page_title: Janssen Pharmaceutica
section_title: Drugs developed
hierarchical_section_title: Janssen Pharmaceutica / Drugs developed
caption_attribution_description: English: Risperdal (United Kingdom packaging)
context_page_description: Janssen Pharmaceutica is a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Beerse, Belgium and owned by Johnson & Johnson. It was founded in 1953 by Paul Janssen.
  In 1961, Janssen Pharmaceutica was purchased by New Jersey-based American corporation Johnson & Johnson, and became part of Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development, now renamed to Janssen Research and Development, which conducts research and development activities related to a wide range of human medical disorders, including mental illness, neurological disorders, anaesthesia and analgesia, gastrointestinal disorders, fungal infection, HIV/AIDS, allergies and cancer. Janssen and Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical have been placed in the Ortho-McNeil-Janssen group within Johnson & Johnson Company.
context_section_description: Janssen Pharmaceutica has developed and brought to the market about 70 new active substances (NCE), of which the most well-known are (name may differ):
  Imodium (against diarrhoea. Active substance: loperamide)
  Motilium (against flatulence — and bowel impairments. Active substance: domperidone)
  Reminyl (against Alzheimer's disease (dementia). Active substance: galantamine)
  Daktarin (against fungal infections. Active substance: miconazole)
  Nizoral (against dandruff, Active substance: ketoconazole)
  Duragesic (fentanyl patch for pain suppression. Active substance: fentanyl)
  Vermox (against worms. Active substance: mebendazole)
  Risperdal (antipsychotic, against mental illness such as schizophrenia. Active substance: risperidone)
caption: Risperdal tablets
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