CTA Names Abbott CEO as First Healthcare CES Keynoter

Abbott CEO Robert Ford will be the first healthcare executive in CES history to take the main keynote stage when he appears at CES 2022 in early January, said CTA Tuesday. Abbott scientists, engineers, inventors and partners will join Ford on stage to discuss “the technology revolution in healthcare,” said the association. Q2 revenue in Abbott’s diagnostics business increased 55% from a year earlier and included $1.3 billion in COVID-19 testing-related sales, Ford told investors on a July 22 earnings call. Abbott drew about 80% of its Q2 COVID testing sales from rapid tests vs. polymerase chain reaction diagnostics, he said. Ford's CES 2022 keynote is scheduled for 9 a.m. PST Jan. 6 at the Palazzo.