Profile: Abbott Laboratories is a health care company which distributes pharmaceutical, nutritional, diagnostic and medical products. Our pharmaceutical products deal with the treatment of HIV, rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease and other autoimmune disorders. We provide drugs for migraine, epilepsy and mania. We provide specialized medicines for managing obesity, thyroid disease, high cholesterol, hypertension, dyslipidemia and cancer. Our medical diagnostic instruments and tests are used worldwide in hospitals, reference labs, blood banks, clinics and at home to diagnose cancer and diabetes.