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  1. Abbott Diabetes copay card is horrible

    FreeStyle Libre Abbott has this website for patient copay cards. Is this legit? My Dr submitted his patients info and patient got denied immediately so he prescribed Dexcom instead. Anyone seen this? How can a billion dollar company have a website like this?
  2. BEWARE of Abbott Diabetes

    Director/GM of market access accused of discrimination by multiple individuals. Miserable "woke" leadership pushing feminazi agenda and throwing anyone under the bus who voices concerns about blatant favoritism Good riddance on letting go of former Amgen hire - knew the writing was on the wall...
  3. Johnson & Johnson mentioned COVID 80 times during earnings call, vs. Abbott’s 16

    Global pharma giants Abbott Laboratories and Johnson & Johnson announced their earnings for Q1 2020 last week. Despite being close peers facing a similar crisis situation they took different approaches in sharing information with investors during their earnings conference calls. COVID mention...
  4. Infographic: Abbott Laboratories (ABT) Q1 2020 earnings

    Abbott Laboratories (ABT) reported its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2020 today. The company reported a 16% drop in earnings for the first quarter of 2020 due to tax expense despite a 2.5% increase in the top-line. Abbott is suspending its previously announced annual...
  5. Covid-19 < MONEY!!

    Abbott Clonmel do not care about the Covid-19 pandemic. All they care about is their profits and bottom line. Social distancing is non existant on the production lines. It has been raised many times that we are not following the governments guidelines but nothing is being done about it. Targets...
  6. Neuromodulation Layoffs

    Can anyone shine some light on the recent talk of layoffs in the Neuromodulation sector for Abbott, Medtronic, and Nevro? Any merit to the rumors? Earnings reports have highlighted some underlying challenges, seemingly for all players (ABT, MDT, BSX, and NVRO). Nuvectra filled for Chapter 11...
  7. Abbott Laboratories reports Q4 results

    Worldwide sales increased 2.3% to of $7.77 billion. The results were benefited by the higher sales from Medical Devices and Diagnostics businesses. Sales from Medical Devices grew 6.7% year-over-year. In Electrophysiology, the 16.7% growth was led by strong performance in cardiac mapping and...
  8. Abbott Q3 earnings infographic

    Infographic covering all key details from Abbott's third-quarter earnings.
  9. Abbott posts 17% sales growth in Q2, raises outlook

    Very positive results indeed ! All segments reporting double digit growth. https://news.alphastreet.com/abbott-posts-17-sales-growth-for-q2-beats-estimates/
  10. Abbott Neuromodulation

    Don’t join this division!! The culture is AWFUL. Political and vindictave. Stay away or leave while you can if in the field.
  11. New products drive sales at Abbott in Q1

    Abbott reported worldwide sales of $7.4 billion for the first quarter of 2018, an increase of 16.7% versus the prior-year period, helped by new product launches. Net earnings on a GAAP basis came in at $418 million or $0.23 per share, down slightly from the prior-year quarter. On an adjusted...
  12. Abbott/St. Jude NMD- Chronic Pain Position

    Can anyone provide insight regarding the CPT TM I role? After speaking with the recruiter I was shocked to hear total comp is $110k first year? Can anyone corroborate this? As a rep currently making $140k-$170k annually selling various med/surg products I was expecting far more from Abbott/SJM...
  13. Abbott J&J Vision CEH division doesn't even know the consumers

    After being the red head stepchild for so many years, we in a Consumer Eye Health (CEH) were finally excited to be part of J&J Vision because they believe in Consumer Marketing. Too bad, the only person in the leadership team who understands consumers and have a lot of experience launching...
  14. Abbott Point of Care

    Was hoping I could get some information on what it is like to work for this division? I realize it is fairly small compared to ADC, Nutrition, etc, but am considering pursuing an opportunity there- I looked on the board and do not see any posts regarding it in the recent past (6 months) Thanks!
  15. Alere

    I have been researching Matria Healthcare for an interview and it looks like they have merged with another company to become Alere. Does anyone have any good insight about this new company?