claims
are recorded, on an undiscounted for the time value of money basis, when it is
probable that a recovery will be realized.

Research and Development

Research and development expenses are expensed as incurred. Upfront and
milestone payments made to third parties in connection with research and
development collaborations are expensed as incurred up to the point of
regulatory approval. Payments made to third parties subsequent to regulatory
approval are capitalized and amortized over the remaining useful life of the
related product. Amounts capitalized for such payments are included in other
intangibles, net of accumulated amortization.

Advertising

Costs associated with advertising are expensed in the year incurred. Advertising
expenses worldwide, which are

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comprised of television, radio, print media as well as Internet advertising,
were $1.5 billion in 2002, $1.4 billion in 2001 and $1.4 billion in 2000.

Income Taxes

The Company intends to continue to reinvest its undistributed international
earnings to expand its international operations; therefore, no U.S. tax expense
has been recorded to cover the repatriation of such undistributed earnings. At
December 29, 2002, and December 30, 2001, the cumulative amount of undistributed
international earnings was approximately $12.3 billion and $12.1 billion,
respectively.

Deferred income taxes are recognized for tax consequences of temporary
differences by applying enacted statutory tax rates, applicable to future years,
to differences between the financial reporting and the tax basis of existing
assets and liabilities.

Net Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income available to common
shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the
period. Diluted earnings per share reflects the potential dilution that could
occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised or
converted into common stock.

Stock Options

At December 29, 2002, the Company has 24 stock-based employee compensation plans
that are described in Note 10. The Company accounts for those plans under the
recognition and measurement principles of Accounting Principle Board Opinion No.
25 "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees" and its related Interpretations.
Compensation costs are not recorded in net income for stock options, as all
options granted under those plans had an exercise price equal to the market
value of the underlying common stock on the date of grant.

As required by SFAS No. 148, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation -
Transition and Disclosure - an amendment of FASB Statement No. 123," the
following table shows the estimated effect on net income and earnings per share
if the Company had applied the fair value recognition provision of SFAS No. 123,
"Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation," to stock-based employee compensation.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(Dollars in Millions
Except Per Share Data)        2002      2001     2000
- -----------------------------------------------------
<S>                          <C>       <C>      <C>
Net income,
 as reported                 $6,597    5,668    4,953
                              -----------------------
Less:
 Compensation
 expense(1)                     320      263     189
                              -----------------------
Pro forma                    $6,277    5,405   4,764
                              =======================
Earnings per share:
 Basic - as reported         $ 2.20     1.87    1.65
      - pro forma              2.09     1.78    1.59
 Diluted - as reported         2.16     1.84    1.61
     - pro forma               2.06     1.75    1.55
                              =======================
</TABLE>

(1) Determined under fair value based method for all awards, net
of tax.


Risks and Uncertainties

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. requires management to make
estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported. Actual results may
or may not differ from those estimates.

Annual Closing Date

The Company follows the concept of a fiscal year which ends on the Sunday
nearest to the end of the month of December. Normally each fiscal year consists
of 52 weeks, but every five or six years, as will be the case in 2004, the
fiscal year consists of 53 weeks.

Reclassification

Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform with current year
presentation.

Stock Split

On April 26, 2001, the Board of Directors declared a 2-for-1 stock split.
Shareholders of record at the close of business on May 22, 2001 were issued one
additional share of Johnson & Johnson common stock on June 12, 2001 for each
share held as of the record date. All shares and per share data for all periods
presented in these financial statements have been adjusted to reflect the stock
split.

2 Inventories

At the end of 2002 and 2001, inventories were comprised of:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(Dollars in Millions)                  2002     2001
- ----------------------------------------------------
<S>                                  <C>         <C>
Raw materials and supplies           $  835      842
Goods in process                        803      605
Finished goods                        1,665    1,545
                                      --------------
                                     $3,303    2,992
                                      ==============
</TABLE>

3 Property, Plant and Equipment

At the end of 2002 and 2001, property, plant and equipment at cost and
accumulated depreciation were:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(Dollars in Millions)                  2002     2001
- ----------------------------------------------------
<S>                                  <C>         <C>
Land and land improvements           $  472      459
Buildings and building equipment      4,364    3,911
Machinery and equipment               7,869    6,805
Construction in progress              1,609    1,283
                                      --------------
                                     14,314   12,458
Less accumulated depreciation         5,604    4,739
                                      --------------
                                     $8,710    7,719
                                      ==============
</TABLE>

The Company capitalizes interest expense as part of the cost of construction of
facilities and equipment. Interest expense capitalized in 2002, 2001 and 2000
was $98 million, $95 million and $97 million, respectively.

Depreciation expense, including the amortization of capitalized interest in
2002, 2001 and 2000 was $1.3 billion, $1.1 billion and $1.1 billion,
respectively.

Upon retirement or other disposal of fixed assets, the cost and related amount
of accumulated depreciation or amortization are eliminated from the asset and
accumulated depreciation accounts, respectively. The difference, if any, between
the net asset value and the proceeds is adjusted to earnings.

4 Rental Expense and Lease Commitments

Rentals of space, vehicles, manufacturing equipment and office and data
processing equipment under operating leases

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amounted to approximately $298 million in 2002, $275 million in 2001 and $264
million in 2000.

The approximate minimum rental payments required under operating leases that
have initial or remaining noncancelable lease terms in excess of one year at
December 29, 2002 are:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(Dollars                           After
in Millions)            2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2007  Total
                        -----------------------------------------
<S>                     <C>   <C>   <C>   <C>   <C>   <C>   <C>
                        $138   121   101    86    67   160    673
</TABLE>

Commitments under capital leases are not significant.

5 Employee Related Obligations

At the end of 2002 and 2001, employee related obligations were:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(Dollars in Millions)               2002     2001
- -------------------------------------------------
<S>                               <C>         <C>
Pension benefits                  $  643      605
Post retirement benefits             907      878
Post employment benefits             193      168
Deferred compensation                335      311
                                  ---------------
                                  $2,078    1,962
Current benefits payable             111       92
                                  ---------------
Employee related obligations      $1,967    1,870
                                  ===============
</TABLE>

Prepaid employee related obligations of $959 million for 2002 are included in
other assets on the consolidated balance sheet.

6 Borrowings

The components of long-term debt are as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                         Eff.             Eff.
(Dollars in Millions)            2002   Rate%     2001   Rate%
- --------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                            <C>      <C>       <C>    <C>
3% Zero Coupon
 Convertible
 Subordinated Debentures
 due 2020                      $  621   3.00       626   3.00
5.25% Zero Coupon
 Convertible
 Subordinated Debentures
 due 2014                          11   5.25       117   5.25
8.72% Debentures
 due 2024                         300   8.72       300   8.72
6.95% Notes due 2029              293   7.14       293   7.14
6.73% Debentures
 due 2023                         250   6.73       250   6.73
7.375% Notes due 2002               -      -       200   7.49
8.25% Eurodollar Notes
 due 2004                         200   8.37       199   8.37
6.625% Notes due 2009             198   6.80       198   6.80
5.12% Notes due 2003(2)            60   0.82        60   0.82
Industrial Revenue Bonds           39   3.85        39   5.30
Other, principally
 International                    127      -       163      -
                               -------------------------------

                                2,099   5.85(1)  2,445   5.98(1)
Less current portion               77              228
                               -------------------------------

                               $2,022            2,217
                               ===============================
</TABLE>


(1) Weighted average effective rate.

(2) Represents 5.12% U.S. Dollar notes due 2003 issued by a Japanese subsidiary
and converted to a 0.82% fixed rate yen note via a currency swap.

The Company has access to substantial sources of funds at numerous banks
worldwide. Total unused credit available to the Company approximates $3.1
billion, including $1.5 billion of credit commitments and $0.8 billion of
uncommitted lines with various banks worldwide that expire during 2003. Interest
charged on borrowings under the credit line agreements is based on either bids
provided by the banks, the prime rate or London Interbank Offered Rates (LIBOR),
plus applicable margins. Commitment fees under the agreements are not material.

The Company's shelf registration filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission enables the Company to issue up to $2.6 billion of unsecured debt
securities and warrants to purchase debt securities under its medium term note
(MTN) program. No MTN's were issued in 2002. At December 29, 2002, the Company
had $1.8 billion remaining on its shelf registration.

Long term debt includes two convertible subordinated debentures issued by ALZA
prior to its merger with Johnson & Johnson.

On July 28, 2000, ALZA completed a private offering of the 3% Zero Coupon
Convertible Subordinated Debentures which were issued at a price of $551.26 per
$1,000 principal amount at maturity. At December 29, 2002, the outstanding 3%
Debentures had a total principal amount at maturity of $1.0 billion with a yield
to maturity of 3% per annum, computed on a semiannual bond equivalent basis.
There are no periodic interest payments. Under the terms of the 3% debentures,
holders are entitled to convert their debentures into approximately 15.0 million
shares of Johnson & Johnson stock at a price of $40.102 per share. Approximately
579,000 shares have been issued as of December 29, 2002 due to voluntary
conversions by note holders. At the option of the holder, the 3% Debentures may
be repurchased by the Company on July 28, 2003, 2008 or 2013, at a purchase
price equal to the issue price plus accreted original issue discount to such
purchase date. The Company, at its option, may elect to deliver either Johnson &
Johnson common stock or cash, or a combination of stock and cash, in the event
of repurchase of the 3% Debentures. The Company, at its option, may also redeem
any or all of the 3% Debentures after July 28, 2003 at the issue price plus
accreted original issue discount. At December 29, 2002 and December 30, 2001,
the fair value based on quoted market value of the 3% Debentures was $813
million and $910 million, respectively.

In 1994, ALZA issued the 5.25% Zero Coupon Convertible Subordinated Debentures
at a price of $354.71 per $1,000 principal amount at maturity. At December 29,
2002, the outstanding 5.25% Debentures had a total principal amount at maturity
of $20 million, with a yield to maturity of 5.25% per annum, computed on a
semiannual bond equivalent basis. There are no periodic interest payments. Under
the terms of the debentures, note holders are entitled to convert their
debentures into approximately 24.0 million shares of Johnson & Johnson stock at
a price of $13.939 per share. Approximately 23.5 million shares of Johnson &
Johnson stock have been issued as at December 29, 2002 due to voluntary
conversions by note holders. At the option of the holder, the 5.25% Debentures
may be purchased by the Company on July 14, 2004 or July 14, 2009, at a purchase
price equal to the issue price plus accreted original issue discount to such
purchase date. At December 29, 2002 and December 30, 2001, the fair value based
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market value of the 5.25% Debentures was $27 million and $339 million,
respectively.

Short-term borrowings and current portion of long-term debt amounted to $2.1
billion at the end of 2002. These borrowings are comprised of $1.6 billion of
commercial paper and $468 million of local borrowings, principally by
international subsidiaries.

