Paul Janssen

Uh, tell the story of Risperdal.

So Johnson & Johnson, um, entered the drug business actually in 1960, when it bought both, uh, Janssen Pharmaceutica, the sort of the named company of this great medicinal chemist, Paul Janssen, and, um, McNeil Laboratories, which made Tylenol.

And Paul Janssen had developed something called Haldol, which was part of the original group of what are now known as antipsychotics.

They originally were known as major tranquilizers.

The first of these was the famous drug Thorazine.

Um, and Purdue Pharma said that, that, you know, Johnson & Johnson was their most vital partner.

Um, so Johnson & Johnson also produce fentanyl.

Now, fentanyl was discovered by Paul Janssen, who I mentioned earlier.