Johnson & Johnson Remakes Top Leadership

Company’s No. 2, Sandra Peterson, will leave post Oct. 1, triggering series of changes

Johnson & Johnson announced a new lineup of executives Friday, a remaking of its top ranks as the health-products company’s No. 2 leader prepares to depart.

Sandra Peterson, J&J’s No. 2 the past six years, plans to retire from her post on Oct. 1. Ms. Peterson, 59 years old, had led J&J’s efforts to turn around its consumer-health business struggling with recalls. More recently, she had been overseeing a rejiggering of J&J’s medical-device business.

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