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Study Questions Utility Of Merck Cholesterol Drugs
Nov 18th, 2009 - Wall Street Journal
(Adds analyst reaction beginning in eighth paragraph and updated stock price.) A new study by health insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc. (UNH) concludes Merck & Co.'s...
Niacin Bests Zetia in Cholesterol Study
Nov 17th, 2009 - Wall Street Journal
Bring out the niacin. That's the simplest message from a small but long-awaited study comparing Abbott Laboratories' niacin-based drug Niaspan against Merck Inc.'s cholesterol-lowering medicine Zetia.
Doctors gird for patient anxiety over Zetia data
Nov 16th, 2009 - Reuters
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - The good news for Merck & Co's Zetia cholesterol fighter is that doctors do not seem unduly concerned about its latest setback in a clinical trial...
UPDATE 1-Merck up as Zetia trial less damaging than feared
Nov 16th, 2009 - Reuters
* Zetia trial results less damaging to Merck than expected * Merck shares rise 2.7 pct; Abbott up 1.3 pct * Trial results presented at AHA meeting in Orlando (Updates with details, additional analyst comment) BOSTON, Nov...
US Stocks Surge To Fresh 2009 Highs; DJIA Up 135
Nov 16th, 2009 - Wall Street Journal
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--U.S. stocks surged Monday, with all three major indexes hitting new intraday highs for 2009, as a report of robust economic growth in Japan sparked a rally in energy and materials firms.

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Michael Abad - Abbott Laboratories
Michael Abad, section manager, manufacturing engineering at Abbott Laboratories, interviewed at the World Drug Manufacturing Summit in Dusseldorf, 9-11th September 2008.
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Earnings Watch: Coca-Cola, Abbott Laboratories, Charles Schwab
Coca-Cola 3Q EPS - Act. $0.83 vs. Est. $0.77; Abbott 3Q EPS - Act. $0.79 vs. Est. $0.78; Charles Schwab 3Q EPS - Act. $0.27 vs. Est. $0.24
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Abbott Partners with the Chicago Park District to Build Healthier Communities
Abbott partners with the Chicago Park District on the launch of a community wellness program to build healthier communities.
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Personalized Medicine (Abbott Labs)
In Honors Bio for a project, we had to create a video on personalized medicine. The best video, which explained exactly what we knew about it and how it worked, as well as what we wanted Abbott to do, was voted on by the class ...

Abbott Laboratories from WikiPedia:

Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) is a diversified pharmaceuticals health care company. It has 72,000 employees and operates in over 130 countries. The corporate headquarters are in Abbott Park, Illinois, located near North Chicago, Illinois.

Abbott Laboratories was founded by Chicago physician Wallace Calvin Abbott in 1888. In 2008, Abbott had over $29 billion in revenue.

In 1985, the company developed the first HIV blood screening test. The company's drug portfolio includes Humira, a drug for rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, Crohn's disease, moderate to severe chronic psoriasis and juvenile idiopathic arthritis; Norvir, a treatment for HIV; Depakote, an anticonvulsant drug; and Synthroid, a synthetic thyroid hormone. Abbott also has a broad range of medical devices, diagnostics and immunoassay products as well as nutritional products, including Ensure, a line of well known meal replacement shakes, and EAS, the largest producer of performance based nutritional supplements.