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Johnson & Johnson Launches Global Diabetes Institute to Provide State-of-The- Art Education, Training to Health Professionals

Date:10/16/2007

job skills at peak intensity is growing and becoming progressively more complex. Changes in health care delivery require diabetes educators to acquire a host of new skills and become familiar with latest diabetes tools and technologies," said Lana Vukovljak, MA, MS, CEO of the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE). "The American Association of Diabetes Educators supports J & J's Diabetes Institute initiative as it will provide diabetes educators and other health care professionals with the opportunity to stay current and be better prepared to help fight the epidemic."

Dr. Moritsugu joined the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies on October 1 and will serve as Chairman of the Institute, with responsibility for overseeing the Institute and developing other innovative programs and strategies that will help Johnson & Johnson and the health care community better address the delivery of diabetes care around the world. Born in Hawaii, Dr. Moritsugu achieved Admiralty status within the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service, was the Federal representative to numerous national health care agencies and consulted with several international organizations and governments. Before serving as Acting Surgeon General in 2006, Dr. Moritsugu was the Deputy Surgeon General and the principal assistant and advisor to the U.S. Surgeon General. Having completed residencies in internal medicine and in preventive medicine, Dr. Moritsugu is also Board Certified in preventive medicine and holds Fellowships in the American College of Preventive Medicine, the Royal Society of Health, and the Royal Society of Medicine.

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Johnson & Johnson is the world's most comprehensive and broadly based manufacturer of health care products, as well as a provider of related services, for the consumer, pharmaceutical, and medical devices and diagnostics markets. The more than 250 Johnson & Johnson operating companies employ approximately 120,000
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