Manufacturing
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12-04-07
Abbott Sets Aggressive Goal to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
ABBOTT PARK, IL, December 4, 2007 - Abbott today pledged to reduce its total U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2 percent on an absolute basis from 2006 to 2011. A member of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Climate Leaders program since 2006, Abbott has a...
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12-03-07
Cookie Johnson and Abbott Bring "I Stand With Magic: Campaign to End Black AIDS" to Los Angeles to Educate African-American Women on HIV/AIDS
LOS ANGELES - December 3, 2007 - In conjunction with World AIDS Day, Cookie Johnson, the wife of Earvin "Magic" Johnson, and Abbott are bringing the "I Stand With Magic" program to Los Angeles to educate the African-American community, specifically women, on HIV/AIDS prevent...
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12-02-07
The Magic Johnson Foundation and Abbott Expand Focus Of 'Campaign To End Black AIDS' to African-American Women in 2008
NEW YORK, NY -November 30, 2007 - In conjunction with World AIDS Day, Earvin "Magic" Johnson, the Magic Johnson Foundation and Abbott today announced that Cookie Johnson, wife of Earvin "Magic" Johnson will be touring throughout the country in 2008 to educate women on HIV/AI...
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12-02-07
Ugandan Children Are Among the First to Receive Abbott's Lower-Strength Aluvia (lopinavir/ritonavir) Tablet
KAMPALA, UGANDA - December 1, 2007 - Abbott today made its new lower-strength lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/r) tablet, known as Aluvia® in developing countries and Kaletra® in developed countries, available to children living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda "“ a step the co...
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11-21-07
Abbott's Environmental Protection Initiatives Again Recognized by the State of Illinois
ABBOTT PARK, IL - November 21, 2007 "“ Abbott has received the annual Illinois Governor's Pollution Prevention Award for outstanding environmental excellence for the sixth time in the last seven years.
The 21st annual Governor's Pollution Prev...
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11-21-07
Abbott Employees Give Back to Local Communities This Holiday Season
ABBOTT PARK, IL - November 21, 2007 - This holiday season, Abbott employees are reaching out to help their neighbors, providing more than $7.2 million in support for health and human service organizations in communities across the country. These employee contributions from ...
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11-21-07
Bayer Foundation Awards $1.5 Million in Grants to Support Science and Environmental Education, Sustainability
PITTSBURGH - November 21, 2007 - The Bayer Foundation today announced it will award a total of $1.5 million in grants over the next few years to a number of nonprofit organizations and universities for programs that foster sustainable development, science and environmental e...
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11-19-07
Merck Company Foundation Expands Network of Immunization Training Centers in Africa
WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. - November 19, 2007 - The Merck Company Foundation announced today a $2.8 million commitment to establish two new immunization training centers in Uganda and Zambia and to expand the Foundation's support of two existing centers in Kenya and Mali as p...
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11-15-07
Public Health Officials Announce First Country to Eliminate Transmission of the Tropical Disease Onchocerciasis
WHITEHOUSE STATION, NJ, USA, and QUITO, ECUADOR - November 15, 2007 - Public health officials gathering at the 17th Inter-American Conference on Onchocerciasis (IACO) in Quito, Ecuador, today announced that transmission of the tropical disease onchocerciasis (also known as r...
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11-12-07
Bayer Plants Trees With Chartiers Valley Intermediate School Students, Provides Free Environmental Education Materials
PITTSBURGH - NOVEMBER 12, 2007 - Reaffirming its commitment to sustainability and social responsibility, today Bayer employee-volunteers and Chartiers Valley Intermediate School third-graders rolled up their sleeves, grabbed their spades and planted trees on the school's cam...
