Abbott to shut UK operation

20 June 2001

Abbott Laboratories is planning to shut its pharmaceutical R&Dlaboratories in Queenborough, UK, eliminating 80 jobs, as it consolidates facilities following its acquisition of BASF AG's Knoll Pharmaceuticals unit (Marketletter March 12). Abbott wil transfer activities to its operations in Ludwigshafen, Germany, and Abbott Park, Illinois.

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