Wednesday, Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) reported first-quarter sales of $9.96 billion, up 10.8% on an organic basis for the underlying base business, beating the consensus of $9.88 billion. Reported sales increased by 2.2%, which includes the anticipated decline in COVID-19 testing-related revenue compared to the previous year.  First-quarter growth was led by Medical Devices (up 14.3% organic; 14.2% reported), with FreeStyle Libre sales growing 23.3% on an organic basis (22.4% reported) to $1.5 billion.  Related: FDA ...