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Abbott’s COVID-19 test sales dive by nearly 90%

BinaxNOW COVID-19 test kits were made available to students at Whitney Young High School, Feb. 17, 2023.

Abbott Laboratories’ sales of COVID-19 tests fell by a whopping 89% during the second quarter of this year compared with the same time last year — a drop that comes as the world attempts to move on from the pandemic.

North suburban-based rapid, at-home COVID-19 test BinaxNOW. From April through June, Abbott sold $263 million worth of COVID-19 tests, compared with $2.3 billion during the same time last year.

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