What is Abbott Laboratories?
{{Infobox company | logo = Abbott Laboratories logo.svg }} The '''Abbott Laboratories'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://quotes.wsj.com/ABT|title=ABT Stock Price & News - Abbott Laboratories - Wall Street Journal|website=quotes.wsj.com|access-date=2017-10-19}}</ref> are an [[United States|American]] [[medication|pharmaceuticals]] and [[health care]] company. They have 90,000+ employees in over 130 countries. The headquarters are in [[North Chicago, Illinois]]. This organization was established by Wallace Calvin Abbott in 1888. Abbott's product line includes pharmaceuticals, nutritional, diagnostics, and vascular products. The company has made drugs for [[rheumatoid arthritis]], [[diabetes mellitus|diabetes]] and other conditions. The company makes [[glucose]] monitoring devices for diabetics. According to the Reuters report, Abbott acquired Alere for $4.48 billion, in April 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/abbott-laboratories-to-buy-alere-for-848-billion-2017-4?IR=T|title=Abbott Laboratories is buying Alere for $4.48 billion|newspaper=Business Insider|access-date=2017-10-19|language=en}}</ref> In September 2017, Abbott announced that it has received [[Food and Drug Administration]] clearance for a consumer version of its Freestyle Libre flash glucose monitor, which does not require people with diabetes to routinely prick their fingers to check the glucose levels.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.barrons.com/articles/abbott-labs-billion-dollar-product-1506678681|title=Abbott Labs' Billion-Dollar Product|access-date=2017-10-19|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-abbott-diabetes-device-approved-20171001-story.html|title=Abbott wins FDA approval for diabetes device that doesn't require routine finger pricks|last=Schencker|first=Lisa|newspaper=chicagotribune.com|access-date=2017-10-19|language=en-US}}</ref> ==Drugs== *''[[Selsun Blue]]'' == References == <references /> [[Category:Companies based in Chicago]] [[Category:Pharmaceutical companies