Stock price Abbott Laboratories (ABT) today

Abbott Laboratories is an international chemical and pharmaceutical company operating in the field of healthcare. Main specialization: diagnostics, production and production of drugs and medical devices. Founded in 1888 in the USA, it was one of the first companies producing drugs in a new, revolutionary solid form. The company expanded rapidly, actively developing new drugs for sedatives and painkillers.In 1929, the company became public by placing its shares on the Chicago Stock Exchange. Since 1945, Abbot t Laboratories was developing new antibiotics and intravenous solutions, and the company launched the first blood test devices in 1972. Abbott Laboratories MediSense was purchased in 1996 and Sanofi, an American division, in 1997.

In 2012, the research division of Abbott Laboratories was transformed into a separate company, AbbVie.