Aggregate maturities of long-term obligations commencing in 2003 are:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                       After
(Dollars in Millions)  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007    2007
- ------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                    <C>   <C>   <C>   <C>   <C>    <C>
                        $77   270    17    12     8   1,715
</TABLE>

7 Intangible Assets

At the end of 2002 and 2001, the gross and net amounts of intangible assets
were:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(Dollars in Millions)               2002       2001
- ---------------------------------------------------
<S>                              <C>          <C>
Goodwill - gross                 $ 5,320      5,245
Less accumulated amortization        667        674
                                 ------------------

Goodwill - net                   $ 4,653      4,571
                                 ==================

Trademarks (non-amortizable)
 - gross                         $ 1,021        935
Less accumulated amortization        138        132
                                 ------------------

Trademarks (non-amortizable)
 - net                           $   883        803
                                 ==================

Patents and trademarks - gross   $ 2,016      1,881
Less accumulated amortization        534        376
                                 ------------------

Patents and trademarks - net     $ 1,482      1,505
                                 ==================

Other intangibles - gross        $ 2,998      2,849
Less accumulated amortization        770        651
                                 ------------------

Other intangibles - net          $ 2,228      2,198
                                 ==================

Total intangible assets
 - gross                         $11,355     10,910
Less accumulated amortization      2,109      1,833
                                 ------------------

Total intangible assets - net    $ 9,246      9,077
                                 ==================

</TABLE>

Goodwill as of December 29, 2002 as allocated by segments of business is as
follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                               Med Dev
(Dollars in Millions)      Consumer   Pharm    & Diag    Total
- --------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                        <C>        <C>      <C>       <C>
Goodwill, net of
 accumulated
 amortization at
 December 30, 2001           $806      232     3,533    4,571
Reclassification of
 intangibles, net of
 accumulated
 amortization                   -     (109)        -     (109)
Acquisitions                    -      150        60      210
Translation & other            15      (29)       (5)     (19)
                           -----------------------------------

Goodwill at
 December 29, 2002           $821      244     3,588    4,653
                           ===================================
</TABLE>

The weighted average amortization periods for patents and trademarks and other
intangible assets are 16 years and 18 years, respectively. The amortization
expense of amortizable intangible assets for the fiscal year ended December 29,
2002 was $405 million pre-tax and the estimated amortization expense for the
five succeeding years approximates $425 million pre-tax, per year, respectively.

8 Income Taxes

The provision for taxes on income consists of:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(Dollars in Millions)              2002     2001     2000
- ----------------------------------------------------------
<S>                               <C>       <C>      <C>
Currently payable:
 U.S. taxes                       $2,042    1,726    1,375
 International taxes                 726      610      668
                                  ------------------------

                                   2,768    2,336    2,043
                                  ========================

Deferred:
 U.S. taxes                           20      (22)     (36)
 International taxes                 (94)     (84)     (92)
                                  ------------------------

                                     (74)    (106)    (128)
                                  ------------------------

                                  $2,694    2,230    1,915
                                  ========================
</TABLE>

A comparison of income tax expense at the federal statutory rate of 35% in 2002,
2001 and 2000, to the Company's effective tax rate is as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(Dollars in Millions)               2002     2001     2000
- ----------------------------------------------------------
<S>                               <C>       <C>      <C>
U.S.                              $6,189    4,744    3,892
International                      3,102    3,154    2,976
                                  ------------------------
Earnings before taxes
 on income:                       $9,291    7,898    6,868
                                  ------------------------

Statutory taxes                   $3,252    2,764    2,404
Tax rates:
Statutory                           35.0%    35.0%    35.0%
Puerto Rico and
 Ireland operations                 (4.5)    (5.4)    (5.0)
Research tax credits                (0.7)    (0.4)    (0.8)
Domestic state and local             1.2      0.9      0.8
International
 subsidiaries
 excluding Ireland                  (2.2)    (2.6)    (2.9)
IPR&D                                0.7      0.5      0.3
All other                           (0.5)     0.2      0.5
                                  ------------------------

Effective tax rate                  29.0%    28.2%    27.9%
                                  ========================
</TABLE>

During 2002, the Company had subsidiaries operating in Puerto Rico under a tax
incentive grant expiring in 2014. In addition, the Company has subsidiaries
manufacturing in Ireland under an incentive tax rate effective through the year
2010.

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Temporary differences and carry forwards for 2002 and 2001 are as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                  2002             2001
                              Deferred Tax      Deferred Tax
                            --------------------------------
(Dollars in Millions)        Asset    Liab     Asset    Liab
- ------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                         <C>     <C>        <C>    <C>
Employee related
 Obligations                $  443               625
Depreciation                          (318)             (294)
Non-deductible
 Intangibles                          (931)             (959)
International R&D
</TABLE>


<TABLE>
<S>                         <C>     <C>        <C>    <C>
 capitalized for tax           340               237
Reserves & liabilities         479               636
Income reported
 for tax purposes              343               313
Miscellaneous
 international                 359    (278)      275    (260)
Capitalized intangible         139               156
Miscellaneous U.S.             354               183
                            ---------------------------------
Total deferred
 income taxes               $2,457  (1,527)    2,425  (1,513)
                            =================================
</TABLE>

The difference between the net deferred tax on income per the balance sheet and
the net deferred tax above is included in Taxes on Income on the balance sheet.

9 International Currency Translation

For translation of its subsidiaries operating in non-U.S. dollar currencies, the
Company has determined that the local currencies of its international
subsidiaries are the functional currencies except those in highly inflationary
economies, which are defined as those which have had compound cumulative rates
of inflation of 100% or more during the past three years.

In consolidating international subsidiaries, balance sheet currency effects are
recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income. This equity
account includes the results of translating all balance sheet assets and
liabilities at current exchange rates, except for those located in highly
inflationary economies which are reflected in operating results.

An analysis of the changes during 2002 and 2001 for foreign currency translation
adjustments is included in Note 12.

Net currency transaction and translation gains and losses included in other
expense were after-tax losses of $25 million, $3 million and $65 million, in
2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively.

10 Common Stock, Stock Option Plans and Stock
Compensation Agreements

At December 29, 2002 the Company had 24 stock-based compensation plans. Under
the 2000 Stock Option Plan, the Company may grant options to its employees for
up to 1.6% of the issued shares of the Company's Common Stock, plus the number
of shares available from the previous year that were not issued, as well as
shares issued under the Plan that expired or terminated without being exercised.
The shares outstanding are for contracts under the Company's 1991, 1995 and 2000
Employee Stock Option Plans, the 1997 Non-Employee Director's Plan and the
Mitek, Cordis, Biosense, Gynecare, Centocor, Innovasive Devices, ALZA and
Inverness Stock Option Plans.

Stock options generally expire 10 years from the date they are granted and vest
over service periods that range from one to six years. All options are granted
at current market price on the date of grant. Shares available, under the 2000
Stock Option Plan, for future grants are based on 1.6% of the issued shares each
year, and 49.9 million shares could be granted each year during the years 2002
through 2005, in addition to any other available shares as described above.
Shares available for future grants under the 2000 plan were 62.1 million at the
end of 2002.

A summary of the status of the Company's stock option plans as of December 29,
2002, December 30, 2001 and December 31, 2000 and changes during the years
ending on those dates, is presented below:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                    Weighted
                                   Options          Average
(Shares in Thousands)            Outstanding     Exercise Price
- ---------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                              <C>             <C>
Balance at January 2, 2000          181,486         $25.65
Options granted                      46,456          48.29
Options exercised                   (27,130)         15.22
Options canceled/forfeited           (6,824)         33.03
                                    ----------------------

Balance at December 31, 2000        193,988          32.27
Options granted                       8,975(1)       36.31
Options exercised                   (30,622)         19.00
Options canceled/forfeited           (5,117)         49.38
                                    ----------------------

Balance at December 30, 2001        167,224          34.37
Options granted                      48,072          57.30
Options exercised                   (21,012)         19.64
Options canceled/forfeited           (4,543)         50.86
                                    ----------------------

Balance at December 29, 2002        189,741         $41.42
                                    ======================
</TABLE>

(1) Includes 3,108 options issued to replace Inverness options outstanding at or
granted prior to the acquisition.

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For the year ended December 30, 2001, there was a change in the timing of
granting stock compensation and options to employees from December 2001 to
February 2002. This change was enacted to have 2001 results finalized in order
to align compensation with performance. The same timing of grants will be
followed for fiscal 2002.

The average fair value of options granted was $15.49 in 2002, $13.72 in 2001 and
$14.79 in 2000. The fair value was estimated using the Black-Scholes option
pricing model based on the weighted average assumptions of:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                             2002        2001        2000
- -------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                          <C>         <C>         <C>
Risk-free rate               4.39%       4.87%       5.45%
Volatility                   26.0%       27.0%       27.0%
Expected life                 5.0 yrs     5.0 yrs     5.0 yrs
Dividend yield               1.33%       1.33%       1.40%
</TABLE>

The following table summarizes stock options outstanding and exercisable at
December 29, 2002:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(Shares in Thousands)    Outstanding                      Exercisable
- --------------------------------------------------- -----------------------
                                            Average                Average
Exercise                  Average          Exercise                Exercise
Price Range        Options       Life(a)    Price    Options        Price
- --------------------------------------------------- -----------------------
<S>                <C>           <C>     <C>        <C>         <C>

$.79-$11.15         5,572          1.2   $   10.29    5,572     $   10.29
$11.16-$21.24      16,550          1.8       12.93   16,550         12.93
$21.57-$39.86      43,541          4.0       27.05   42,403         26.85
$40.08-$50.66      40,916          6.7       45.94   35,829         45.76
$50.69-$55.91      36,337          7.8       50.74      306         51.82
$57.30-$61.68      46,655          9.1       57.34        1         57.36
$63.30-$66.50         170          8.0       64.37       41         64.74
                  --------------------------------- ---------------------
                  189,741          6.3   $   41.42  100,702     $   30.47
                  ================================= =====================
</TABLE>

(a) Average contractual life remaining in years.

Stock options exercisable at December 30, 2001 and December 31, 2000 were 99,176
options at an average exercise price of $24.34 and 90,384 options at an average
exercise price of $19.46, respectively.

11 Segments of Business and Geographic Areas

See page 57 for information on segments of business and geographic areas.

12 Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

Components of other comprehensive income/(loss) consist of the following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                           Total
                              Unrld            Gains/      Accum
                      For.    Gains/     Pens  (Losses)    Other
                      Cur.    (Losses)   Liab  on Deriv     Comp
                     Trans.   on Sec     Adj.  & Hedg     Inc/(Loss)
(Dollars in
Millions)
<S>                  <C>      <C>       <C>    <C>         <C>
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
Jan. 2, 2000          $(477)      78                       (399)
2000 changes            (45)      (2)   (15)                (62)
                      ------------------------------------------

Dec. 31, 2000         $(522)      76    (15)               (461)
2001 changes
 Transition
  Adjustment              -        -      -       17
 Net change due
  to hedging
  transactions            -        -      -      228
 Net amount
  reclassed to
  net earnings            -        -      -     (147)
                      ------------------------------------------

Net 2001
 Changes               (175)       8      -       98        (69)
                      ------------------------------------------

Dec. 30, 2001         $(697)      84    (15)      98       (530)
2002 changes
 Net change due
  to hedging
  transactions            -        -      -     (394)
 Net amount
  reclassed to
  net earnings            -        -      -      196
                      ------------------------------------------

Net 2002
 Changes                (10)     (86)   (18)    (198)      (312)
                      ------------------------------------------

Dec. 29, 2002         $(707)      (2)   (33)    (100)      (842)
                      ==========================================
</TABLE>

Total other comprehensive income for 2002 includes reclassification adjustment
gains of $45 million realized from the sale of equity securities and the
associated tax expense of $19 million. In 2001, total other comprehensive income
included reclassification adjustment gains of $21 million realized from the sale
of equity securities and the associated tax expense of $7 million. In 2000,
total other comprehensive income included reclassification adjustment gains of
$80 million and the associated tax expense of $28 million.

