The Schall Law Firm, a national shareholder rights litigation firm, announces that it is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Abbott Laboratories (“Abbott” or “the Company”) (NYSE: ABT) for violations of the securities laws.

The investigation focuses on whether the Company issued false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose information pertinent to investors. The FDA announced on May 14, 2020, that early results of testing "suggest[s] potential inaccurate results from using the Abbott ID NOW point-of-care test to diagnose COVID-19 . . . and [that] the test may return false negative results." Based on this news, shares of Abbott dropped in intraday trading on May 15, 2020.

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