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The health-care giant boosted its full-year earnings forecast, citing currency trends and improvements in J&J's underlying business.
J&J had said in recent quarters that overall health-care spending was slowing due to the sluggish economy, but on a conference call with analysts, Chief Financial Officer Dominic Caruso said it is "seeing some sequential improvements."
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