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Does Johnson & Johnson support Israel?
Yes — Johnson & Johnson has documented support for Israel on record, including $2,000,000 in donations. Every claim below links to its source.
Filed under: Pharma & healthcare companies · Companies that support Israel
Timeline of documented support
Documented support
| Type | Date | Amount | Recipient | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acquisition | 2024-10 | $600,000,000 | V-Wave Ltd (Caesarea, Israel) Completed the acquisition of Israeli medical-device company V-Wave, developer of the Ventura interatrial shunt for heart failure, for $600 million upfront plus regulatory and commercial milestone payments of up to roughly $1.1 billion more (a potential total of about $1.7 billion). | |
| Donation | 2023-10 | $2,000,000 | Humanitarian relief organizations (post-October 7) The corporation condemned the October 7 Hamas attack, spoke out against antisemitism, and told Fox Business it donated $2 million to support humanitarian relief following the attack. J&J appears on the Yale School of Management list of companies that condemned the attack. | |
| Partnership | 2014-01 | — | FutuRx biotech incubator (Ness Ziona, Israel) Co-founded the FutuRx biotech incubator with Takeda Ventures and OrbiMed Israel after winning the tender of Israel's Office of the Chief Scientist; J&J (through its venture arm JJDC) and its partners pledged more than $28 million to fund incubated startups, alongside Israeli government funding. | |
| Acquisition | 2008-12 | $438,000,000 | Omrix Biopharmaceuticals (Israel) Acquired Omrix Biopharmaceuticals, a biosurgery company with Israeli-based manufacturing and R&D, for approximately $438 million in a cash tender offer; the deal closed in December 2008 after Israeli antitrust approval, with Omrix operating under J&J's Ethicon unit. | |
| Operations in Israel | 1996 | — | Israel (local subsidiaries and R&D) Opened its first operating company in Israel in 1996 and today employs over 1,000 people across the country, per the company's own statements; its Israeli footprint dates back further to the 1997 acquisition of Haifa-based Biosense (the basis of the Biosense Webster cardiac-mapping business, which kept its Israeli R&D site). | |
| Donations total | $2,000,000 | |||
Frequently asked questions
Did Johnson & Johnson donate money to Israel or Israeli causes?
Yes. Documented donations total $2,000,000, including $2,000,000 to Humanitarian relief organizations (post-October 7). Each donation is listed on this page with its date and source.
How much has Johnson & Johnson given?
Documented donations total $2,000,000. The largest single recorded item is $2,000,000 to Humanitarian relief organizations (post-October 7) (2023-10).
Where does this information come from?
Every record on this page links to its source — news reports, official company statements, tax filings, or government records. 11 distinct sources are cited for Johnson & Johnson. Our methodology page explains the full verification process.
Sources & citations
Record last updated: 2024-10
- Johnson & Johnson (press release) jnj.com
- Globes en.globes.co.il
- Ynetnews ynetnews.com
- Fox Business (quoting J&J) foxbusiness.com
- Yale School of Management som.yale.edu
- Times of Israel timesofisrael.com
- Times of Israel timesofisrael.com
- FutuRx futurx.co.il
- Haaretz haaretz.com
- Globes en.globes.co.il
- Fierce Biotech fiercebiotech.com