Abbott Diabetes Care

Abbott Diabetes Care is a division of American multinational company Abbott Laboratories. Today, Abbott Diabetes Care is a major player in the continuous glucose monitoring market — the company's "Freestyle" brand of continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) is believed to be the most widely used CGM device.

This is a comprehensive review of the business and technology of Abbott Diabetes Care, assembled from company reports and extensive academic literature review, and supported by additional interview comments over several years. It focuses primarily on the technology behind their market leading FreeStyle™ Libre™ CGM device, which generated over $1.8bn in revenue in 2019.