Organisational Structure of Abbott Laboratories : Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) is a pharmaceuticals health care company. It has 72,000 employees and operates in over 130 countries.[3] The company headquarters are in Abbott Park, North Chicago, Illinois. The company was founded by Chicago physician, Dr. Wallace Calvin Abbott in 1888. In 2008, Abbott had over $29 billion in revenue.

In 1985, the company developed the first HIV blood screening test. The company's drug portfolio includes HUMIRA, a drug for rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, Crohn's disease, moderate to severe chronic psoriasis and juvenile idiopathic arthritis; Norvir, a treatment for HIV; Depakote, an anticonvulsant drug; and Synthroid, a synthetic thyroid hormone. Abbott also has a broad range of medical devices, diagnostics and immunoassay products as well as nutritional products, including Ensure, a line of well known meal replacement shakes, and EAS, the largest producer of performance based nutritional supplements.

Abbott's in vitro diagnostics business is a world leader in immunoassays and blood screening. Abbott's broad range of medical tests and diagnostic instrument systems are used worldwide by hospitals, laboratories, blood banks, and physician offices to diagnose and monitor diseases such as HIV, hepatitis, cancer, heart failure and metabolic disorders, as well as assess other important indicators of general health. Abbott Point-of-Care manufactures diagnostic products for blood analysis to provide health care professionals critical diagnostics information accurately and immediately at the point of patient care. Abbott also provides point-of-care cardiac assays to the emergency room.


CEO
Miles White
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Director
William Smithburg
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Director
Roy Roberts
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Director
Roxanne Austin
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Director
William Daley
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Director
James Farrell
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Director
Laurance Fuller
2
Director
Phebe Novakovic
Director
Lord Owen
3
Director
William Osborn
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Director
Samuel Scott
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Director
Glenn Tilton
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Director
Edward Liddy
Director
Robert Alpern
CFO
Thomas Freyman
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Diagnostics Products
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Legal
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Nutrition
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Medical Devices
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Pharmaceutical Products
Richard Gonzalez
Diabetes Care
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Diagnostics
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Established Products
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Human Resources
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International Pharmaceuticals
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Medical Optics
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US Pharmaceuticals
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Vascular
Robert Hance
Control
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Internal Audit
Thomas Dee
Diagnostic Sales, EMEA
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Public Affairs
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International Nutrition
Thomas Chen
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U.S. Nutrition
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Vascular Solutions
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