Updated at: 11/30/2012 10:05 AM NEW CHAIRMAN: Johnson & Johnson said Friday Chairman Bill Weldon will step down in late December and be replaced by CEO Alex Gorsky. FAMILIAR SWITCH: Gorsky, 52, was named CEO of the world’s biggest health products maker earlier this year, replacing Weldon, 64. ABOUT GORSKY: He has worked for J&J since becoming a sales representative in 1988, except for a four-year stretch when he went to rival Novartis AG. Gorsky had been responsible for J&J’s medical devices business since 2009 before becoming CEO. Gorsky is a former Army captain with an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.
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