CLAIM #3339 · Abbott Laboratories (ABT) · 2025Q4 earnings call · Jan 22, 2026 · due Dec 31, 2026
“I'd say the outlook of that business is we will be, I'd say, single-digit growth this year versus kind of where we were in 2025. And if you remove China, again, this is a full-year view. If you remove China, then you're in those you're in that kind of 7 to 8% kind of range.”
Robert Ford · CEO
How to check this claim
Look at: Full-year revenue growth rate for the referenced business segment (year-over-year, versus 2025), both including and excluding China
It came true if: Total segment growth 1%-9% (single-digit); ex-China growth 7%-8%
Where: Company-reported segment revenue growth (10-K / Q4 earnings release and call, full-year 2026 results)
In context
“egmenting the market, looking at our product portfolio, looking at different types of product offerings, you know, new product offering versus, you know, legacy product offering. So I think the teams have done a really good job there. And my expectation with that business going forward is, listen, I'm not expecting, you know, I'm not expecting big growth out of it. All I need for it is to be pretty stable. And it being stable, I get to have the other parts of the portfolio that are accelerating. Our US business is actually done better than what it's done in the past, so we're capturing market share over there. Our Latin America business is doing better than what it's done in the past, capturing share there. Our European business is continuing to grow and got a good position over there. So I'd say the outlook of that business is we will be, I'd say, single-digit growth this year versus kind of where we were in 2025. And if you remove China, again, this is a full-year view. If you remove China, then you're in those you're in that kind of 7 to 8% kind of range. So I don't like doing that, Matt, because, you know, China is part of our business. But you'll see an acceleration even with China just because it's a little bit more stable versus where it was last year. Matt Taylor: Great. Thanks. And maybe I could just ask a follow-up on diabetes. You talked about some optimism for the outlook for the market and specifically around the non-insulin type two coverage. We've seen the guidelines change, and so I definitely see a potential for that coverage to expand significantly. You mentioned you've seen some progress in the process. And I guess I was wondering how you think that could play out in the first half of the year, what forms the new coverage could take, or any other thoughts that you had on that? Robert Ford: I don't want to get ahead of mysel”
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