janssen presented its sustainable health care programs

-Programmes of environmental sustainability of the company include the EARTHWARDS ® process, designed to produce more environmentally friendly products and the use of renewable energy resources in situ

-EARTHWARDS ® identifies and develops improvements both in the design of the product and the manufacturing process to help the company manage its environmental impact

– in addition to the development of environmentally friendly products, Janssen environmental programs gave rise to great advances in energy efficiency, and the development of renewable and alternative energy sources such as solar power

Madrid, November 2012- Janssen, belonging to the Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical company, has presented several of its programs of environment and sustainability at the CleanMed European Congressrecently, held in Malmö, Sweden; CleanMed is the leading Congress worldwide focused on sustainable health care and the environmental impact of the health sector at the local, regional and global level. These interventions in Congress complement a report recently presented by Johnson & Johnson, The Growing Importance of Sustainable Products in the Global Health Care Industry (the growing importance of sustainable products in the global healthcare industry), which examines the increasing demand for sustainability in global health care.

Janssen, leader in healthcare and sustainability, is committed to protecting the environment and strive to reduce the environmental impact in all activities of the company. The company, based on research and dedicated to provide solutions to the most important medical needs of our time in Oncology, immunology, neuroscience, vaccines and infectious diseases and cardiovascular diseases, metabolism, integrates environmental management in all its proceedings.

EARTHWARDS ®, helps you to manage environmental impact

Programmes of environmental sustainability of the company include the EARTHWARDS ® process, designed to produce more environmentally friendly products and the use of renewable energy resources in situ. The EARTHWARDS ® process identifies and develops improvements both in the design of the product and the manufacturing process to help the company manage its environmental impact.

ZYTIGA ® is the latest product that has received recognition EARTHWARDS ®. Company EARTHWARDS ® program includes a patented process to develop and commercialize environmentally friendly products through the analysis of the life cycle ”, said Dr. To the Ianuzzi, Director Head of environment, health and international security of Johnson & Johnson. Took over the team of chemical development of r & d of Janssen in Beerse, Belgium, which apply the 12 principles of green chemistry to the production of this product; the results were exceptional and included a reduction of 64% in the raw materials used, 78% less water and 87% less hazardous waste in comparison with the original synthesis process ”.

In addition to the development of environmentally friendly products, programmes on the environment of the company have led to great advances in energy efficiency and the development of renewable and alternative energy sources such as solar energy.

One of our goals is to increase our capacity of clean energy technologies to 50 megawatt ”, says Patrick Bas, Executive Director of supply of energy of Janssen. last year we install solar panels that generate 1,870 kW at our facilities in Janssen in Raritan, New Jersey, to help increase our capacity of solar energy in situ by 50% in a year ”.

About EARTHWARDS ®

Each product recognized as EARTHWARDS must achieve an improvement of more than 10% in at least three of the seven areas objective, including: materials, packaging, energy, waste, water, social impact or innovation. The EARTHWARDS process has been reviewed by a group of experts in sustainability from governmental, academic, business sectors and environmental NGOs. The process consists of a review of annual guarantee by third parties made by UL Environment to ensure that the process guidelines are being followed.

About Janssen

Janssen, we are dedicated to addressing and resolving some of the major medical needs not covered in our time in the field of Oncology, immunology, neuroscience, vaccines and infectious diseases and cardiovascular diseases and metabolism. Encouraged by our commitment with patients, develop products, services and innovative health solutions to help people around the world.

Janssen presentations/Johnson & Johnson in the CleanMed European Congress

(1) Sustainability at Johnson & Johnson ” (sustainability at Johnson & Johnson) to Ianuzzi. 27 September 2012.

(2) “Improving Energy Efficiency in Healthcare Facilities” (improvement of energy efficiency in healthcare facilities) Patrick Bas. 27 September 2012.