Company Overview
ABBOT are a global, broad-based health care company devoted to discovering new medicines, new technologies and new ways to manage health. Their products span the continuum of care, from nutritional products and laboratory diagnostics through medical devices and pharmaceutical therapies. Our comprehensive line of products encircles life itself – addressing important health needs from infancy to the golden years. Number of Employees Over 8,000 employees Company History
Throughout our 120+ year history, Abbott people have been driven by a constant goal: to advance medical science to help people live healthier lives. More than a century ago, 30-year-old Dr. Wallace C. Abbott, founded the Abbott Alkaloidal Company. Using the active - or alkaloid - part of a medicinal plant, he formed tiny pills, called “dosimetric granules,” which provided a more accurate and effective dosing for his patients than other treatments available at the time. The demand for these accurate granules soon far exceeded the needs of his own practice and from these modest origins was born Abbott, one of the world’s most broad-based health care companies and a leader in the discovery, development and manufacture of products that span the continuum of care. |