ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Feb. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The board of directors of Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today declared a quarterly common dividend of 59 cents per share.

This marks the 405th consecutive quarterly dividend to be paid by Abbott since 1924. The cash dividend is payable May 15, 2025, to shareholders of record at the close of business on April 15, 2025.

Abbott has increased its dividend payout for 53 consecutive years and is a member of the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index, which tracks companies that have increased dividends annually for at least 25 consecutive years.

MISSISSAUGA, ON, Feb. 4, 2025 /CNW/ -- 'One cupcake won't kill you', 'I'm going to get diabetes just looking at that', 'That person doesn't look like they have diabetes.' New survey results and a short film, Above the Bias, released today by Abbott (NYSE: ABT) highlight how everyday comments like these may affect people living with diabetes.

ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Feb. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- 'One cupcake won't kill you,' 'I'm going to get diabetes just looking at that,' 'That person doesn't look like they have diabetes.' New survey results and a film released today by Abbott highlight how everyday comments like these may affect people living with diabetes.

ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Jan. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced financial results for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, 2024.

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.