ABBOTT PARK, IL (April 5, 2004) – Abbott Laboratories will conduct aconference call with the investment community Thursday, April 8, to review the company’s first-quarter financial performance, an Abbott Laboratories spokesman said.

A live webcast of the conference call will begin at 10 a.m. (ET) and will be accessible through Abbott’s investor relations Web site at http://www.abbottinvestor.com. An archived edition of the call will be available after 2 p.m. (ET), the spokesman said.

Abbott Laboratories, a maker of pharmaceuticals, nutritionals and medical products, employs some 70,000 people and markets its products in more than 130 countries.