“Our cash generation and cash flow management are likely gonna put us ahead of our January forecast for the year, and that is gonna just allow greater flexibility here for capital return.”

In context

“m and kind of temporary challenges that, that we have highlighted, in January. So very good progress there. Think we are entering the second half with a lot of momentum, several of our key growth drivers. We know what they are. We know what we need to do. And, and that is what we are focusing on, every single week and month, on to the targets that we have set for ourselves. So my confidence remains high in that second half acceleration. The efforts and focus that we put on gross margin and our gross margin expansion strategy, both from a mix and cost mitigation, they are having an impact. And that is allowed us to raise our full year EPS guidance. And we have raised it more by the beat that we had in the second quarter because we believe that the sustainability of this expansion is there. Our cash generation and cash flow management are likely gonna put us ahead of our January forecast for the year, and that is gonna just allow greater flexibility here for capital return. And I am extremely excited about the pipeline that we built both for the products that we are launching, the future product launches. That we are gonna have over the next 24 months. I think it gives us confidence that we have got a lot of momentum that we are building is sustainable as we move into 2027 and 2028. So with that, I thank you for joining us today. Thank you all for your questions. Operator: This now concludes Abbott's conference call. A webcast replay of this call will be available after 11AM Central Time today on our website abbott.com. You for joining us today. Thank you. This concludes today's conference call. Thank you for your participation. You may now disconnect. Everyone, have a wonderful day.”