CLAIM #3370 · Abbott Laboratories (ABT) · 2026Q1 earnings call · Apr 16, 2026 · due Dec 31, 2026
“I expect full-year Core Lab growth to be mid-single digits.”
Robert Ford · CEO
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Look at: Full-year Core Lab (Diagnostics) segment organic sales growth rate, year-over-year
It came true if: Full-year Core Laboratory Diagnostics organic growth between 4.0% and 6.0%
Where: Company quarterly/annual earnings release and segment results (10-K / Q4 2026 earnings call)
In context
“e China modeled at a single-digit decline for the year. Could we do better than that? It seems like the team has done better in the first quarter, and I hope they will continue. In the U.S., the team has done a fantastic job. Growth rates are high single digits and have been like that for some time. We are renewing contracts at a very high renewal rate—call it 90% plus—and share gains are accelerating. Our win rates are 55% plus; in new business, we are able to win one out of two. Europe is difficult to characterize as one region because of north-south differences, but in general, the business has been mid- to high-single digits pretty reliably. We feel very good about Diagnostics. It has been performing well, with the exception of the impact of VBP in China, and that seems to be lapping. I expect full-year Core Lab growth to be mid-single digits. I was talking to the leader of that business yesterday—they have strategies to do better than that, with the second half higher than the first, consistent with what we have historically done. The team has done a very good job navigating VBP in China and continuing to drive growth in other parts of the business. In China, about 80% of our portfolio has gone through VBP. You will probably hear about new waves of VBP like a fertility VBP or a cancer VBP, and we have very little share in those segments. I do not want to say we are past the eye of the hurricane, but it seems like the teams have stabilized China, and the other businesses continue to perform the way they have historically performed. Just before we end the call, I would like to reiterate my comments at the end of my prepared rema”
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