On February 13, 2020, the Company announced that its consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, as of and for the interim periods within the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 and the interim periods ended June 30 and March 31, 2019, and the related audit and interim review reports of PwC should no longer be relied upon. Please read the financial statements and related audit and interim review reports for these periods as restated in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 2020.
Users of Baxter's Financial Schedules should not rely on the continued accuracy of the data presented each quarter beyond the date it was released. Changes to reporting structure, accounting methodology, passage of time, and other items may render the company's previously issued financial results stale. Baxter does not undertake to update historical financial results as a general matter unless otherwise required by the federal securities laws.