“I think one of the questions there about showing our EPS exiting the year in high single digits, double-digit kind of range and getting back to our formula, that's what we're interested in, and we've got a lot of positive momentum here heading into the second half of the year.”

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“ve got plenty of opportunities to be able to do that, so I’d say I think we’ve done a pretty good here at returning cash back to our shareholders over the last couple of years, and that commitment we’ll maintain, so. Robert Ford: I’ll just close here. This was a great quarter for us and, quite frankly, a great quarter in connection with five quarters before that, where we’ve delivered above-market growth. I’m really pleased with our continued strong performance. We’ve raised our sales outlook, our EPS ranges for the second time this year. The toughest COVID test comps are now behind us, so I look forward to not having to--you know, we’ll obviously report our COVID testing sales, but you’ll start to see those comps start to dwindle away now, which means then that our EPS is back to growth. I think one of the questions there about showing our EPS exiting the year in high single digits, double-digit kind of range and getting back to our formula, that’s what we’re interested in, and we’ve got a lot of positive momentum here heading into the second half of the year. With that, we’ll wrap up, and thank you for joining us. Mike Comilla: Thank you Operator, and thank you all for your questions. This now concludes Abbott’s conference call. A webcast replay of this call will be available after 11:00 am Central time today on Abbott’s Investor Relations website at abbottinvestor.com. Thank you for joining us today. Operator: Thank you. This concludes today’s conference call. Thank you for your participation. You may now disconnect. Everyone have a wonderful day.”