Karachi, Abbott Laboratories Limited informed Pakistan Stock Exchange that Annual Report of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2018 have been transmitted through PUCARS and is also available on Company’s website.
Abbott Laboratories Limited is a public limited company. It was
incorporated in Pakistan on July 2, 1948. Abbott started operations in Pakistan
as a marketing affiliate in 1948. The company is engaged in the manufacturing,
importing and marketing of research based pharmaceutical, nutritional,
diagnostic, diabetic care, molecular devices, and hospital and consumer
products. The company also provides toll manufacturing services. The stocks of
the company are quoted on the Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad stock exchanges of
Pakistan. The registered office of the company is located in Karachi.
Abbott Pakistan is part of the global healthcare corporation of Abbott Laboratories,
Chicago, USA. It has over 70,000 employees worldwide and a global presence in
more than 130 countries. It has a work force of over 1500 employees. Besides
this the company has two manufacturing facilities located at Landhi and Korangi
in Karachi.
The symbol “ABOT” is being used by the stock exchanges for the shares of Abbott
Laboratories Limited.