News tagged with abbott laboratories

Abbott cuts 700 jobs from device and testing unit

(AP) -- Medical device and drugmaker Abbott Laboratories said Wednesday it will lay off 700 employees as part of ongoing restructuring efforts.

Technology / Business

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Microsoft struggles to regain former growth

A quarter-century into its career as a publicly traded company, Microsoft finds itself a prisoner of its own past success.

Technology / Business

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Drugmakers brace for generic versions of biotech blockbusters

In 2001, Abbott Laboratories spent nearly $7 billion on the biggest acquisition in the company's 123-year history, primarily to access one drug, Humira.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created May 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Abbott expanding study of its popular Xience stent

(AP) -- Abbott Laboratories Inc. is expanding a study of its top-selling heart stent by more than 2,000 patients, who may also be put in a second, landmark stent study meant to find the best way to prevent potentially fatal ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Aug 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0