Editing Abbott Laboratories (section)

{{short description|American global medical devices and health care products company}}
{{Redirect|Abbott (company)|other uses|Abbott (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Abbott Laboratories
| logo = Abbott Laboratories logo.svg
| type = [[Public company|Public]]
| traded_as = {{ubl|{{NYSE|ABT}}|[[S&P 100]] component|[[S&P 500]] component}}
| industry = {{ubl|[[Healthcare industry|Health care]]|[[Medical devices]]|[[Pharmaceutical industry|Pharmaceutical]]}}
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1888}} (as Abbott Alkaloidal Company) in [[Ravenswood, Chicago]]
| founder = Wallace Calvin Abbott 
| hq_location = Abbott Park, Illinois,<ref name=corp>{{cite web | url=https://www.abbott.com/contact.html | title=Locations and Contacts &#124; Abbott U.S. }}</ref> U.S.
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = {{ubl|class=nowrap|[[Robert B. Ford]]|([[chairman]] & [[Chief Executive Officer|CEO]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2018/10/18/after-20-years-abbott-ceo-miles-white-has-his-successor-in-mind|title=After 20 Years, Abbott Labs CEO Miles White Has Successor in Mind|website=Forbes|last1=Japsen|first1=Bruce|access-date=10 September 2019|archive-date=2 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202015718/https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2018/10/18/after-20-years-abbott-ceo-miles-white-has-his-successor-in-mind/|url-status=live}}</ref>|Robert Funck|([[Vice president#In business|EVP]] & [[Chief financial officer|CFO]])}}
| products = {{ubl|[[Medication|Pharmaceutical drugs]] |[[Generic drug]]s |[[Medical device]]s |Diagnostic [[assay]]s |[[Dietary supplements]] |[[Nutrition]]als }}  
| revenue = {{increase}} {{US$|41.9&nbsp;billion|link=yes}} (2024)
| operating_income = {{increase}} US$6.82&nbsp;billion (2024)
| net_income = {{increase}} US$13.4&nbsp;billion (2024)
| assets = {{increase}} US$81.4&nbsp;billion (2024)
| equity = {{increase}} US$47.9&nbsp;billion (2024)
| num_employees = {{circa|114,000}} (2024)
| website = {{URL|abbott.com}}
| footnotes = <ref name="10-K 2024">{{cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1800/000162828025007110/abt-20241231.htm |title=US SEC: Form 10-K Abbott Laboratories |publisher=[[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]]|date=February 21, 2025}}</ref>
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'''Abbott Laboratories''' is an American multinational medical devices and [[health care]] company with headquarters in Abbott Park, Illinois, in the United States. The company was founded by Chicago [[physician]] Wallace Calvin Abbott in 1888 to formulate known drugs; today, it sells medical devices, diagnostics, branded generic medicines and nutritional products. It split off its research-based pharmaceuticals business into [[AbbVie]] in 2013.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/abbott-completes-separation-of-research-based-pharmaceuticals-business-185406542.html |title=Abbott Completes Separation of Research-Based Pharmaceuticals Business |publisher=[[PR Newswire]] |date=January 2, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130114034619/http://abbvie.mediaroom.com/2013-01-02-AbbVie-Celebrates-Launch-as-New-Biopharmaceutical-Company-with-Employees-Patients |archive-date=January 14, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-xpm-2012-12-30-ct-biz-1230-bf-abbott-spin-20121230-story.html |title=More than splitting pills: Health care giant Abbott Laboratories ready to spin off AbbVie |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=December 30, 2012 |url-access=limited |access-date=14 April 2023 |archive-date=3 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703062233/https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-xpm-2012-12-30-ct-biz-1230-bf-abbott-spin-20121230-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Abbott's products include [[Pedialyte]], [[Similac]], [[BinaxNOW]], [[Ensure]], [[Glucerna]], [[ZonePerfect]], [[FreeStyle Libre]], [[i-STAT]] and [[MitraClip]].