The tax effect on these unrealized gains/(losses) on equity securities is a
benefit of $1 million in 2002, an expense of $64 million in 2001 and an expense
of $53 million in 2000. The tax effect on the gains/(losses) on derivatives and
hedges is a benefit of $56 million in 2002 and an expense of $53 million in
2001. See Note 15 for additional information relating to derivatives and
hedging.

The currency translation adjustments are not currently adjusted for income taxes
as they relate to permanent investments in non-U.S. subsidiaries.


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13 Retirement and Pension Plans

The Company sponsors various retirement and pension plans, including defined
benefit, defined contribution and termination indemnity plans, which cover most
employees worldwide. The Company also provides postretirement benefits,
primarily health care to all domestic retired employees and their dependents.

Most international employees are covered by government sponsored programs and
the cost to the Company is not significant.

Retirement plan benefits are primarily based on the employee's compensation
during the last three to five years before retirement and the number of years of
service. The Company's objective in funding its domestic plans is to accumulate
funds sufficient to provide for all accrued benefits. International subsidiaries
have plans under which funds are deposited with trustees, annuities are
purchased under group contracts or reserves are provided.

In certain countries other than the United States, the funding of pension plans
is not a common practice as funding provides no economic benefit. Consequently,
the Company has several pension plans which are not funded.

The Company does not fund retiree health care benefits in advance and has the
right to modify these plans in the future.

Net periodic benefit costs for the Company's defined benefit retirement plans
and other benefit plans for 2002, 2001 and 2000 include the following
components:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                         Retirement Plans    Other Benefit Plans
- ----------------------------------------------------------------

(Dollars in Millions)   2002   2001   2000    2002   2001   2000
- ----------------------------------------------------------------

<S>                     <C>    <C>    <C>     <C>    <C>    <C>
Service cost            $249    219    201      23     23     20
Interest cost            354    325    295      59     52     51
Expected return on
 plan assets            (447)  (413)  (377)     (4)    (5)    (5)
Amortization of prior
 service cost             15     18     21      (3)    (3)    (1)
Amortization of net
 transition asset         (7)    (6)    (7)      -      -      -
Recognized actuarial
 Gains                   (41)   (68)   (81)      -     (7)   (10)
Curtailments and
 Settlements              (1)    (1)     -       -      -      -
                        ----------------------------------------

Net periodic benefit
 Cost                   $122     74     52      75     60     55
                        ========================================
</TABLE>

The net periodic (income) cost attributable to domestic retirement plans was $61
million in 2002, $28 million in 2001 and ($14) million in 2000.

The following tables provide the weighted-average assumptions used to develop
net periodic benefit cost and the actuarial present value of projected benefit
obligations:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                         Retirement Plans     Other Benefit Plans
                        ------------------    -------------------
                        2002   2001   2000    2002   2001   2000
<S>                     <C>    <C>    <C>     <C>    <C>    <C>
Domestic Benefit Plans
- -----------------------------------------------------------------
Weighted average
 discount rate          6.75%  7.50%  7.50%   6.75%  7.50%  7.50%
Expected long-term
 rate of return on
 plan assets            9.00   9.00   9.00    9.00   9.00   9.00
Rate of increase in
 compensation levels    4.50   4.50   5.00    4.50   4.50   5.00

International Benefit
Plans
- -----------------------------------------------------------------
Weighted average
 discount rate          5.75%  5.75%  6.00%   6.75%  6.75%  6.75%
Expected long-term
 rate of return on
 plan assets            7.50   7.50   7.50       -      -      -
Rate of increase in
 compensation levels    3.50   3.50   3.50    4.25   4.25   4.25
</TABLE>

Health care cost trends in the United States are projected at annual rates, for
all individuals, grading from 9.0% to 4.5% by the year 2009 and beyond. The
effect of a 1% change in these assumed cost trends on the accumulated
postretirement benefit obligation at the end of 2002 would be a $125 million
increase or a $106 million decrease and the effect on the service and interest
cost components of the net periodic postretirement benefit cost for 2002 would
be a $13 million increase or a $10 million decrease.

Plan assets consist primarily of listed common stocks, U.S. and non-U.S.
equities and fixed income investments. The fair value of Johnson & Johnson
common stock in the plan assets was $384 million at December 29, 2002.

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The following tables set forth the change in benefit obligations and change in
plan assets at year-end 2002 and 2001 for the Company's defined benefit
retirement plans and other benefit plans:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                         Retirement Plans  Other Benefit Plans
- --------------------------------------------------------------
(Dollars in Millions)      2002     2001      2002      2001
- --------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                      <C>        <C>       <C>       <C>
Change in Benefit
 Obligation
Benefit obligation
 - beginning of year     $5,026     4,555     782        722
Service cost                249       219      23         23
Interest cost               354       325      59         52
Plan participant
 Contributions               18        15       -          -
Amendments                   17         8       -          -
Actuarial loss              478       210     190         22
Divestitures &
 Acquisitions                (4)        1       8          -
Curtailments &
 settlements                  (6)       (1)      -          -
Total benefits paid        (246)     (223)    (50)       (34)
Effect of exchange
 rates                       165       (83)      3         (3)
                         -------------------------------------

Benefit obligation
 - end of year           $6,051     5,026   1,015        782
                         =====================================
Change in Plan Assets
- --------------------------------------------------------------
Plan assets at
 fair value
 - beginning of year     $4,355     4,847      48         58
</TABLE>


<TABLE>
<S>                      <C>        <C>       <C>       <C>
Actual return on
 plan assets               (611)     (276)    (12)        (8)
Company contributions     1,074        56      47         31
Plan participant
 Contributions               18        15       -          -
Divestitures                 (2)        -     (49)         -
Benefits paid from
 plan assets               (232)     (212)      -        (33)
Effect of exchange
 Rates                      103       (75)      -          -
                         -----------------------------------
Plan assets at
 fair value -
 end of year             $4,705     4,355      34         48
                         ===================================
</TABLE>

Amounts recognized in the Company's balance sheet consist of the following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                         Retirement Plans  Other Benefit Plans
- --------------------------------------------------------------

(Dollars in Millions)      2002     2001      2002      2001
- --------------------------------------------------------------

<S>                     <C>          <C>     <C>        <C>
Plan assets less than
 projected benefit
 obligation             $(1,346)     (671)   (981)      (734)
Unrecognized
 actuarial losses
 /(gains)                 1,588       (14)     92       (123)
Unrecognized prior
 service cost               124       118     (18)       (21)
Unrecognized net
 transition asset            (4)       (9)      -          -
                        --------------------------------------
Total recognized
 in the
 consolidated
 balance sheet          $   362      (576)   (907)      (878)
                        ======================================

Book reserves           $  (643)     (770)   (907)      (878)
Prepaid benefits            959       165       -          -
Intangible assets            13        14       -          -
Accumulated
 comprehensive
 Income                      33        15       -          -
                        --------------------------------------

Total recognized in
 consolidated balance
 sheet                     $362      (576)   (907)      (878)
                        ======================================
</TABLE>

A minimum pension liability adjustment is required when the actuarial present
value of accumulated benefits (ABO) exceeds the fair value of plan assets and
accrued pension liabilities. The minimum pension liability adjustments in 2002
and 2001 of $46 million and $29 million, respectively relate primarily to plans
outside the U.S.

Plans with accumulated benefit obligations in excess of plan assets consist of
the following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                             Retirement Plans         Other Benefit Plans
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------

(Dollars in Millions)        2002         2001         2002         2001
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------

<S>                       <C>             <C>          <C>          <C>
Accumulated benefit
 Obligation               $  (953)        (544)        (941)        (782)
Projected benefit
 Obligation               $(1,024)        (645)          --           --
Plan assets at
 fair value               $   305          111           34           48
</TABLE>

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14 Marketable Securities

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                   December 29, 2002
                           ---------------------------------
                                    Un-      Un-
                                    real-    real-     Est
                              Net   ized     ized      Fair
                             Cost   Gains    Losses    Value
- ------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                        <C>      <C>      <C>      <C>
Money market funds         $  701      -        -       701
Commercial paper               35      -        -        35
Time deposits                 754      -        -       754
Government securities
  and obligations           1,976      3        -     1,979
Asset backed securities         -      -        -         -
Bank notes                     18      -        -        18
Corporate debt securities   2,791      6        -     2,797
                           --------------------------------

Total current
  marketable securities    $6,275      9        -     6,284
                           ================================

Government securities          14      -        -        14
Asset backed securities         -      -        -         -
Bank notes                     27      -        -        27
Corporate debt securities       -      -        -         -
Investments held in trust      80      -        -        80
                           --------------------------------

Total non-current
  marketable securities    $  121      -        -       121
                           ================================
</TABLE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                   December 30, 2001
                          -----------------------------------

                                    Un-      Un-
                                    real-    real-     Est
                              Net   ized     ized      Fair
                             Cost   Gains    Losses    Value
- ------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                        <C>      <C>      <C>      <C>
Money market funds         $1,276      -        -     1,276
Commercial paper               54      -        -        54
Time deposits               1,162      -        -     1,162
Government securities
  and obligations           1,046      2        -     1,048
Asset backed securities         7      -        -         7
Bank notes                    118      -        -       118
Corporate debt securities   3,221     16        -     3,237
                           --------------------------------

Total current
  marketable securities    $6,884     18        -     6,902
                           ================================

Government securities         314      6        -       320
Asset backed securities       122      -        -       122
Bank notes                    131      2        -       133
Corporate debt securities     311      7        -       318
Investments held in trust      91      4        -        95
                           --------------------------------

Total non-current
  marketable securities    $  969     19        -       988
                           ================================
</TABLE>

Current marketable securities include $1.7 billion and $2.7 billion that are
classified as cash equivalents on the balance sheet at December 29, 2002 and
December 30, 2001, respectively.

15 Financial Instruments

Effective January 1, 2001, the Company adopted SFAS 133 requiring that all
derivative instruments be recorded on the balance sheet at fair value.

As of December 29, 2002 the balance of deferred net losses on derivatives
included in accumulated other comprehensive income was $100 million after-tax.
For additional information, see Note 12. Of this amount, the Company expects
that $100 million will be reclassified into earnings over the next 12 months as
a result of transactions that are expected to occur over that period. The amount
ultimately realized in earnings will differ as foreign exchange rates change.
Realized gains and losses are ultimately determined by actual exchange rates at
maturity of the derivative. Transactions with third parties will cause the
amount in accumulated other comprehensive income to affect net earnings. The
maximum length of time over which the Company is hedging is 15 months.

For the year ended December 29, 2002 the net impact of the hedges'
ineffectiveness to the Company's financial statements was insignificant. For the
year ended December 29, 2002 the Company has recorded a net gain of $10 million
(after tax) in the "other (income) expense, net" category of the consolidated
statement of earnings, representing the impact of discontinuance of cash flow
hedges because it is probable that the originally forecasted transactions will
not occur by the end of the originally specified time period.

Refer to Note 12 for disclosures of movements in Accumulated Other Comprehensive
Income.

Concentration of Credit Risk

The Company invests its excess cash in both deposits with major banks throughout
the world and other high quality money market instruments. Refer to Note 14 for
additional information. The Company has a policy of making investments only with
commercial institutions that have at least an "A" (or equivalent) credit rating.
These investments generally mature within six months and the Company has not
incurred any related losses.

