Media Statement from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital® Issued: January 4, 2017

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Jan 04, 2017, 06:29 ET

MEMPHIS, Tenn., Jan. 4, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital^® is not affiliated with St. Jude Medical in any way. Founded by the late entertainer Danny Thomas and located in Memphis, Tennessee, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is a nonprofit pediatric cancer hospital and research center. St. Jude Medical is now a subsidiary of Abbott Laboratories, a publicly traded global healthcare company. There are a number of organizations that use St. Jude in their names, but there is only one St. Jude Children's Research Hospital dedicated to finding the cures and saving the lives of children fighting cancer and other life-threatening diseases.

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