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Abbott added a new tax risk disclosure addressing potential adverse changes in tax laws and regulations globally that could impact its effective tax rate and financial condition. The company substantively modified its public health crisis risk factor, likely reflecting lessons from COVID-19's material business impact, alongside updates to competitive and regulatory compliance risks. These changes represent a net addition of one risk disclosure with five substantive modifications across existing risk factors.
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Adverse changes in tax laws, regulations and interpretations, both in the U.S. and internationally, could have a material adverse effect on Abbott’s effective tax rate, financial condition and results of operations.
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Abbott is subject to risks related to public health crises, such as widespread outbreaks of infectious diseases like the COVID-19 pandemic, which had a material effect on Abbott’s business, financial condition and results of operations.
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New products and technological advances by Abbott’s competitors may negatively affect Abbott’s results of operations.
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It is costly for Abbott to comply with numerous governmental regulations and to develop compliant products and processes, and consequences for non-compliance could have a material adverse effect on Abbott's revenues, profitability, cash flows, and financial condition.
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Disruptions to Abbott’s global supply chain, which is large and complex, could negatively affect Abbott’s results of operations.
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Abbott depends on sophisticated information systems and maintains protected personal data, and a significant cybersecurity incident or other disruption affecting these information systems or protected data could have a material adverse effect on Abbott’s business, financial condition and results of operations.
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