16 Savings Plan

The Company has voluntary 401(k) savings plans designed to enhance the existing
retirement programs covering eligible employees. The Company matches a
percentage of each employee's contributions consistent with the provisions of
the plan for which he/she is eligible.

In the U.S. salaried plan, one-third of the Company match is paid in Company
stock under an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP). In 1990, to establish the
ESOP, the Company loaned $100 million to the ESOP Trust to purchase shares of
the Company stock on the open market. In exchange, the Company received a note,
the balance of which is recorded as a reduction of shareholders' equity.

Total contributions to the plans were $111 million in 2002, $96 million in 2001
and $81 million in 2000.

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17 Mergers & Acquisitions

Certain businesses were acquired for $478 million in cash and liabilities
assumed of $72 million assumed during 2002. These acquisitions were accounted
for by the purchase method and, accordingly, results of operations have been
included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements from their
respective dates of acquisition.

The 2002 acquisitions included Tibotec-Virco N.V., a privately-held
biopharmaceutical company focused on developing anti-viral treatments; Micro
Typing Systems, Inc., a manufacturer of reagents and supplier of distributed
instruments known as the ID-Micro Typing System(TM) and Obtech Medical AG, a
privately-held company that markets an adjustable gastric band for the treatment
of morbid obesity.

The excess of purchase price over the estimated fair value of tangible assets of
the acquired entities amounted to $325 million and has been allocated to
identifiable intangibles and goodwill. In addition, approximately $189 million
has been identified as the value of in-process research and development (IPR&D)
associated with the Tibotec-Virco N.V. and Obtech Medical AG acquisitions.

The IPR&D charge related to Tibotec-Virco N.V. was $150 million and is
associated with two early stage HIV compounds. The value of the IPR&D was
calculated with the assistance of a third party appraiser using cash flow
projections discounted for the risk inherent in such projects using probability
of success factors ranging from 30 - 33%. The discount rate was 9%.

The IPR&D charge related to Obtech Medical AG was $39 million and is associated
with the development of the current Swedish Adjustable Gastric Band (SAGB) for
use in the United States as well as development of a next generation technology
platform. The value of the IPR&D was calculated with the assistance of a third
party appraiser using cash flow projections discounted for the risk inherent in
such projects using a 70% probability of success factor and a 20% discount rate.

Pro forma information is not provided since the impact of the acquisitions does
not have a material effect on the Company's results of operations, cash flows or
financial position.

On June 22, 2001, Johnson & Johnson and ALZA Corporation (ALZA) completed the
merger between the two companies. This transaction was accounted for as a
pooling-of-interests. ALZA had approximately 239 million shares outstanding (286
million on a fully diluted basis) that were exchanged for approximately 234
million shares of Johnson & Johnson common stock. On a diluted basis when
adjusted for stock options and convertible debt, the number of Johnson & Johnson
shares issued total approximately 280 million. Holders of ALZA common stock
received 0.98 of a share of Johnson & Johnson common stock, valued at $52.39 per
share.

ALZA is a research-based pharmaceutical company with leading drug delivery
technologies. The company applies its delivery technologies to develop
pharmaceutical products with enhanced therapeutic value for Johnson & Johnson
affiliate portfolios and for many of the world's leading pharmaceutical
companies.

Certain businesses were acquired for $1.9 billion during 2001 ($0.6 billion in
cash and liabilities assumed and 24.5 million shares of the Company's common
stock issued from Treasury valued at $1.3 billion). These acquisitions were
accounted for by the purchase method and, accordingly, results of operations
have been included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements from
their respective dates of acquisition.

The 2001 acquisitions included Inverness Medical Technology, the supplier of
LifeScan's electrochemical products for blood glucose monitoring following the
spin-off of its non-diabetes businesses; Heartport, a company that develops and
manufactures products for less invasive open chest and minimally invasive heart
operations, including stopped heart and beating heart procedures; TERAMed Inc.,
an early-stage medical device company that is developing endovascular
stent-graft systems for the minimally invasive treatment of abdominal aortic
aneurysms and peripheral occlusive disease; BabyCenter, L.L.C., an Internet
content and commerce company devoted to supporting a community of expectant and
new mothers; and the VIACTIV product line, a chewable calcium supplement, from
the Mead Johnson Nutritionals Division of Bristol-Myers Squibb.

Inverness Medical Technology was acquired to enhance control of the primary
supplier of LifeScan blood glucose monitoring products and will allow for the
achievement of operational synergies. The acquisition also provides key
technology for the development of future products.

Approximately $105 million has been identified as the value of IPR&D associated
with the Inverness Medical Technology and TERAMed Inc. acquisitions. The IPR&D
charge is primarily related to Inverness projects for minimally invasive
testing, continuous monitoring and insulin delivery. The value of the IPR&D was
calculated with the assistance of a third party appraiser using cash flow
projections discounted for the risk inherent in such projects using probability
of success factors ranging from 25 - 40%. The discount rate used was 12%.

Certain businesses were acquired for $241 million during 2000. These
acquisitions were accounted for by the purchase method and, accordingly, results
of operations have been included in the accompanying consolidated financial
statements from their respective dates of acquisitions.

The 2000 acquisitions included Crescendo, a company formed by ALZA for the
purpose of selecting, developing and commercializing human pharmaceutical
products; Innovasive Devices, a company that manufactures and sells devices for
sports medicine surgery for soft tissue injuries; Atrionix, Inc., a development
stage company whose primary product is a pulmonary ablation catheter for the
treatment of atrial fibrillation; Medtrex, a company that develops and
manufactures electrosurgical generators and disposable products, and the ST.
JOSEPH aspirin business. The IPR&D writeoff associated with Atrionix, Inc.
and ALZA's Crescendo acquisition was $66 million. The IPR&D charge is primarily
related to an Atrionix project for the design of a catheter system to be used in
a procedure which blocks electrical impulses originating in pulmonary veins,
which can cause atrial fibrillation. The value of IPR&D was calculated with the
assistance of a third party appraiser using a cash flow projection discounted
for the risk inherent in such a project. The discount rate used was 26%.

Divestitures in 2002, 2001 and 2000 did not have a material effect on the
Company's results of operations, cash flows or financial position.

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18 Legal Proceedings

The Company is involved in numerous product liability cases in the United
States, many of which concern adverse reactions to drugs and medical devices.
The damages claimed are substantial, and while the Company is confident of the
adequacy of the warnings and instructions for use which accompany such products,
it is not feasible to predict the ultimate outcome of litigation. However, the
Company believes that if any liability results from such cases, it will be
substantially covered by reserves established under its self-insurance program
and by commercially available excess liability insurance.

One group of cases against the Company concerns the Janssen Pharmaceutica
product PROPULSID, which was withdrawn from general sale and restricted to
limited use in 2000. In the wake of publicity about those events, numerous
lawsuits have been filed against Janssen, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of
the Company, and the Company regarding PROPULSID in state and federal courts
across the country. There are approximately 753 such cases currently pending,
including the claims of approximately 5,556 plaintiffs, 1,961 of whom recently
filed in Mississippi to avoid application of tort reform legislation effective
January 1, 2003. More cases were likely filed in Mississippi but have not yet
been served. In the active cases, 429 individuals are alleged to have died from
the use of PROPULSID. These actions seek substantial compensatory and punitive
damages and accuse Janssen and the Company of inadequately testing for and
warning about the drug's side effects, of promoting it for off- label use and of
over-promotion. In addition, Janssen and the Company have entered into
agreements with various plaintiffs' counsel halting the running of the statutes
of limitations with respect to the potential claims of a significant number of
individuals while those attorneys evaluate whether or not to sue Janssen and the
Company on their behalf.

In September 2001, the first 10 plaintiffs in the Rankin case, which comprises
the claims of 155 PROPULSID plaintiffs, went to trial in state court in
Claiborne County, Mississippi. The jury returned compensatory damage verdicts
for each plaintiff in the amount of $10 million, for a total of $100 million.
The trial judge thereafter dismissed the claims of punitive damages. On March 4,
2002, the trial judge reduced these verdicts to a total of $48 million, and
denied the motions of Janssen and the Company for a new trial. Janssen and the
Company believe these verdicts, even as reduced, are insupportable and have
appealed. In the view of Janssen and the Company, the proof at trial
demonstrated that none of these plaintiffs was injured by PROPULSID and that no
basis for liability existed.

In April 2002, a state court judge in New Jersey denied plaintiffs' motion to
certify a national class of PROPULSID users for purposes of medical monitoring
and refund of the costs of purchasing PROPULSID. An effort to appeal that ruling
has been denied. In June 2002 the federal judge presiding over the PROPULSID
Multi-District Litigation in New Orleans, Louisiana similarly denied plaintiffs'
motion there to certify a national class of PROPULSID users. Plaintiffs in the
Multi- District Litigation have said they are preserving their right to appeal
that ruling and other complaints filed against Janssen and the Company include
class action allegations which could be the basis for future attempts to have
classes certified.

With respect to all the various PROPULSID actions against them, Janssen and the
Company dispute the claims in those lawsuits and are vigorously defending
against them except where, in their judgment, settlement is appropriate. Janssen
and the Company believe they have adequate self-insurance reserves and
commercially available excess insurance with respect to these cases. In
communications to the Company, the excess insurance carriers have raised certain
defenses to their liability under the policies. However, in the opinion of the
Company, those defenses are pro forma and lack substance and the carriers will
honor their obligations under the policies.

The Company's Ortho Biotech subsidiary was party to an arbitration proceeding
filed against it in 1995 by Amgen, Ortho Biotech's licensor of U.S. non-dialysis
rights to PROCRIT, in which Amgen sought to terminate Ortho Biotech's U.S.
license rights and collect substantial damages based on alleged deliberate
PROCRIT sales by Ortho Biotech during the early 1990s into Amgen's reserved
dialysis market. On October 18, 2002, the arbitrator issued his decision
rejecting Amgen's request to terminate the license and finding no material
breach of the license. However, the arbitrator found that conduct by Ortho
Biotech in the early 1990s, which was subsequently halted by Ortho Biotech,
amounted to a non-material breach of the license and awarded Amgen $150 million
in damages which the Company expensed in the third quarter of 2002. Amgen had
sought $1.2 billion in damages. On January 24, 2003, the arbitrator ruled that
Amgen was the "prevailing party" in this arbitration, entitling it to an award
of reasonable attorneys' fees and costs. Amgen has not yet submitted its
application for fees and costs. The Company expensed $85 million in the fourth
quarter of 2002 in connection with this outstanding claim.

In patent infringement actions tried in Delaware Federal Court in late 2000,
Cordis Corporation, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, obtained verdicts of
infringement and patent validity, and damage awards, against Boston Scientific
Corporation and Medtronic AVE, Inc., based on a number of Cordis coronary stent
patents. On December 15, 2000, the jury in the damage action against Boston
Scientific returned a verdict of $324 million and on December 21, 2000 the jury
in the Medtronic AVE action returned a verdict of $271 million. These sums
represent lost profit and reasonable royalty damages to compensate Cordis for
infringement but do not include pre or post judgment interest. In February 2001
a hearing was held on the claims of Boston Scientific and Medtronic AVE that the
patents at issue were unenforceable owing to alleged inequitable conduct before
the patent office. In March and May 2002, the district judge issued post trial
rulings which confirmed the validity and enforceability of the main Cordis stent
patent claims but found certain other Cordis patents unenforceable. Further, the
district judge granted Boston Scientific a new trial on liability and damages
and vacated the verdict against Medtronic AVE on legal grounds. Appeals to the
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals are underway.

