JNJ had a nice quarter, in spite of losing Risperdal to genericsville and Invega sitting firmly on its flat launch curve. In truth, the big generic hit will start this quarter as the generics start shipping. Last quarter for Risperdal was a decline simply because the wholesellers quit building inventory. Invega is another story. Well, it just sucks. According to Dominic Caruso, Vice-President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer, "Invega is continuing to improve quarter after quarter but I would say consistent with our prior comments it’s not where we had expected it to be. It’s not the launch we had hoped for as we had commented before but we do see steady improvement with Invega. We believe it’s a viable alternative for patients and when used physicians comment very favorably about the effect with patients." It's not hard to improve quarter after quarter when a) the market is expanding and b) you're starting with such a small base.
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