The drugs treat ailments like rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. Johnson & Johnson ( Johnson ) is being investigated by the US Federal Trade Commission ( FTC ) over concerns that the contracting practices for its arthritis drug , Remicade , violated antitrust laws . The FTC issued J&J civil subpoenas in June as part of the probe . The investigation follows a lawsuit filed in 2017 by Pfizer , which claimed that J&J 's contracts with pharmaceutical companies for Remicade were anticompetitive and designed to block sales of Pfizer 's rival product , Inflectra .
Johnson & Johnson ( Johnson ) is being investigated by the US Federal Trade Commission ( FTC ) over concerns that the contracting practices for its arthritis drug , Remicade , violated antitrust laws . The FTC issued J&J civil subpoenas in June as part of the probe . The investigation follows a lawsuit filed in 2017 by Pfizer , which claimed that J&J 's contracts with pharmaceutical companies for Remicade were anticompetitive and designed to block sales of Pfizer 's rival product , Inflectra .