ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Jan. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Abbott (NYSE: ABT) will announce its fourth-quarter 2024 financial results on Wednesday, Jan. 22, before the market opens. 

The announcement will be followed by a live webcast of the earnings conference call at 8:30 a.m. Central time (9:30 a.m. Eastern) and will be accessible through Abbott's Investor Relations website at www.abbottinvestor.com. An archived edition of the call will be available later that day.

About Abbott: Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

MISSISSAUGA, ON, Dec. 17, 2024 /CNW/ -- Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced that the Government of Alberta has added Abbott's FreeStyle Libre 2* flash glucose monitoring system to the Alberta Drug Benefit List.

Starting December 16, 2024, Alberta residents living with diabetes can access provincial reimbursement of the FreeStyle Libre 2 system if they are 18 or older and are being treated with insulin pump therapy, both basal and bolus insulin, or premixed insulin. People under the age of 18 can access the FreeStyle Libre 2 flash glucose monitoring system* if they use any type of insulin.

ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Dec. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced that its board of directors has increased the company's quarterly common dividend to 59 cents per share, an increase of 7.3%. The company's quarterly dividend payout has increased more than 60% since 2020.

This marks Abbott's 53rd consecutive year of dividend growth. It will be the 404th consecutive quarterly dividend to be paid by Abbott since 1924. The cash dividend is payable Feb. 14, 2025, to shareholders of record at the close of business on Jan. 15, 2025.

ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Nov. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced the first patient procedures with its investigational transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) balloon-expandable system for treating symptomatic severe aortic stenosis. This investigational Abbott TAVI system is the first step toward Abbott's software-guided balloon-expandable TAVI system and is designed to build a foundation for artificial intelligence (AI) guided procedures. Once the investigational balloon-expandable system completes clinical development and is approved by regulatory authorities, Abbott's structural heart portfolio will offer physicians another TAVI management option to meet the patient's needs along with the company's Navitor™ TAVI system, which is already commercially available.

KILKENNY, Ireland, Nov. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today marked the official opening of its state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Kilkenny, Ireland with a ceremony attended by An Taoiseach, Simon Harris, TD, and Abbott Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Robert Ford. The site is a global manufacturing centre of excellence for Abbott's diabetes care business and will employ more than 800 people.

KILKENNY, Irland, 18. November 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Abbott (NYSE: ABT) hat heute seine hochmoderne Produktionsstätte in Kilkenny, Irland, in Anwesenheit des irischen Premierministers Simon Harris und des Chairman und Chief Executive Officer von Abbott, Robert Ford, feierlich eröffnet. Der Standort ist ein globales Produktionszentrum für Abbotts Geschäftsbereich Diabetes Care und wird mehr als 800 Mitarbeiter beschäftigen.

MISSISSAUGA, ON, Oct. 30, 2024 /CNW/ -- Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today released new data highlighting the emotional challenges faced by people living with type 2 diabetes, revealing key motivators to help them manage their condition.

Nearly 12 million Canadians are living with diabetes or pre-diabetes, and the overwhelming majority have or will be diagnosed with type 2.1 While a variety of factors contribute to the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, it is often positioned to be in someone's control and associated with lifestyle factors, like nutrition and exercise.2 This perception, along with the words and actions of others, can have a profound impact on those navigating the realities of type 2 diabetes.

ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Oct. 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced a new, first-of-its-kind clinical trial designed to improve outcomes in patients with worsening heart failure who could benefit from advanced therapy options. The TEAM-HF trial, which is planned to enroll up to 850 patients across 75 sites worldwide, will measure pulmonary artery pressures (PAP) using Abbott's CardioMEMS™ HF System to objectively identify advanced heart failure patients at high risk of mortality who could benefit from a life-saving HeartMate 3™ left ventricular assist device (LVAD, or heart pump) earlier in their disease progression.