Johnson and Johnson describes themselves as a family of companies, namely 250 different companies. Together they operate in 60 countries and in three major segments: Consumer Healthcare, Medical Devices, and Pharmaceuticals. Consumer healthcare includes Baby Care, Skin and Hair care, OTC Pharmaceuticals and Oral Health. Some examples of brands under Consumer Healthcare are Listerine, Nicorette, Pepcid, Band-Aid, Compeed, Netrogena, Johnson's and Piz Buin. In the Medical Devices Johnson and Johnson produces a broad range of product in the fields orthopaedic, neurovascular, surgery, vision care, diabetes care, infection prevention, cardiovascular disease, sports medicine, and aesthetics. The Pharmaceutical segment is carried out through the Janssen companies. Here is a list of all  Janssen products. 

This post will be a quick look at Northwest Healthcare Properties, I'll structure it like this: fist some sort of free form analysis based on the latest report Q3 2015, followed by an analysis of Earnings, Solidity and Liquidity. Overview Northwest healthcare properties (TSE:NWH.UN) is a Canadian REIT focused on healthcare properties in Canada, Brazil, … Continue reading Northwest Healthcare Properties →

Skanska was founded in 1887, when Aktiebolaget Skånska Cementgjuteriet (Skånska cement foundry Inc) was established. It diversified into a constructions company and with the listing on Nasdaq Stockholm in 1965 "Skanska" became the official name. Skanska is one of the world's leading project development and construction groups, concentrated on selected home markets in the Nordic … Continue reading Skanska →