Abbott AxSYM U.S. Presence May Give Firm Edge Over BNP Competitors

Abbott will try to leverage its installed U.S. base of 5,000 AxSYM automated analyzers to gain a competitive advantage over Bayer Diagnostics as each firm prepares a 2003 launch of a B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) test to help diagnose congestive heart failure