The products of various Johnson & Johnson operating companies are the subject of
various patent lawsuits which could potentially affect the ability of those
operating companies to sell those products, require the payment of past damages
and future royalties or, with respect to patent challenges by generic
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the products in question and the ensuing loss of market share. The following
patent lawsuits concern important products of Johnson & Johnson operating
companies. Medtronic/ AVE v. Cordis Corporation: This action, filed in April
2002 in federal court in Texas, asserts certain patents owned by Medtronic/AVE
against the Cordis Bx VELOCITY(TM) stent, which is also the stent structure used
in the CYPHERTM drug eluting product. No trial date has been set for this
action. Ortho Pharmaceutical v. Barr Laboratories, Inc.: Pending in federal
court in New Jersey, this action, filed in June 2000, involves Barr's effort to
invalidate Ortho's patents covering its ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN oral contraceptive
product. Trial has not yet been scheduled in this case. Ortho-McNeil and
Daiichi, Inc. v. Mylan Laboratories and Ortho-McNeil and Daiichi, Inc. v. Teva
Pharmaceutical: These matters, the first of which was filed in February 2002 in
federal court in West Virginia and the second in June 2002 in federal court in
New Jersey, concern the efforts of Mylan and Teva to invalidate and establish
non-infringement of the patent covering LEVAQUIN levofloxacin tablets. The
patent owned by Daiichi and exclusively licensed to Ortho-McNeil. In the Mylan
case trial has been set for late 2003. No trial date has been set in the Teva
matter. Janssen and ALZA v. Mylan Laboratories: This action, filed in federal
district court in Vermont in February 2002, concerns Mylan's effort to
invalidate and assert non-infringement of ALZA's patent covering the DURAGESIC
product. Trial is likely in the spring of 2003. With respect to all of the above
matters, the Johnson & Johnson operating company involved is vigorously
defending the validity and asserting the infringement of its own or its
licensors' patents or, where its product is accused of infringing patents held
by others, defending against those claims.

The Company is also involved in a number of other patent, trademark and other
lawsuits incidental to its business.

The ultimate legal and financial liability of the Company in respect to all
claims, lawsuits and proceedings referred to above cannot be estimated with any
certainty. However, in the opinion of management, based on its examination of
these matters, its experience to date and discussions with counsel, the ultimate
outcome of these legal proceedings, net of liabilities already accrued in the
Company's consolidated balance sheet, is not expected to have a material adverse
effect on the Company's consolidated financial position, although the resolution
in any reporting period of one or more of these matters could have a significant
impact on the Company's results of operations for that period.

19 Earnings Per Share
The following is a reconciliation of basic net earnings per share to diluted net
earnings per share for the years ended December 29, 2002, December 30, 2001 and
December 31, 2000:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(Shares in Millions)            2002      2001      2000
- --------------------------------------------------------
<S>                          <C>       <C>       <C>
Basic earnings per share       $2.20      1.87      1.65
Average shares
 outstanding - basic         2,998.3   3,033.8   2,993.5
Potential shares
 exercisable under
 stock option plans            188.3     166.6     119.0
Less: shares repurchased
  under treasury stock
  method                      (146.9)   (121.8)    (71.7)
Convertible debt shares         14.4      20.7      58.4
                             ---------------------------
Adjusted average shares
 outstanding - diluted       3,054.1   3,099.3   3,099.2
Diluted earnings per share     $2.16      1.84      1.61
                             ===========================
</TABLE>

Diluted earnings per share calculation includes the dilution effect of
convertible debt: a decrease in interest expense of $12 million, $25 million and
$47 million after tax for years 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively.

Diluted earnings per share excludes 1 million shares of options for each of the
years 2002 and 2001, and 62 million shares of options for the year 2000, as the
exercise price of these options was greater than their average market value,
resulting in an anti-dilutive effect on diluted earnings per share.

20 Capital and Treasury Stock
Changes in treasury stock were:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(Dollars in Millions Except               Treasury Stock
Number of Shares in Thousands)          Shares       Amount
- -----------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                    <C>           <C>
Balance at January 2, 2000             140,154         $453
Employee compensation and stock
 option plans                          (28,886)      (1,075)
Conversion of Subordinated
 Debentures                            (25,676)          --
Repurchase of common stock              21,402          973
Business combinations                   (1,776)          (9)
                                       --------------------
Balance at December 31, 2000           105,218          342
Employee compensation and stock
 option plans                          (30,581)      (1,444)
Conversion of Subordinated
 Debentures                            (30,061)        (183)
Repurchase of common stock              51,244        2,742
Business combinations                  (23,193)         (64)
                                       --------------------
Balance at December 30, 2001            72,627        1,393
Employee compensation and stock
 option plans                          (22,720)      (1,295)
Conversion of Subordinated
 Debentures                             (5,742)        (353)
Repurchase of common stock             107,382        6,382
                                       --------------------
Balance at December 29, 2002           151,547       $6,127
                                       ====================
</TABLE>

Shares of common stock authorized and issued were 3,119,842,000 shares at the
end of 2002, 2001 and 2000.

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21 Selected Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)
Selected unaudited quarterly data for the years 2002 and
2001 are summarized below:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                            2002
                                            ----
(Dollars in Millions         First    Second     Third   Fourth
Except Per Share Amounts)   Quarter  Quarter(1)  Qtr(2)  Qtr(3)
- -------------------------   -------  ----------  ------  ------
<S>                         <C>       <C>        <C>     <C>
Segment sales to customers
Consumer                    $1,604    1,649      1,661   1,650
Pharmaceutical               4,181    4,258      4,277   4,435
Med Devices & Diagnostics    2,958    3,166      3,141   3,318
                             ---------------------------------
Total sales                 $8,743    9,073      9,079   9,403
                             ---------------------------------
Gross profit                 6,286    6,491      6,468   6,606
Earnings before provision
 for taxes on income         2,621    2,428      2,393   1,849
Net earnings                 1,834    1,654      1,725   1,384
                             =================================
Basic net earnings
 per share                  $  .60      .55        .58     .47
                             =================================
Diluted net earnings
 per share                  $  .59      .54        .57     .46
                             =================================
</TABLE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                            2001
                                            ----
(Dollars in Millions         First    Second     Third   Fourth
Except Per Share Amounts)   Quarter  Quarter(4)  Qtr(5)  Qtr(6)
- -------------------------   -------  ----------  ------  ------
<S>                         <C>       <C>        <C>     <C>
Segment sales to customers
Consumer                    $1,631    1,530      1,609   1,551
Pharmaceutical               3,489    3,864      3,677   3,820
Med Devices & Diagnostics    2,735    2,785      2,772   2,854
                             ---------------------------------
Total sales                 $7,855    8,179      8,058   8,225
                             ---------------------------------
Gross profit                 5,544    5,807      5,662   5,723
Earnings before provision
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<S>                         <C>       <C>        <C>     <C>
 for taxes on income         2,217    2,129      2,108   1,444
Net earnings                 1,552    1,482      1,529   1,105
                             =================================
Basic net earnings
 per share                  $  .51      .49        .50     .36
                             =================================
Diluted net earnings
 per share                  $  .50      .48        .49     .36
                             =================================
</TABLE>

(1) The second quarter of 2002 includes an after tax charge of $189 million
relating to In-Process Research and Development (IPR&D) costs.
(2) The third quarter of 2002 includes an after tax charge of $92 million
relating to the Amgen arbitration settlement.
(3) The fourth quarter of 2002 includes an after tax charge of $54 million
relating to Amgen legal fees.
(4) The second quarter of 2001 includes an after tax charge of $102 million
relating to ALZA merger costs.
(5) The third quarter of 2001 includes an after tax charge of $24 million
relating to ALZA merger costs.
(6) The fourth quarter of 2001 includes an after tax charge of $105 million
relating to IPR&D costs. The fourth quarter also includes an after tax charge of
$29 million relating to a LifeScan class action settlement.

22 Subsequent Event
On February 10, 2003, Johnson & Johnson announced that it signed a definitive
agreement with Scios Inc., a biopharmaceutical company with a marketed product
for cardiovascular disease and research projects focused on auto-immune
diseases. The Company will acquire Scios in a cash for stock exchange.

Under the terms of the agreement, Scios shareholders will receive $45.00 for
each outstanding Scios share. The value of the transaction as of the anticipated
closing date is expected to be approximately $2.4 billion, net of cash
anticipated to be acquired, based on Scios' approximately 59.8 million fully
diluted shares outstanding.

The boards of directors of Johnson & Johnson and Scios have given their approval
to the transaction, which is subject to clearance under the Hart-Scott-Rodino
Anti-Trust Improvements Act. This transaction is also subject to the approval of
the shareholders of Scios and other customary closing conditions.

Scios is a biopharmaceutical company developing novel treatments for
cardiovascular and inflammatory disease. The company's disease-based technology
platform integrates expertise in protein biology with computational and
medicinal chemistry to identify novel targets and rationally design small
molecule compounds for large markets with unmet medical needs. Scios' product
NATRECOR is a recombinant form of a naturally occurring protein secreted by
the heart as part of the body's response to congestive heart failure (CHF). The
drug has several significant advantages over existing therapies for CHF, the
single most common cause of hospitalization in the United States for patients
over 65.

The principal focus of Scios' research and development program is small molecule
inhibitors, and includes several potential new treatments for pain and
inflammatory diseases, including an advanced p-38 kinase inhibitor program.

The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2003.

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Independent Auditor's Report

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of
Johnson & Johnson:

In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and the related
consolidated statements of earnings, consolidated statements of equity and
consolidated statements of cash flows present fairly, in all material respects,
the financial position of Johnson & Johnson and subsidiaries at December 29,
2002 and December 30, 2001, and the results of their operations and their cash
flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 29, 2002, in
conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's
management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial
statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these statements in
accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of
America, which require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable
assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the
accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and
evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our
audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

As discussed in Notes 1 and 7 to the financial statements, the Company has
adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142, "Goodwill and Other
Intangible Assets," effective December 31, 2001.



