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    Dr. Wallace Calvin Abbott was an American physician born in 1857 who founded Abbott Laboratories in 1888. He was one of the first American doctors to adopt a technique developed by a Belgian surgeon to distill alkaloids from medicinal plants into a solid form. Abbott Laboratories grew to become a major American healthcare company, ranked 134th on the Fortune 500 list in 2015. The company formulates known drugs and develops new research-based drugs, medical devices, diagnostics and nutritional products used worldwide to diagnose and monitor diseases.

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    Dr. Wallace Calvin Abbott was an American physician born in 1857 who founded Abbott Laboratories in 1888. He was one of the first American doctors to adopt a technique developed by a Belgian surgeon to distill alkaloids from medicinal plants into a solid form. Abbott Laboratories grew to become a major American healthcare company, ranked 134th on the Fortune 500 list in 2015. The company formulates known drugs and develops new research-based drugs, medical devices, diagnostics and nutritional products used worldwide to diagnose and monitor diseases.

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    Dr. Wallace Calvin Abbott was an American physician born in 1857 who founded Abbott Laboratories in 1888. He was one of the first American doctors to adopt a technique developed by a Belgian surgeon to distill alkaloids from medicinal plants into a solid form. Abbott Laboratories grew to become a major American healthcare company, ranked 134th on the Fortune 500 list in 2015. The company formulates known drugs and develops new research-based drugs, medical devices, diagnostics and nutritional products used worldwide to diagnose and monitor diseases.

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    Presented by: Kimberly Shane D.

    Doberte
    Born: October 12, 1857
    Birthplace: Bridgewater, VT
    Died: July 4, 1921
    Executive summary: Abbott
    Laboratories Founder and
    President (1888-1905)
    Author of books:
    A Brief Therapeutics of Some of the
    Principle Alkaloidal Medicaments:
    With Suggestions for Clinical
    Application (1901)
    Text-Book of Alkaloidal
    Therapeutics (1905)

    Dr. Wallace Calvin Abbott


    One of the first American
    physician to adopt a new
    technique developed by
    a Belgian surgeon to
    distill alkaloid – the parts
    of medicinal plants that
    have therapeutic effect –
    into solid form.

    Dr. Wallace Calvin Abbott


    Abbott Laboratories
    • An American health care company • 134th on the 2015 Fortune 500 list of
    founded in 1888 to formulate known drugs largest U.S.-based corporation
    and eventually grew to also sell research-
    based drugs, medical devices, diagnostics, • 2014 Top 20 Employers by the journal
    and nutritional products. Science
    • Abbott has a broad range of branded • World's Most Admired Companies by
    generic pharmaceuticals, medical devices, Fortune magazine every year since 1984 –
    diagnostics, and nutrition products. ranking No. 1 in medical equipment in
    2014 and 2015
    • Its medical tests and diagnostic instrument
    systems are used worldwide by hospitals, • recognized for 11 consecutive years for
    laboratories, blood banks, and physician sustainability leadership through its
    offices to diagnose and monitor diseases inclusion on the Dow Jones Sustainability
    such as HIV, hepatitis, cancer, heart failure Index (DJSI)
    and metabolic disorders, as well as assess
    other indicators of health.
    Change the life of someone in your
    hometown or across the country. Save
    the life of someone in a country
    halfway around the world. Improve the
    lives of millions of people worldwide,
    allowing them to be healthier than
    they ever thought they could be and to
    do things they never dreamed they
    would.
    The Abbott Culture
    WORK THAT MATTERS CULTURE OF INNOVATION

    What is a meaningful work? Good is never good enough.


    The Abbott Culture
    GROWTH AND ADVANCEMENT LIVELIHOOD AND WELL-BEING

    “We attract the best and brightest


    “We strive to provide careers full of employees; our benefits packages,
    challenging and rewarding work, as compensation plans and work
    well as personal and professional options are designed to help
    growth.” employees find success at work and
    at home.”
    We each have a unique way of living that’s at the heart of who we really are. It’s what helps us become our
    best possible selves. How we get to that place is different for each of us. It’s personal – but the quest to
    achieve our best life is what we all have in common, no matter who we are or where we live. And good health
    is the foundation – because at our healthiest, we can unlock all that life has to offer.
    That’s #LifeToTheFullest.

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