NEWS RELEASE
GOVERNMENT OF ONTARIO
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The Ontario government is supporting an investment of nearly $15 million by Johnson & Johnson Inc., makers of over-the-counter pharmaceuticals for adults and children. The province is investing $2.5 million through the Ontario Together Fund to help expand the company’s current manufacturing facilities in Guelph. The expansion will support good, local jobs in the region.
“Through the Ontario Together Fund, our government is investing in Ontario’s pharmaceutical manufacturing capacity, while creating good jobs in the province,” said Vic Fedeli, Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade. “By collaborating with Johnson & Johnson Inc., we are helping to provide the people of Ontario with goods critical to their health, safety and security and positioning Ontario as a leader in drug development and manufacturing.”
Johnson & Johnson Inc. is part of the world’s largest healthcare company, engaged in the research and development, manufacture and sale of a broad range of products in the health care field. Since 1980, the company has been manufacturing consumer health products for adults, children and infants at its 235,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Guelph, which employs about 320 people. With this investment, Johnson & Johnson Inc. will obtain additional square footage of manufacturing space and purchase additional machinery and equipment to expand manufacturing capacity for its over-the-counter medicines.
Supporting innovative projects like Johnson & Johnson Inc.’s manufacturing expansion is why Ontario has invested an additional $50 million in the renewed Ontario Together Fund in 2021–22. This investment also aligns with the province’s recently announced Life Sciences Strategy, a plan to make Ontario a global hub for biomanufacturing and life sciences. It will create high-paying jobs, strengthen our health care system – and make it clear that Ontario is a world-leading partner in developing the medicines, vaccines and health technologies of the future.
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