Miles White | Chairman, Chief Executive Officer |
Brian Yoor | Executive Vice President, Finance, Chief Financial Officer |
Scott Leinenweber | Vice President, Investor Relations |
Mike Weinstein | JP Morgan |
Matthew Taylor | Barclays |
David Lewis | Morgan Stanley |
Joanne Wuensche | BMO Capital Markets |
Josh Jennings | Cowen & Co. |
Lawrence Biegelsen | Wells Fargo |
Glenn Novarro | RBC Capital Markets |
Bob Hopkins | Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
Good morning and thank you for standing by. Welcome to Abbott’s fourth quarter 2017 earnings conference call. All participants will be able to listen only until the question and answer portion of this call.
During the question and answer session, you will be able to ask your question by pressing the star, one key on your touchtone phone. Should you become disconnected throughout this conference call, please redial the number provided to you and reference the Abbott earnings call.