Johnson & Johnson Lifts Annual Forecast After Strong Cancer Drugs, Medtech Performance

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) on Wednesday reported a second-quarter 2025 adjusted earnings of $2.77 per share, down 1.8% year over year, beating the consensus of $2.68.

The pharmaceutical giant reported sales of $23.74 billion, up 5.8% year over year and beating the consensus of $22.85 billion. Operational growth was 4.6%, and adjusted operational growth was 3%.

Innovative Medicine sales increased 4.9% or 3.8% operationally to $15.20 billion.

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Growth was driven by Darzalex (daratumumab), Carvykti (ciltacabtagene autoleucel), Erleada (apalutamide), Rybrevant/Lazcluze in oncology, Tremfya (guselkumab) and Simponi/Simponi Aria in immunology, and Spravato (esketamine) in neuroscience.

Growth was partially offset by an approximate (1,170) basis points impact from Stelara