Last year, Abbott brought to market inventions that are changing people's lives all over the world. We took on issues of diabetes and malnutrition, introducing a glucose monitoring device that eliminates the need for routine fingersticks and an infant formula that is closer to breast milk than ever before. These innovations propelled us to additional recognition in Popular Science and Science Magazine.

They also impacted real people’s lives – people like Phyllis Camp, who can work in her flower garden again, go to work again, and Jen Grieves who now can cycle up the mountainous terrain of Northern England with the security of continuous monitoring of her glucose levels.

The prestigious Top 100 Global Innovators list, in its sixth year, determined the top 100 companies based on their commitment to innovation, the protection of ideas and the commercialization of inventions.

So, here's to the scientists – the managers, the marketers, the salespeople, the manufacturers and so many others who make Abbott’s innovation successes possible. With the recent addition of St. Jude Medical, we've got a whole lot more coming in 2017, too.