Founded in 1888 by Dr. Wallace Abbott, a Chicago physician, Abbott is a broad-based health care company that discovers, develops, manufactures and markets products and services that span the continuum of care - from prevention and diagnosis to treatment and cure. Abbott's principal businesses are global pharmaceuticals, nutritional and medical products, including diagnostics and cardiovascular devices. Ross Products, a nutritional division of Abbott, is one of the world's most respected names for nutritional and related health care products providing scientifically superior nutritional products that advance the quality of life of people.

Medical research continues to reaffirm the importance of proper nutrition in maintaining and improving human health. Abbott is behind some of the world's most trusted names in pediatric, adult and healthy living nutritional products. Similac was launched in the early 20th century. For the last 80 years Abbott has been a worldwide leader in infant nutrition. We've continued to translate leading-edge science into formulas and related nutritional products that support the nutritional needs, healthy growth and development of infants, children and grownups. Some of our innovations include: addition of fatty acids known as DHA and ARA, and development of unique fat blends for better absorption of calcium to build a strong skeleton. Abbott also develops and markets nutritional formulas for infants and children with food allergies or metabolic illnesses.

Abbott nutrition is formed as a new organizational structure within Abbott, with an objective to maximize performance while gaining efficiencies through the global coordination of functions such as supply chain and R&D. This new structure will enable us to remain responsive to the local needs of our customers worldwide.

In Pakistan Abbott's nutritional products have pioneered the nutritional care and support in health and disease. Abbott Nutrition Pakistan with its pediatric and medical nutrition ranges, is striving to fulfill the promise of life by providing nutrition support, with our wide range of products for infants, children, moms and adults.

Abbott Nutrition Pakistan's Nutrition range includes:

• Similac an Infant nutritional product.
• Isomil for babies who require lactose free nutrition.
• Pediasure a nutritional supplement for growing children
• Pedialyte a ready to feed oral rehydration solution.
• Formance is a fat free maternal nutritional supplement for pregnant and nursing mothers.
• Ensure a leading source of complete, balanced nutrition to help adults maintain an active, healthy lifestyle, and to recuperate from illness.
• Glucerna and Glucerna SR to support the special needs of Diabetics.
• Suplena a disease specific nutrition and
• Promod a protein based nutritional supplement.

Abbott Nutrition Pakistan with its well-known consumer brands, offer medical foods and feeding devices for patients with special dietary needs due to injury, food allergies, or diseases that affect the body's metabolism such as cancer, respiratory conditions and gastrointestinal impairment. We focus on combining the science of nutrition with state-of-the-art technology and design to offer nutritional products that are easy to use and meet the changing nutritional needs of people at each stage of life.