Abbott Company Profile

Abbott Company Profile



For more than a century, Abbott Laboratories has been working to advance health care for people around the world. Founded in 1888 by a young Chicago physician, Dr Wallace Calvin Abbott, Abbott Laboratories has evolved into a diversified health care company that discovers, develops, manufactures and markets innovative products and services. Products and services of Abbott span the continuum of care from prevention and diagnosis to treatment and cure.

Abbott Laboratories today is a global, diversified health care company devoted to the discovery, development, manufacture and marketing of pharmaceutical, diagnostic, nutritional and hospital products. The company now employs approximately 70,000 people and markets its products in 130 countries worldwide.

Abbott's news releases and other information are available on the company's home site www.abbott.com .

Abbott India, today has strong brand equity and commands esteem in the market place. To reach the customer, Abbott India has a network of 18 distribution points, which cater to 2,500 stockists and 70,000 retailers. Behind Abbott India's success is a team of competent, committed people, driven by the principles of Value Based Management, and aided by strong alliances and partnerships.

Abbott India, provides healthcare solutions through its four marketing arms:

1. Pharmaceutical Products Division of Abbott India Limited, which markets products in the areas of Pain Management, Gastroenterology, with well-known brands like Brufen, Digene, Cremaffin and Norvir.

2. Magnus, a division of Abbott India Limited, is a specialty division, which provides solutions in the areas of Diabetes, Thyroid disorders, Obesity and benign prostatic hyperplasia.

3. Lenbrook, a division of Abbott India Limited, has a varied portfolio, with speciality products in the Neurology and Psychiatric segments.

4. Abbott Healthcare Pvt. Ltd. - which markets specialty nutritional products for all segments.

The company has over 1100 employees and a state-of-the-art formulation plant at Verna in Goa. The manufacturing location is designed to produce quality, high volume formulations using cost efficient processes. The plant has well equipped laboratories and trained personnel to ensure international standards of quality at each step of the manufacturing process.

The company has in-house development and medical teams to undertake product and clinical development tailored to the needs of the Indian market.

Abbott provides quality healthcare worldwide by creating healthcare solutions, which directly affects the life of the common man.

Companies vision is to be the world's premier health care company and the mission is to improve lives by providing cost-effective health care products and services.

Careers:
At Abbott, the employ a diverse workforce of innovative people who work together to help discover, develop, manufacture, and market breakthrough pharmaceutical, nutritional, and medical products.

Through our work, Abbott develops leading edge drug therapies that help patients live longer and healthier, innovative devices that help people manage life-threatening diseases and novel surgical instruments that speed the recovery time for patients so they can get home faster. Join us and you'll be part of a team proud of its efforts to improve the quality of people's lives.

Abbott offers a wide spectrum of job opportunities from entry- to executive-level positions in areas such as research, technology, finance, manufacturing, engineering, sales and marketing, quality and regulatory, and information technology.

Abbott offers more than just a job - our diversity allows us to offer employees unlimited career opportunities in a variety of disciplines, including research, science, technology, finance, engineering, and marketing, as well as across many health care specialties, including pharmaceutical, medical products and nutritionals. And, we're proud to say that our efforts have been recognized by distinguished publications and organizations, such as The Corporate Research Foundation, Great Places to Work Institute-Europe, Business Week, Forbes, Fortune, Money, Science and Working Mother.

Abbott provides equal opportunities for every employee - no matter which role they play or how long they've been with the company - and works hard to nurture an atmosphere that fosters creative thinking and helps employees develop to their full potential. We believe the simple reason why any organization - or individual - reaches its full potential is because diversity is valued, appreciated, and supported at all levels.

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Contact Address in India:
ABBOTT INDIA LIMITED
3-4 Corporate Park
Sion-Trombay Road
Chembur
Mumbai - 400 071
India

Tel: +91 22 55978888
Fax:+91 22 55978920
Email: webmaster@abbott.co.in
Website: www.abbott.co.in

For more details visit the Abbott's home site at www.abbott.com