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Johnson & Johnson plans to seek a U.S. indication for multiple general surgery procedures, including gastric bypass, which was performed in the clinical trial.

In this bonus episode, BioSpace’s vice president of marketing ⁠Chantal Dresner⁠ and careers editor ⁠Angela Gabriel⁠ take a look at Q1 job market performance, layoffs and administration decisions impacting the workforce.

CFO Joe Wolk, who revealed the figure Tuesday morning on CNBC, told investors the charge was primarily in the healthcare giant’s medtech business.

The kidney dialysis firm doesn’t have an estimate for how long disruption from the attack will last, though DaVita stressed it’s continuing to provide patient care.

In the company’s first-quarter earnings call Tuesday, J&J CEO Joaquin Duato said there’s a better way to encourage drug manufacturing in the U.S. than President Donald Trump’s threatened pharma tariffs.

The federal health department sidestepped normal procedures as it laid off 10,000 employees, according to sources. One union has already filed an internal complaint, while at least two law firms are exploring suits.

Hudson Regional Hospital received approval from a U.S. bankruptcy court on Friday to take over operations of CarePoint’s three hospitals.

J&J opened Q1 2025 pharma earnings Tuesday, reporting sales of $21.9 billion and diluted earnings per share of $4.54. The medicines unit provided $13.9 billion while the medtech unit generated the remaining $8 billion.

Merck has not disclosed which of its peptide therapies it plans to develop oral formulations for.

Trump could use the findings of the probe to impose certain trade restrictions on pharma products, including tariffs.