SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                     Washington, D.C. 20549


                           FORM 8K-A

       Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
              The Securities Exchange Act of 1934



Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 30, 2002


                        JOHNSON & JOHNSON

     (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


    New Jersey               1-3215             22-1024240

(State or other             Commission         (I.R.S. Employer
jurisdiction                File Number)       Identification
No.)
of incorporation)



 One Johnson & Johnson Plaza, New Brunswick, New Jersey   08933

           (Address of principal executive offices)    (zip code)


Registrant's telephone number including area code: (732) 524-0400
Item 5.   Other Events.

On  April  30,  2002,  Johnson & Johnson  ("J&J")  filed  certain
unaudited  financial information related to J&J and  subsidiaries
for  the  11 year period ended December 30, 2001. This  financial
data  gives  retroactive effect for J&J's  adoption  of  Emerging
Issues  Task  Force  ("EITF") Issue  No. 01-09,  "Accounting  for
Consideration  Given by a Vendor to a Customer or a  Reseller  of
the  Vendor's Products."   The purpose of EITF Issue 01-09 is  to
codify  and  reconcile the EITF consensus  on  EITF  Issue  00-14
"Accounting  for  Certain  Sales Incentives",  EITF  Issue  00-22
"Accounting for `Points' and Certain Other Time-Based or  Volume-
Based  Sales  Incentive Offers, and Offers for Free  Products  or
Services to Be Delivered in the Future" (Issue 3 only), and  EITF
Issue   00-25   "Vendor  Income  Statement  Characterization   of
Consideration  Paid to a Reseller of the Vendor's  Products"  and
identify other related interpretive issues that have not yet been
addressed by the EITF.

Filed  as  Exhibit  99.15  to this Form 8K-A  are  the  unaudited
consolidated statements of earnings of J&J and subsidiaries as of
December  30,  2001 and the 11 years prior to this date  together
with the related data for segments of business for the three year
period ended December 30, 2001.

Selected  unaudited quarterly financial data for the fiscal  year
2001 is being filed as Exhibit 99.2O to this Form 8K-A.

Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and
Exhibits.

(c)  Exhibits

Exhibit No.       Description of Exhibit

99.15   Unaudited consolidated statements of earnings for the
        11 year period ended December 30, 2001 and segments of
	business data for the three year period ended
	December 30, 2001

99.2O   Unaudited quarterly financial data for fiscal
        year 2001



                            SIGNATURE



Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934,  the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



                                   JOHNSON & JOHNSON




Date: April 30, 2002          By: /s/ Stephen J. Cosgrove
                              Stephen J. Cosgrove
                              Chief Accounting Officer