PricewaterhouseCooper LLP
New York, New York
January 20, 2003, except for Note 22 for which the date is
February 10, 2003

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Segments of Business(1)
Johnson & Johnson and Subsidiaries

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                    Sales to Customers(2)
                                    ---------------------
(Dollars in Millions)                2002   2001    2000
- ---------------------------------------------------------
<S>                               <C>      <C>     <C>
Consumer - Domestic               $ 3,605   3,449   3,403
     International                  2,959   2,871   2,868
                                  -----------------------
Total                               6,564   6,320   6,271
                                  -----------------------
Pharmaceutical - Domestic          11,919  10,240   8,441
     International                  5,232   4,611   4,220
                                  -----------------------
Total                              17,151  14,851  12,661
                                  -----------------------
Med Devices & Diagnostics
      - Domestic International      6,931   6,136   5,472
                                    5,652   5,010   4,768
                                  -----------------------
Total                              12,583  11,146  10,240
                                  -----------------------
Worldwide total                   $36,298  32,317  29,172
                                  =======================
</TABLE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                     Operating Profit
                                     ----------------
(Dollars in Millions)           2002(5)   2001(6)   2000(7)
- ---------------------           -------   -------   -------
<S>                            <C>        <C>      <C>
Consumer                       $1,229     1,004      867
Pharmaceutical                  5,787     4,928    4,394
Med Devices & Diagnostics       2,489     2,001    1,696
                                ---------------------------
</TABLE>

<TABLE>
<S>                            <C>        <C>      <C>
Segments total                  9,505     7,933    6,957
Expenses not allocated
 to segments(3)                  (214)      (35)     (89)
                               --------------------------

General corporate(4)
Worldwide total                $9,291     7,898    6,868
                               ==========================
</TABLE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                   Identifiable Assets
                                   -------------------
(Dollars in Millions)           2002      2001      2000
- ---------------------           ----      ----      ----
<S>                           <C>        <C>      <C>
Consumer                      $ 5,056     4,209    4,761
Pharmaceutical                 11,112    10,591    9,209
Med Devices & Diagnostics      15,052    13,645   12,745
                              --------------------------

Segments total                 31,220    28,445   26,715
Expenses not allocated
 to segments(3)
General corporate(4)            9,336    10,043    7,530
                              --------------------------

Worldwide total               $40,556    38,488   34,245
                              ==========================
</TABLE>


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                 Additions to Property,
                                    Plant & Equipment
                                    -----------------
(Dollars in Millions)           2002      2001      2000
- ---------------------           ----      ----      ----
<S>                            <C>        <C>      <C>
Consumer                       $  222       230      336
Pharmaceutical                  1,012       749      627
Med Devices & Diagnostics         713       621      665
                               -------------------------

Segments total                  1,947     1,600    1,628
General corporate                 152       131       61
                               -------------------------

Worldwide total                $2,099     1,731    1,689
                               =========================
</TABLE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                    Depreciation and
                                      Amortization
                                      ------------
(Dollars in Millions)           2002      2001      2000
- ---------------------           ----      ----      ----
<S>                           <C>         <C>      <C>
Consumer                      $  244        263      275
Pharmaceutical                   557        492      474
Med Devices & Diagnostics        776        801      801
                              --------------------------

Segments total                 1,577      1,556    1,550
General corporate                 85         49       42
                              --------------------------

Worldwide total               $1,662      1,605    1,592
                              ==========================
</TABLE>

Geographic Areas

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                   Sales to Customers(2)
                                   ---------------------
(Dollars in Millions)           2002      2001      2000
- ---------------------           ----      ----      ----
<S>                          <C>        <C>        <C>
United States                $22,455    19,825     17,316
Europe                         7,636     6,687      6,210
Western Hemisphere
 excluding U.S.                2,018     2,070      2,020
Asia-Pacific, Africa           4,189     3,735      3,626
                             ----------------------------

Segments total                36,298    32,317     29,172
General corporate
Other non long-lived assets
                             ----------------------------

Worldwide total              $36,298    32,317     29,172
                             ============================
</TABLE>


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                   Long-Lived Assets
                                   -----------------
(Dollars in Millions)           2002      2001      2000
- ---------------------           ----      ----      ----
<S>                          <C>        <C>        <C>
United States                $12,854    11,922     10,043
Europe                         4,712     3,632      3,551
Western Hemisphere
 excluding U.S.                  622       640        653
</TABLE>


<TABLE>
<S>                          <C>        <C>        <C>
Asia-Pacific, Africa             603       433        427
                              ---------------------------
Segments total                18,791    16,627     14,674
General corporate                383       319        255
Other non long-lived assets   21,382    21,542     19,316
                              ---------------------------
Worldwide total              $40,556    38,488     34,245
                              ===========================
</TABLE>

(1) See Management's Discussion and Analysis, pages 28 to 29, for a description
of the segments in which the Company does business.
(2) Export sales and intersegment sales are not significant. Sales to three
distributors accounted for 10.3%, 9.8% and 9.2% of total revenues in 2002. These
sales were concentrated in the pharmaceutical segment. Sales of
PROCRIT/EPREX accounted for 11.8% and 10.6%, of total Company revenues,
for 2002 and 2001, respectively.
(3) Amounts not allocated to segments include interest income/expense, minority
interest and general corporate income and expense.
(4) General corporate includes cash and marketable securities.
(5) Includes $150 million of In-Process Research & Development (IPR&D), $150
million and $85 million of Amgen costs in the Pharmaceutical segment and $39
million of IPR&D in the Medical Devices and Diagnostics segment.
(6) Includes $147 million of ALZA merger costs in the Pharmaceutical segment and
$105 million of IPR&D and $45 million of class action settlement in the Medical
Devices and Diagnostics segment.
(7) Includes restructuring gains of $24 million in the Consumer segment and $8
million and $49 million of IPR&D charges net of restructuring gains in the
Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices and Diagnostics segments, respectively.

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Summary of Operations and Statistical Data 1992-2002(3)
Johnson & Johnson and Subsidiaries

(Dollars in Millions Except Per Share Figures)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                               2002         2001        2000        1999        1998          1997         1996        1995
                               ----         ----        ----        ----        ----          ----         ----        ----
<S>                          <C>           <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>          <C>           <C>         <C>
Sales to customers
 - Domestic                  $ 22,455      19,825      17,316      15,532      12,901        11,814         10,851      9,065
Sales to customers
 - International               13,843      12,492      11,856      11,825      10,910        10,708         10,536      9,472
                              -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total sales                    36,298      32,317      29,172      27,357      23,811        22,522         21,387     18,537
                              -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cost of products sold          10,447       9,581       8,957       8,539       7,700         7,350          7,185      6,352
Selling, marketing and
 admin expenses                12,216      11,260      10,495      10,065       8,525         8,185          7,848      6,950
Research expense                3,957       3,591       3,105       2,768       2,506         2,373          2,109      1,788
Purchased in-process
 research and develop             189         105          66          --         298           108             --         --
Interest income                  (256)       (456)       (429)       (266)       (302)         (263)          (196)      (151)
Interest expense, net of
 portion capitalized              160         153         204         255         186           179            176        184
Other (income) expense,
 Net                              294         185         (94)        119         565           248            122         70
                              -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                               27,007      24,419      22,304      21,480      19,478        18,180         17,244     15,193
                              -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Earnings before provision
 for taxes on income            9,291       7,898       6,868       5,877       4,333         4,342          4,143      3,344
Provision for taxes
 on income                      2,694       2,230       1,915       1,604       1,232         1,237          1,185        926
                              -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Earnings before cumulative
 effect of accounting
 changes                        6,597       5,668       4,953       4,273       3,101         3,105          2,958      2,418
                              ===============================================================================================
Cumulative effect of
 accounting changes
 (net of tax)                      --          --          --          --          --            --             --         --

Net earnings                 $  6,597       5,668       4,953       4,273       3,101         3,105          2,958      2,418
Percent of sales to
 Customers                       18.2        17.5        17.0        15.6        13.0(2)       13.8           13.8       13.0
Diluted net earnings per
 share of common stock*      $   2.16(2)     1.84(2)     1.61(2)     1.39(2)     1.02(2)       1.02(2)         .98        .84
Percent return on average
 shareholders' equity            28.1        25.4        26.5        27.0        22.2(2)       24.6           27.2       27.6
                              ===============================================================================================
</TABLE>



Percent increase (decrease) over previous year:

<TABLE>
<S>                          <C>           <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>          <C>           <C>         <C>
Sales to customers               12.3        10.8         6.6        14.9         5.7           5.3           15.4       19.9
Diluted net earnings
 per share                       17.4(2)     14.3(2)     15.8(2)     36.3(2)       --(2)        4.1(2)        16.7       21.7
                              ===============================================================================================
Supplementary expense data:
Cost of materials and
 services(4)                 $ 16,540      15,333      14,113      13,922      11,779        11,702         11,341      9,984
Total employment costs          8,450       7,749       7,085       6,537       5,908         5,586          5,447      4,849
Depreciation and
 Amortization                   1,662       1,605       1,592       1,510       1,335         1,117          1,047        886
Maint and repairs(5)              360         372         327         322         286           270            285        257
Total tax expense(6)            3,497       2,995       2,619       2,271       1,881         1,824          1,753      1,458
                              ===============================================================================================
</TABLE>

Supplementary balance sheet data:

<TABLE>
<S>                          <C>          <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>           <C>           <C>         <C>
Property, plant and
 equipment, net              $  8,710       7,719       7,409       7,155       6,767         6,204         6,025       5,544
Additions to property,
 plant and equipment            2,099       1,731       1,689       1,822       1,610         1,454         1,427       1,307
Total assets                   40,556      38,488      34,245      31,064      28,966        23,615        22,248      19,355
Long-term debt                  2,022       2,217       3,163       3,429       2,652         2,084         2,347       2,702
Operating cash flow             8,176       8,864       6,903       5,920       5,106         4,210         4,001       3,436
                              ===============================================================================================

Common stock information*
Dividends paid per share     $   .795         .70         .62         .55         .49          .425          .368         .32
Shareholders' equity
 per share                   $   7.65        7.95        6.77        5.70        4.93          4.51          4.07        3.46
Market price per
 share (year-end close)      $  53.11       59.86       52.53       46.63       41.94         32.44         25.25       21.38
Average shares outstanding
 (millions) - basic           2,998.3     3,033.8     2,993.5     2,978.2     2,973.6       2,951.9       2,938.0     2,820.1
          - diluted           3,054.1     3,099.3     3,099.2     3,100.4     3,082.7       3,073.0       3,046.2     2,890.0
                              ===============================================================================================
Employees (thousands)           108.3       101.8       100.9        99.8        96.1          92.6          91.5        84.2
                              ===============================================================================================
</TABLE>


(Dollars in Millions Except Per Share Figures)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                               1994         1993        1992
                               ----         ----        ----
<S>                          <C>           <C>         <C>
Sales to customers
 - Domestic                    7,731         7,121       6,899
Sales to customers
 - International               7,723         6,756       6,701
                              --------------------------------
Total sales                   15,454        13,877      13,600
                              --------------------------------
Cost of products sold          5,393         4,908       4,783
Selling, marketing and
 admin expenses                5,901         5,364       5,356
Research expense               1,416         1,296       1,282
Purchased in-process
 research and develop             37            --          --
Interest income                  (85)         (104)       (122)
Interest expense, net of
 portion capitalized             182           165         162
Other (income) expense,
 Net                              (5)          (71)         20
                              --------------------------------
                              12,839        11,558      11,481
                              --------------------------------
Earnings before provision
 for taxes on income           2,615         2,819       2,119
Provision for taxes
 on income                       654           533         547
                              --------------------------------
Earnings before cumulative
 effect of accounting
 changes                       1,961         1,786       1,572
                              ================================

Cumulative effect of
 accounting changes
 (net of tax)                     --            --        (595)

Net earnings                   1,961         1,786         977
Percent of sales to
 Customers                      12.7          12.9         7.2
Diluted net earnings per
 share of common stock*          .69           .63         .34(1)
Percent return on average
 shareholders' equity           28.4          30.1        16.4(1)
                              ================================

</TABLE>



Percent increase (decrease) over previous year:

<TABLE>
<S>                          <C>           <C>         <C>
Sales to customers              11.4           2.0        11.4
Diluted net earnings
 per share                       9.5          85.3(1)     22.7(1)
                              ================================

Supplementary expense data:
Cost of materials and
 services(4)                   8,104         7,168       7,736
Total employment costs         4,401         4,181       4,166
Depreciation and
 Amortization                    754           649         576
Maint and repairs(5)             222           205         213
Total tax expense(6)           1,132           957         975
                              ================================

