Sep 05, 2019 / 05:20PM GMT
Lawrence H. Biegelsen - Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Research Division - Senior Analyst
It is my pleasure to host this session with the management from Baxter. With us, we have Jay Saccaro, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; and Clare Trachtman, Vice President of Investor Relations. The format is going to be fireside chat. If anybody in the audience has a question, please raise your hand and we'll call on you.
So Jay and Clare, thank you very much for being here.
Clare Trachtman - Baxter International Inc. - VP of IR
Thanks, Larry.
Questions and Answers:
Lawrence H. Biegelsen - Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Research Division - Senior AnalystSo Jay, wanted to start with the outlook for 2019 and then kind of dive into kind of the individual segments. And if we start kind of high level with your 2019 outlook, it calls for an acceleration in the top line growth in the second half as well as an improvement in the margins in the second half versus the first half. So what drives the