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Abbott to Separate into Two Leading Companies in Diversified Medical Products and Research-Based Pharmaceuticals

Two publicly traded companies will offer shareholders distinct opportunities given unique investment identities, business profiles and attributes Builds on a decade of strategic and operational advancements ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Oct. 19, 2011 – Today Abbott announced that it plans to separate into two publicly traded companies, one in diversified medical products and the other in research-based pharmaceuticals. The diversified medical products company will consist of Abbott's existing diversified medical products portfolio, including its branded generic pharmaceutical, devices,

Abbott Announces Positive Data From ABSORB Trial on Its Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold Technology

New Data From Second Phase Shows No Blood Clots, No Repeat Procedures and Very Low MACE in Patients Treated with Abbott's Innovative Device ATLANTA, March 15, 2010 – Abbott today announced positive 30-day results from the first 101 patients enrolled in the second phase of the ABSORB trial. Patients treated with Abbott's bioresorbable vascular scaffold (BVS), under clinical investigation in Europe, demonstrated no cases of blood clots (thrombosis), noneed for repeat procedures (ischemia-driven target lesion revascularization) and a very low rate of major adverse cardiac events (MACE¹

Abbott Statement on ARBITER 6 - HALTS Results

ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 15, 2009 - Results from the investigator-initiated ARBITER 6 - HALTS study showed patients at high cardiovascular risk had significant regression of atherosclerosis after 8 and 14 months of therapy with Abbott's Niaspan® (niacin extended-release tablets) plus a statin, the study's primary endpoint. In a prespecified secondary endpoint of the study, treatment with Niaspan plus statin also resulted in significantly fewer major adverse cardiac events, (or MACE, a composite endpoint consisting of heart attack, myocardial revascularization, admission to the hospital for an

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