Johnson & Johnson Opens Innovation Center In California

Johnson & Johnson Innovation announced the opening of the Johnson & Johnson California Innovation Center in Menlo Park, California. One of the four regional hubs being established by the consumer goods company, the innovation center is designed to help the company advance healthcare by promoting cooperative efforts in science and technology between regional innovators and the Johnson & Johnson group of companies. Johnson & Johnson also announced that Second Genome has signed a research collaboration deal with Janssen Biotech, Inc. focusing on research into microbiome mechanisms and their potential role in ulcerative colitis.