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Johnson & Johnson says new drug agreements will hurt their earnings in 2027.

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Johnson & Johnson beat quarterly sales and adjusted-profit estimates and raised its 2026 outlook. Adjusted profit fell from a year earlier, new drug deals are expected to cut 2027 profit, and Stelara and some overseas MedTech businesses faced weakness, leaving the report mixed.

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The higher full-year outlook and rising sales point to continued business growth. Cancer drugs also drove growth, but adjusted profit fell, and the Firefly and Sail deals are expected to cut 2027 adjusted profit by $1.36 per share. Stelara declines and weaker cardiovascular and surgery sales outside the U.S. add to the mixed picture, so the report does not clearly change JNJ's outlook.

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