Abbott

History

Year	Detail
1888	Production of “alkaloidal” medicine granules.
1894	Incorporated as the Abbott Alkaloidal Company.
1907	Business Expansion In London, U.K.
1916	Production of our first synthetic medicine, Chlorazene.
1929	Initial public offering provides shares.
1935	Introduction of Pentothal.
1942	Abbott joins pharmaceutical makers to increase production of penicillin.
1959	Adoption of Abbott "A" logo.
1964	Acquisition of M&R Dietetics.
1972	Introduction of the ABA-100 blood chemistry analyzer as well as Ausria.
1985	Approval of licensed test to identify the HIV virus in blood.
1998	Introduction of Glucerna.
2002	FDA approval of Humira.
2006	Launch of the Xience .
2010	Recognized as the largest pharmaceutical company in India.
2014	Launched glucose monitoring system FreeStyle Libre.
2016	Launched Alinity series a diagnostics and informatics systems.
2017	Abbott acquired St. Jude Medical which was a largest acquisition ever.
2017	Abbott acquired Alere Inc.
2020	Abbott launched multiple COVID-19 diagnostic tests following the outbreak.
2021	Abbott acquired Walk Vascular, LLC.
2022	Abbott introduced Lingo.
2023	Abbott received approval from the FDA for Aveir DR.