1、A N N U A L R E P O R t 2 0 0 8ON THE COVER Around the world,were focused on making life-changing,long-term differences in the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS.Our HIV franchise continues to grow as we discover,develop and provide access to medicines like PREZISTA(darunavir)and INTELENCE(etravir
2、ine).And our involvement in community-based programs,such as mothers2mothers in South Africa,continues to touch lives.Read about HIV-positive mentor mother Kangela and her sonwho is HIV-negativein the story on page 18.CARING Comforts FulfillsHeals Touches EmpowersTransforms InspiresEndures C H A I R
3、 M A N S L E T T E R1The men and women of Johnson&Johnson come to work each day driven by a shared passion:caring.Our caring touches the lives of people around the world.It motivates us to identify unmet health care needs,reach increasing numbers of patients and consumers,and create broader solution
4、snot only for the most serious medical conditions but also for the general health and well-being of the worlds population.Our caring empowers others.It touches patients and consumers across the world,and it inspires hope.Its grounded in the fundamental tenets of Our Credo and in a decentralized mana
5、gement approach that keeps our people close to their customers and their markets.It drove our business success in 2008,and it mobilizes us to capitalize on new health care opportu-nities while we meet the challenges ahead in an unprecedented,difficult global economic setting.2008 HIGHLIGHTS We remem
6、ber 2008 as a year of extraordinary economic events that shook our financial markets and global econ-omies.Against this backdrop,I am proud of our accomplishments.Johnson&Johnson delivered on its financial commitments,driven by the strength of a broad base of human health care busi-nesses.We achieve