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Abbott

Abbott (NYSE: ABT) is a global, broad-based healthcare company devoted to the discovery, development, manufacture and marketing of pharmaceuticals and medical products, including nutritionals, devices and diagnostics. The company employs more than 68,000 people and markets its products in more than 130 countries.

Abbott’s diagnostics businesses

Abbott is a global leader in in vitro diagnostics and offers a broad range of innovative instrument systems and tests for hospitals, reference labs, molecular labs, blood banks, physician offices and clinics.

With more than 65,000 institutional customers in more than 100 countries, Abbott's diagnostic products offer customers automation, convenience, bedside testing, cost effectiveness and flexibility.

Abbott has helped transform the practice of medical diagnosis from an art to a science through the company's commitment to improving patient care and lowering costs. Abbott’s history is filled with examples of first-of-a-kind diagnostic products and significant technological and research advancements.

Abbott Diabetes Care

Abbott Diabetes Care, based in Alameda, California, produces glucose monitoring systems designed to help patients better manage their diabetes. Abbott Diabetes Care is committed to developing products to reduce the discomfort and inconvenience of blood glucose monitoring and introducing systems that are easier to use, require smaller blood samples and provide faster results.

Abbott Diabetes Care markets several glucose monitoring systems and test strips in the United States for use in both home and hospital settings; leading brands include FreeStyle® Lite, FreeStyle Freedom™, FreeStyle Flash® and Precision Xtra™.

Website: www.abbott.com