Abbott’s Medical Device Sales Hit by China Curbs, Supply Chain Issues

Abbott’s Medical Device Sales Hit by China Curbs, Supply Chain Issues
The Abbott Laboratories logo is displayed on a screen at the New York Stock Exchange in New York on Oct. 18, 2021. Brendan McDermid/Reuters
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Abbott Laboratories on Wednesday reported lower-than-expected medical device sales for the fourth quarter as COVID-19 curbs in China and supply-chain issues hit its international operations.

The company also flagged that medical devices sales would remain soft in the first quarter, mirroring similar comments a day earlier from rival Johnson & Johnson, which cited China’s COVID-19 outbreak as the reason for the weakness.