</TABLE>

Supplementary balance sheet data:

<TABLE>
<S>                          <C>          <C>         <C>
Property, plant and
 equipment, net                5,230         4,717       4,443
Additions to property,
 plant and equipment             979         1,001       1,162
Total assets                  17,027        13,372      13,087
Long-term debt                 2,776         1,761       1,882
Operating cash flow            2,984         2,202       2,136
                              ================================


Common stock information*
Dividends paid per share        .283          .253        .223
Shareholders' equity
 per share                      2.76          2.16        2.03
Market price per
 share (year-end close)        13.69         11.19       12.63
Average shares outstanding
 (millions) - basic          2,796.9       2,816.6     2,845.8
          - diluted          2,843.2       2,540.8     2,876.4
                              ================================
Employees (thousands)           83.4          83.2        86.9
                              ================================

</TABLE>


* Adjusted to reflect the 2001 two-for-one stock split.
(1) Excluding the cumulative effect of accounting changes of $595 million. -1992
earnings percent of sales to customers before accounting changes is 11.6%. -1992
earnings per share before accounting change is $.55. -1992 earnings percent
return on average shareholders' equity before accounting changes is 25.1%. -
1993 diluted net earnings per share percent increase over prior year before
accounting changes is 14.5%; 1992 diluted net earnings per share increase over
prior year is 25.0%.
(2) Excluding In-Process Research and Development (IPR&D), merger and
restructuring costs: -2002 diluted net earnings per share is $2.23 and the
increase over prior year is 16.8%. -2001 diluted net earnings per share is $1.91
and the increase over prior year is 17.2%. -2000 diluted net earnings per share
is $1.63 and the increase over prior year is 14.8%. -1999 diluted net earnings
per share is $1.42 and the increase over prior year is 14.5%. -1998 diluted net
earnings per share is $1.24 and the increase over prior year is 11.7%. -1998
cost of products sold includes $60 million of inventory write-offs for
restructuring, the percent return on average shareholders' equity is 26.5% and
the earnings percent of sales to customers is 16.0%. -1997 diluted net earnings
per share is $1.11 and the increase over prior year is 13.3%.
(3) All periods have been adjusted to include the effects of the ALZA merger.
(4) Net of interest and other income.
(5) Also included in cost of materials and services category.
(6) Includes taxes on income, payroll, property and other business
taxes.

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<TYPE>EX-21
<SEQUENCE>10
<FILENAME>y83983exv21.txt
<DESCRIPTION>SUBSIDIARIES
<TEXT>
<PAGE>

                                                                      EXHIBIT 21

                                  SUBSIDIARIES

     Johnson & Johnson, a New Jersey corporation, has the domestic and
international subsidiaries shown below. Certain domestic subsidiaries and
international subsidiaries are not named because they are not significant in the
aggregate. Johnson & Johnson has no parent.

<Table>
<Caption>
                                                              JURISDICTION OF
                     NAME OF SUBSIDIARY                        ORGANIZATION
                     ------------------                       ---------------
<S>                                                           <C>
Domestic Subsidiaries:
  ALZA Corporation..........................................  Delaware
  ALZA Land Management, Inc. ...............................  Delaware
  Biosense Webster, Inc. ...................................  California
  Centocor, Inc. ...........................................  Pennsylvania
  Codman & Shurtleff, Inc. .................................  New Jersey
  Cordis Corporation........................................  Florida
  Cordis International Corporation..........................  Delaware
  Cordis LLC................................................  Delaware
  Crescendo Pharmaceuticals Corporation.....................  Delaware
  DePuy, Inc. ..............................................  Delaware
  DePuy AcroMed, Inc. ......................................  Ohio
  DePuy AcroMed Sales Limited Partnership...................  Massachusetts
  DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. .................................  Indiana
  DePuy Products, Inc. .....................................  Indiana
  Diabetes Diagnostics, Inc. ...............................  Delaware
  Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. ...............................  Ohio
  Ethicon Endo-Surgery Services, L.P. ......................  Texas
  Ethicon, Inc. ............................................  New Jersey
  Ethicon LLC...............................................  Delaware
  GynoPharma Inc. ..........................................  Delaware
  Heartport, Inc. ..........................................  Delaware
  Independence Technology, L.L.C. ..........................  New Jersey
  Innovasive Devices, Inc. .................................  Massachusetts
  Iso Merger Corp...........................................  Delaware
  Janssen Finance Company...................................  Florida
  Janssen Inc. .............................................  Delaware
  Janssen Ortho LLC.........................................  Delaware
  Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc. ...............................  Pennsylvania
  Janssen Pharmaceutica Products, L.P. .....................  New Jersey
  Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc. ...............  New Jersey
  Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation.................  New Jersey
  Johnson & Johnson Finance Corporation.....................  New Jersey
  Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc. ...............  New Jersey
  Johnson & Johnson International...........................  New Jersey
  Johnson & Johnson Japan Inc. .............................  New Jersey
  Johnson & Johnson - Merck Consumer Pharmaceuticals Co. ...  New Jersey
  Johnson & Johnson (Middle East) Inc. .....................  New Jersey
  Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development,
     L.L.C. ................................................  New Jersey
  Johnson & Johnson Professional Co. (P.R.) Inc. ...........  Delaware
</Table>


<PAGE>

<Table>
<Caption>
                                                              JURISDICTION OF
                     NAME OF SUBSIDIARY                        ORGANIZATION
                     ------------------                       ---------------
<S>                                                           <C>
  Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc. .........................  New Jersey
  Johnson & Johnson Urban Renewal Associates................  New Jersey
  Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. ......................  Florida
  Joint Medical Products Corporation........................  Delaware
  JJHC, Inc. ...............................................  Delaware
  LifeScan, Inc. ...........................................  California
  LifeScan LLC..............................................  Delaware
  McNEIL-PPC, Inc. .........................................  New Jersey
  Microsphere Investments, Inc. ............................  Delaware
  NDC Investment Corporation................................  Delaware
  Neutrogena Corporation....................................  Delaware
  Nitinol Development Corporation...........................  California
  Noramco, Inc. ............................................  Georgia
  OMJ Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ................................  Delaware
  OraPharma, Inc. ..........................................  Delaware
  Ortho Biologics LLC.......................................  Delaware
  Ortho Biotech Holding Corp. ..............................  Delaware
  Ortho Biotech Inc. .......................................  New Jersey
  Ortho Biotech Products, L.P. .............................  New Jersey
  Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. .........................  New York
  Ortho-McNeil Finance Co. .................................  Florida
  Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc. ........................  Delaware
  RoC USA Corporation.......................................  Delaware
  Rutan Realty LLC..........................................  New Jersey
  Splenda, Inc. ............................................  Delaware
  TERAMed Corporation.......................................  Delaware
  The Tylenol Company.......................................  New Jersey
  Therakos, Inc. ...........................................  Florida
  Winthorpe & Valentine, Inc. ..............................  Delaware
International Subsidiaries:
  Abello Farmacia SL........................................  Italy
  ALZA Ireland Limited......................................  Ireland
  Apsis S.a.r.l. ...........................................  France
  Centra Medicamenta OTC SRL................................  Italy
  Cilag AG..................................................  Switzerland
  Cilag AG International....................................  Switzerland
  Cilag de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. ............................  Mexico
  Cilag Holding AG..........................................  Switzerland
  Cordis Europa N.V. .......................................  Netherlands
  Cordis Italia S.p.A. .....................................  Italy
  Cordis Medizinische Apparate GmbH ........................  Germany
  Cordis de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. ...........................  Mexico
  Cordis S.A. ..............................................  France
  Cordis S.a.r.l............................................  Switzerland
  DePuy Ace Sarl ...........................................  Switzerland
  DePuy Australia Pty. Ltd. ................................  Australia
  DePuy France S.A..........................................  France
</Table>


<PAGE>

<Table>
<Caption>
                                                              JURISDICTION OF
                     NAME OF SUBSIDIARY                        ORGANIZATION
                     ------------------                       ---------------
<S>                                                           <C>
  DePuy International Ltd...................................  United Kingdom
  DePuy Intl. (Holdings) Ltd................................  United Kingdom
  DePuy (Ireland) Limited...................................  Ireland
  DePuy Japan K.K. .........................................  Japan
  DePuy Orthopedie S.A......................................  France
  DePuy S.p.A. .............................................  Italy
  DePuy UK Holdings Limited.................................  United Kingdom
  Ethicon Endo-Surgery (Europe) GmbH .......................  Germany
  Ethicon GmbH..............................................  Germany
  Ethicon Ireland Limited...................................  Ireland
  Ethicon Limited...........................................  Scotland
  Ethicon SAS...............................................  France
  Ethicon S.p.A. ...........................................  Italy
  Ethnor (Proprietary) Limited..............................  South Africa
  Greiter AG................................................  Switzerland
  Greiter (International) AG................................  Switzerland
  Inverness Medical Limited.................................  Scotland
  Janssen Animal Health BVBA................................  Belgium
  Janssen-Cilag A/S.........................................  Norway
  Janssen-Cilag AB..........................................  Sweden
  Janssen-Cilag AG..........................................  Switzerland
  Janssen-Cilag A/S.........................................  Denmark
  Janssen-Cilag B.V. .......................................  Netherlands
  Janssen-Cilag Egypt Ltd. .................................  Egypt
  Janssen-Cilag, C.A. ......................................  Venezuela
  Janssen-Cilag Farmaceutica Ltda. .........................  Brazil
  Janssen-Cilag Farmaceutica, Lda. .........................  Portugal
  Janssen-Cilag Farmaceutica S.r.l. ........................  Argentina
  Janssen-Cilag Ltd. .......................................  United Kingdom
  Janssen-Cilag N.V. .......................................  Belgium
  Janssen-Cilag OY..........................................  Finland
  Janssen-Cilag Pharmaceutical S.A.C.I. ....................  Greece
  Janssen-Cilag Pharma GmbH.................................  Austria
  Janssen-Cilag Pty. Limited................................  Australia
  Janssen-Cilag S.A. .......................................  Spain
  Janssen-Cilag S.A. .......................................  France
  Janssen-Cilag S.p.A. .....................................  Italy
  Janssen Farmaceutica, S.A. de C.V. .......................  Mexico
  Janssen-Cilag GmbH........................................  Germany
  Janssen Internationaal C.V.B.A. ..........................  Belgium
  Janssen Korea, Ltd. ......................................  Korea
  Janssen-Ortho Inc. .......................................  Canada
  Janssen Pharmaceutica Limited.............................  Thailand
  Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V. ...............................  Belgium
  Janssen Pharmaceutica (Pty) Limited.......................  South Africa
  Janssen Pharmaceutical K.K. ..............................  Japan
  Janssen Pharmaceutical Limited............................  Ireland
</Table>


