Abbott Concludes Former Employees’ Allegations Concerning Michigan Formula Plant ‘Unfounded’
Firm Plans Spending $500M To Build US Facility To Boost Formula Production
Executive Summary
Abbott’s Q3 worldwide sales of formula and other pediatric nutritionals were down 24.8% on reported basis. It plans spending $500m on a new formula facility after finding the US “would benefit from more manufacturing capacity and redundancy.”
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