Johnson & Johnson: completes sale of diabetes control unit
(CercleFinance.com) - Johnson & Johnson has completed the divestiture of its blood glucose monitoring unit LifeScan to Platinum Equity for approximately 2.
1 billion dollars, the US healthcare giant said on Monday.
LifeScan - which is the maker of the OneTouch brand of products - generated net revenues of approximately 1.5 billion dollars in 2017.
J&J said it will continue to focus on diabetes patients through products, services and solutions such as weight-loss surgery and through medicines, such as Invokana.
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