Edward Abbott Ravenscroft has been involved with Chicago-based Abbot Laboratories for over four years. As a shareholder, Edward Abbott Ravenscroft attends annual company meetings.
Abbot Laboratories is a major health care company that employs approximately 73,000 people and does business in 150 countries. It develops and manufactures pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and diagnostic and nutritional products.
Abbot also participates in medical research and recently published the findings of a year-long study conducted collaboratively with the University of California, San Francisco. The joint research project was able to identify the exact genetic makeup of a newly discovered virus, human pegivirus 2 (HPgV-2), which is found in the blood of some people with hepatitis C.
Using their knowledge of the virus’ genome, the researchers were able to develop a test to detect its presence in the bloodstream. While HPgV-2 is known to be closely associated with hepatitis C, it is not known if it is a cause of the disease; the collaborative research will continue and will focus on determining whether or not it is.
Abbot Laboratories is a major health care company that employs approximately 73,000 people and does business in 150 countries. It develops and manufactures pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and diagnostic and nutritional products.
Abbot also participates in medical research and recently published the findings of a year-long study conducted collaboratively with the University of California, San Francisco. The joint research project was able to identify the exact genetic makeup of a newly discovered virus, human pegivirus 2 (HPgV-2), which is found in the blood of some people with hepatitis C.
Using their knowledge of the virus’ genome, the researchers were able to develop a test to detect its presence in the bloodstream. While HPgV-2 is known to be closely associated with hepatitis C, it is not known if it is a cause of the disease; the collaborative research will continue and will focus on determining whether or not it is.