<PAGE>

<Table>
<Caption>
                                                              JURISDICTION OF
                     NAME OF SUBSIDIARY                        ORGANIZATION
                     ------------------                       ---------------
<S>                                                           <C>
  J-C Healthcare Ltd. ......................................  Israel
  JHC Nederland B.V. .......................................  Netherlands
  Johnson & Johnson AG......................................  Switzerland
  Johnson & Johnson S.A. de C.V. ...........................  Mexico
  Johnson & Johnson de Argentina, S.A.C.e I. ...............  Argentina
  Johnson & Johnson (China) Investment Co., Ltd. ...........  China
  Johnson & Johnson (China) Ltd. ...........................  China
  Johnson & Johnson Comercio E Distribuicao Ltda. ..........  Brazil
  Johnson & Johnson Consumer France S.A.S. .................  France
  Johnson & Johnson Consumer N.V./S.A. .....................  Belgium
  Johnson & Johnson de Colombia S.A. .......................  Colombia
  Johnson & Johnson de Venezuela, S.A. .....................  Venezuela
  Johnson & Johnson del Ecuador S.A. .......................  Ecuador
  Johnson & Johnson (Egypt) S.A.E. .........................  Egypt
  Johnson & Johnson Finance Limited.........................  United Kingdom
  Johnson & Johnson Financial Services GmbH.................  Germany
  Johnson & Johnson GmbH....................................  Germany
  Johnson & Johnson Gesellschaft m.b.H......................  Austria
  Johnson & Johnson Group Holdings G.m.b.H. ................  Germany
  Johnson & Johnson Hellas S.A. ............................  Greece
  Johnson & Johnson Holding AB..............................  Sweden
  Johnson & Johnson Holding GmbH............................  Germany
  Johnson & Johnson (Hong Kong) Limited.....................  Hong Kong
  Johnson & Johnson Inc. ...................................  Canada
  Johnson & Johnson International Financial Services
     Company................................................  Ireland
  Johnson & Johnson International S.A. .....................  France
  Johnson & Johnson Investments Limited.....................  United Kingdom
  Johnson & Johnson (Ireland) Limited.......................  Ireland
  Johnson & Johnson (Kenya) Limited.........................  Kenya
  Johnson & Johnson Kft. ...................................  Hungary
  Johnson & Johnson K.K. ...................................  Japan
  Johnson & Johnson Korea, Ltd. ............................  Korea
  Johnson & Johnson Lda.....................................  Portugal
  Johnson & Johnson Ltd.....................................  United Kingdom
  Johnson & Johnson Limited ................................  India
  Johnson & Johnson MSD Consumer Pharmaceuticals, S.A.S.....  France
  Johnson & Johnson Management Limited......................  United Kingdom
  Johnson & Johnson Medical B.V. ...........................  Netherlands
  Johnson & Johnson Medical (China) Ltd. ...................  China
  Johnson & Johnson Medical Korea Limited...................  Korea
  Johnson & Johnson Medical Limited.........................  United Kingdom
  Johnson & Johnson Medical Mexico, S.A. de C.V.............  Mexico
  Johnson & Johnson Medical NV/SA...........................  Belgium
  Johnson & Johnson Medical (Pty) Ltd. .....................  South Africa
  Johnson & Johnson Medical Pty. Limited ...................  Australia
  Johnson & Johnson Medical (Shanghai) Ltd. ................  China
  Johnson & Johnson Medical S.A. ...........................  Argentina
</Table>


<PAGE>

<Table>
<Caption>
                                                              JURISDICTION OF
                     NAME OF SUBSIDIARY                        ORGANIZATION
                     ------------------                       ---------------
<S>                                                           <C>
  Johnson & Johnson Morocco S.A. ...........................  Morocco
  Johnson & Johnson (New Zealand) Limited...................  New Zealand
  Johnson & Johnson Pacific Pty. Ltd. ......................  Australia
  Johnson & Johnson Pakistan (Private) Limited..............  Pakistan
  Johnson & Johnson (Philippines), Inc. ....................  Philippines
  Johnson & Johnson Poland Sp. z o.o. ......................  Poland
  Johnson & Johnson (Private) Limited.......................  Zimbabwe
  Johnson & Johnson Products Inc. ..........................  Canada
  Johnson & Johnson Produtos Profissionais Ltda.............  Brazil
  Johnson & Johnson Professional Products (Proprietary)
     Ltd. ..................................................  South Africa
  Johnson & Johnson (Proprietary) Limited...................  South Africa
  Johnson & Johnson Pte. Ltd. ..............................  Singapore
  Johnson & Johnson Pty. Limited............................  Australia
  Johnson & Johnson Research Pty. Limited...................  Australia
  Johnson & Johnson, S.A. de C.V. ..........................  Mexico
  Johnson & Johnson S.A. ...................................  Spain
  Johnson & Johnson SDN. BHD. ..............................  Malaysia
  Johnson & Johnson S.p.A. .................................  Italy
  Johnson & Johnson, Spol.s.r.o. ...........................  Czech Republic
  Johnson & Johnson Taiwan Ltd. ............................  Taiwan
  Johnson & Johnson (Thailand) Ltd..........................  Thailand
  Johnson & Johnson de Venezuela, S.A. .....................  Venezuela
  Johnson & Johnson (Zambia) Limited........................  Zambia
  Laboratoires Martin Johnson & Johnson -- MSD S.A.S........  France
  Laboratoires Polive S.N.C. ...............................  France
  Lifescan Canada Ltd. .....................................  Canada
  McNeil Consumer Nutritionals Europe.......................  Switzerland
  Medos S.A. ...............................................  Switzerland
  Neutrogena Limited........................................  England
  Neutrogena Provence S.A.R.L...............................  France
  Obtech Medical AG.........................................  Switzerland
  OMJ Ireland Limited.......................................  Ireland
  OMJ Manufacturing Limited.................................  Ireland
  Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics GmbH...........................  Germany
  Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics K.K. ..........................  Japan
  Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics................................  United Kingdom
  Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics N.V. ..........................  Belgium
  Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics S.A. ..........................  France
  Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics S.p.A. ........................  Italy
  Penta Pty. Limited........................................  Australia
  P.T. Johnson & Johnson Indonesia..........................  Indonesia
  Shanghai Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceuticals, Ltd...........  China
  Shanghai Johnson & Johnson Limited........................  China
  Tasmanian Alkaloids Pty. Ltd. ............................  Australia
  The R.W. Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute........  Switzerland
  Tibotec BVBA..............................................  Belgium
  Tibotec Pharmaceuticals Ltd. .............................  Ireland
</Table>


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<Table>
<Caption>
                                                              JURISDICTION OF
                     NAME OF SUBSIDIARY                        ORGANIZATION
                     ------------------                       ---------------
<S>                                                           <C>
  Tibotec-Virco Comm. VA....................................  Belgium
  Vania Expansion, S.N.C....................................  France
  Woelm Pharma GmbH & Co....................................  Germany
  Xian-Janssen Pharmaceutical Ltd. .........................  China
</Table>



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</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-23
<SEQUENCE>11
<FILENAME>y83983exv23.txt
<DESCRIPTION>CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
<TEXT>
<PAGE>

                                                                      EXHIBIT 23

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

     We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statements on Form S-8 (File No. 333-96541, 333-87736, 333-67370, 333-59380,
33-52252, 33-40294, 33-40295, 33-32875, 033-59009, 333-38055, 333-40681,
333-26979, 333-39238 and 333-86611) and Form S-3 (File No. 333-67020, 33-55977,
333-91349 and 33-47424) of our report dated January 20, 2003, except for Note 22
for which the date is February 10, 2003 relating to the financial statements of
Johnson & Johnson, which appears in the Annual Report to Shareholders, which is
incorporated in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. We also consent to the
incorporation by reference of our report dated January 20, 2003 relating to the
financial statement schedule, which appears in this Form 10-K.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP

New York, New York
March 19, 2003



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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-99.B
<SEQUENCE>12
<FILENAME>y83983exv99wb.txt
<DESCRIPTION>CAUTIONARY STATEMENT
<TEXT>
<PAGE>

                                                                   EXHIBIT 99(b)

     CAUTIONARY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM
          ACT OF 1995 -- "SAFE HARBOR" FOR FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

     The Company may from time to time make certain forward-looking statements
in publicly-released materials, both written and oral. Forward-looking
statements do not relate strictly to historical or current facts and anticipate
results based on management's plans that are subject to uncertainty.
Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of words like "plans,"
"expects," "will," "anticipates," "estimates" and other words of similar meaning
in conjunction with, among other things, discussions of future operations,
financial performance, the Company's strategy for growth, product development,
regulatory approvals, market position and expenditures.

     Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations of future
events. The Company cannot guarantee that any forward-looking statement will be
accurate, although the Company believes that it has been reasonable in its
expectations and assumptions. Investors should realize that if underlying
assumptions prove inaccurate or unknown risks or uncertainties materialize,
actual results could vary materially from the Company's expectations and
projections. Investors are therefore cautioned not to place undue reliance on
any forward-looking statements. Furthermore, the Company assumes no obligation
to update any forward-looking statements as a result of new information or
future events or developments.

     Some important factors that could cause the Company's actual results to
differ from the Company's expectations in any forward-looking statements are as
follows:

          Economic factors, including inflation and fluctuations in interest
     rates and foreign currency exchange rates and the potential effect of such
     fluctuations on revenues, expenses and resulting margins;

          Competitive factors, including technological advances achieved and
     patents attained by competitors as well as new products introduced by
     competitors, including the fact that there is new competition in the U.S.
     for PROCRIT, the top-selling product in the Company's portfolio;

          Challenges to the Company's patents by competitors, which could
     potentially affect the Company's ability to sell the products in question
     and require the payment of past damages and future royalties, and by
     generic pharmaceutical firms, which can result in the introduction of
     generic versions of products and the ensuing loss of market share;

          Financial distress and bankruptcies experienced by significant
     customers and suppliers that could impair their ability, as the case may
     be, to purchase the Company's products, pay for products previously
     purchased or meet their obligations to the Company under supply
     arrangements;

          The impact on political and economic conditions due to terrorist
     attacks in the U.S. and other parts of the world or U.S. military action
     overseas, as well as instability in the financial markets which could
     result from such terrorism or military actions;

          Interruptions of computer and communication systems, including
     computer viruses, that could impair the Company's ability to conduct
     business and communicate internally and with its customers;

          Domestic and foreign health care changes resulting in pricing
     pressures, including the continued consolidation among health care
     providers, trends toward managed care and health care cost containment and
     government laws and regulations relating to sales and promotion,
     reimbursement and pricing generally;

          Government laws and regulations, affecting domestic and foreign
     operations, including those relating to trade, monetary and fiscal
     policies, taxes, price controls, regulatory approval of new products,
     licensing and patent rights;


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          Competition in research, involving the development and the improvement
     of new and existing products and processes, is particularly significant and
     results from time to time in product and process obsolescence. The
     development of new and improved products is important to the Company's
     success in all areas of its business;

          Difficulties inherent in product development, including the potential
     inability to successfully continue technological innovation, complete
     clinical trials, obtain regulatory approvals in the United States and
     abroad, gain and maintain market approval of products and the possibility
     of encountering infringement claims by competitors with respect to patent
     or other intellectual property rights which can preclude or delay
     commercialization of a product;

          Significant litigation adverse to the Company including product
     liability claims, patent infringement claims, and antitrust claims;

          Product efficacy or safety concerns resulting in product recalls,
     regulatory action on the part of the FDA (or foreign counterparts) or
     declining sales;

          The impact of business combinations, including acquisitions and
     divestitures, both internally for the Company and externally in the
     pharmaceutical and health care industries; and

          Issuance of new or revised accounting standards by the American
     Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Financial Accounting
     Standards Board or the Securities and Exchange Commission.

     The foregoing list sets forth many, but not all, of the factors that could
impact upon the Company's ability to achieve results described in any
forward-looking statements. Investors should understand that it is not possible
to predict or identify all such factors and should not consider this list to be
a complete statement of all potential risks and uncertainties. The Company has
identified the factors on this list as permitted by the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995.



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