Abbott Laboratories DL-Notes 2016(16/26)

Abbott Laboratories engages in the discovery, development, manufacture, and sale of healthcare products. It operates through the following segments: Established Pharmaceutical Products, Diagnostic Products, Nutritional Products, and Medical Devices. The Established Pharmaceutical Products segment focuses on branded generic pharmaceuticals that are manufactured worldwide and marketed and sold outside the United States, primarily in emerging markets. The Diagnostic Products segment markets diagnostic systems and tests for blood banks, hospitals, commercial laboratories, clinics, physicians' offices, retailers, government agencies, and alternative care testing sites. The Nutritional Products segment oversees the worldwide sale of pediatric and adult nutritional products. The Medical Devices segment offers a broad range of rhythm management, electrophysiology, heart failure, vascular and structural heart devices for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, as well as diabetes care and continuous glucose monitoring products. It also provides neuromodulation devices for the management of chronic pain and movement disorders. The company was founded by Wallace Calvin Abbott in 1888 and is headquartered in Abbott Park, IL.