Timeline of Our Story
For over a century, Johnson & Johnson has been at the forefront of healthcare.
Enter the Experience
Please rotate your deviceWe do not support in landscape mode, please use the app in portrait mode for the best experience
First Birth Control Pill, 1960
Image courtesy: G. D. Searle and Company, National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
The FDA approved the first birth control pill for prescribed contraceptive use. The effective family planning tool was an instant success. Within three years, 2.3 million American women were on the pill.