Clare Trachtman | VP, IR |
José Almeida | Chairman & CEO |
James Saccaro | CFO |
Michael Weinstein | JP Morgan Securities LLC |
Lawrence Keusch | Raymond James & Associates, Inc. |
Vijay Kumar | Evercore ISI |
Matthew Taylor | Barclays Capital, Inc. |
Danielle Antalffy | Leerink Partners LLC |
David Lewis | Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC |
Larry Biegelsen | Wells Fargo Securities LLC |
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to Baxter International's Fourth Quarter 2017 Earnings Conference Call.
Your lines will remain in a listen-only mode, until the question-and-answer segment of today's call. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this call is being recorded by Baxter and is copyrighted material. It cannot be recorded or rebroadcast without Baxter's permission.
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