J&J Directors Find Root Causes But Little Blame For OTC Quality Issues
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
A report by a Johnson & Johnson special committee finds organizational and middle management changes at the firm were the root causes of manufacturing and quality control lapses in the OTC drug business.
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