CLAIM #3254 · Abbott Laboratories (ABT) · 2025Q1 earnings call · Apr 16, 2025 · due Dec 31, 2025
“We've had a good start to the year, and I anticipate that that momentum is going to continue.”
Robert Ford · CEO
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“o, you know, what we're going to be presenting across the entire EP portfolio, not just on the CRM side. On the structural side and also on the ablation side. So I think we're going to have a real good HRS and good data there too. So listen, I'll just I get that there's a lot of questions on tariffs. We've been doing a lot of work, a lot of modeling, but more important, a lot of ways to think about how to mitigate the impacts. Part of my push to the team and push to myself, quite frankly, is we need to figure out how to do this in a way that's sustainable and not just using gap closes, which we will use for sure, but how do we make this more sustainable? I found it interesting. We did not get a single Libre question. So you guys are very concerned on tariffs and macro, but all good there. We've had a good start to the year, and I anticipate that that momentum is going to continue. Gross margin and the operating margin expansion is very important, and I think it's even more important now with the dynamics that we're in. But we're not doing that at the expense of the pipeline. The pipeline continues to provide great new growth opportunities. And, like I said, I think the diversified model here, I think that Josh's question, I think it serves us very well. There's a lot of moving pieces. Maybe it's to Robbie's point, but our job here is to make all that complexity and all those moving pieces into sustained and reliable growth and performance. Which is what we've been doing and what we're going to continue to do. So which is why we've reaffirmed our guidance here, and so we look forward to updating you guys as we go through the year. So with that, I'll wrap up, and tha”
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