Abbott supports the national „Girls Day“
Back to the future
Where do new medicines come from? What has to happen before they can be prescribed to patients? What products are under development to help patients with diseases like Alzheimer’s? We ask ourselves these questions every day – and we can’t find the answers all by ourselves. That’s why Abbott offers high school students opportunities to immerse themselves into the world of pharmaceutical research.
We support ’Girls’ Day’
What does Abbott produce? What does a pharmaceutical production technician do? How does an HIV test work? The questions that came up at Girls’ Day in Wiesbaden and Ludwigshafen were as diverse and interesting as our apprenticeship programs themselves. Recruiting a diverse workforce is important to us. Girls’ Day 2009 was the sixth time that we invited female school students to Abbott to see our biology and chemistry labs, production facilities, and administrative center. We hope that many of them will apply for internships.
We support ’Jugend denkt Zukunft’
A patch containing insulin gel replaces injections and monitoring devices for people with diabetes. A chip called BloodCHECK, implanted beneath the skin, transmits information on organ function and blood levels. A nanorobot helps repair damage from Alzheimer’s. All those ideas originated by ninth graders when the elite class from Heinrich Böll Gymnasium in Ludwigshafen took part in the ‘Jugend denkt Zukunft’ event in June 2008. Abbott participated for the fifth time in 2009, partnering with schools to sponsor the fun and rewarding student think tank.