World's Most Admired Companies 2008

Top 20 global stars

All praise is welcome, but it is particularly sweet when it comes from one's peers. Fortune and its survey partners at Hay Group asked the experts -- in this case, more than 1,400 people from dozens of industries -- to select the 10 companies they admire most.

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Johnson & Johnson

Overall score: 6.95
Top 50 rank: 7
Rank in Pharmaceuticals: 1
Country: U.S.

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Last updated March 10 2008: 10:22 AM ET

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