JACKSONVILLE, Fla.—The layoffs announced earlier this month by parent Johnson & Johnson will impact the company’s Vistakon operation along with other segments of J&J’s business, a company spokesperson told VM.

“We have notified employees at Vistakon about the decision to eliminate certain positions as part of the overall restructuring plans that Johnson & Johnson announced on Nov. 3,” the spokesperson said. He declined to provide a detailed breakdown of how many Vistakon jobs would be lost in the restructuring or of what those positions are, however.

J&J said early in November it plans to eliminate jobs representing from 6 percent to 7 percent of its global workforce, which would affect an estimated 7,000 to 8,000 positions worldwide.  ■