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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.
The following table lists the largest biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies ranked by revenue in billion USD. The change column indicates the company's relative position in this list compared to its relative position in the preceding year; i.e., an increase would be moving closer to rank 1 and vice versa.
AbbVie Inc. is an American pharmaceutical company headquartered in North Chicago, Illinois.It is ranked sixth on the list of largest biomedical companies by revenue.In 2023, the company's seat in Forbes Global 2000 was 74, [2] and rank 89 on the 2024 list. [3]
Abbott Laboratories: 135 14: Conagra Brands: 197 15: CDW: 199 16: Illinois Tool Works: 202 17: ... (but whose corporate headquarters are located elsewhere), including ...
Robert B. Ford is an American businessman and the thirteenth chief executive officer at Abbott Laboratories, a publicly-traded medical devices and health care company based in Abbott Park, Illinois. [1] He received a bachelor's degree from Boston College and an MBA from Haas School of Business. [2]
Hospira was an American global pharmaceutical and medical device company with headquarters in Lake Forest, Illinois.It had approximately 19,000 employees. [1] Before its acquisition by Pfizer, Hospira was the world's largest producer of generic injectable pharmaceuticals, [2] manufacturing generic acute-care and oncology injectables, as well as integrated infusion therapy and medication ...
The Dr. Wallace C. Abbott House was designated a landmark by the city of Chicago, Illinois on March 1, 2006. [1] The home was built in 1891 for the founder of Abbott Laboratories . In 2019, it was described as a private, "7,000-square-foot Victorian, which has five bedrooms, solar panels and a rentable coach house and is prominent on a corner ...
In September 2016, pharmaceutical and medical device company Johnson & Johnson announced they were buying Abbott Medical Optics for $4.3 billion. [13] On February 27, 2017, Abbott Medical Optics changed its name to Johnson & Johnson Vision following its $4.3 billion acquisition by Johnson & Johnson. [14] In 2017, JJV acquired TearScience. [15]