Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics' roots date back to 1937, when Johnson & Johnson established the Ortho Products Division with the division became a full and separate member of the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies in 1974. The company as it is today grew from the merger in 1997 of two Johnson & Johnson companies: Ortho Diagnostic Systems, a provider of diagnostic reagents and instrument systems, and Johnson & Johnson Clinical Diagnostics (formerly a division of Eastman Kodak Co. that was acquired in 1994).