CLAIM #3344 · Abbott Laboratories (ABT) · 2025Q4 earnings call · Jan 22, 2026 · due Dec 31, 2026
“We're going to go into trial, into our IDE trial with our balloon TAVR in the second half of this year.”
Robert Ford · CEO
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Look at: Initiation of IDE (Investigational Device Exemption) clinical trial for balloon TAVR program
It came true if: Company confirms IDE trial has started enrollment/initiation between 2026-07-01 and 2026-12-31
Where: management commentary on quarterly earnings calls / company press releases
In context
“ifth generation. I mentioned guideline changes to MitraClip and Triclip. That's having an impact. We just got approval or got approval for Triclip in Japan. That's a whole new market for us that we see a huge opportunity, a big opportunity for us, and we're launching that as we speak in Q1. We've done some bolt-on M&A in this business. I think I mentioned this last time. We acquired a company called Lara Lab, which is an AI-powered imaging interventional cardiology company that's we're integrating that into our product offerings now for pre-procedure planning. So I think that's going to help also since imaging is such an important part in these procedures. And then the pipeline looks really good too. We've got our next-generation amulet. Expect to be launching that beginning of next year. We're going to go into trial, into our IDE trial with our balloon TAVR in the second half of this year. So, again, as I'm thinking about I know what's going to launch in 2027, and I know the impact that those launches are going to have in terms of our growth rate, and we're building our pipeline to be able to ensure that we can sustain that growth in 2028. And I look at this Balloon TAVR program as really being important to do that. And then we're also going to start our IDE trial for our trans-mitral valve replacement program too, which I think is going to be best-in-class. So I think this team has got not only an incredible pipeline to work with, but we've also been making the investments on the clinical side, clinical teams, sales reps, across the world. So I think we're well-positioned in our structural heart business. Crystal, we'll take one more question, please. Operator: Thank you.”
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SEC filings for ABT ↗ · Claim quote is verbatim from the 2025Q4 earnings call.