RETRACTABLE TECHNOLOGIES’ VANISHPOINT ® SAFETY SYRINGES TO BE INCLUDED IN ABBOTT LABORATORIES’ HOSPITAL ANESTHESIA TRAYS Little Elm, Texas, July 31, 2001—Retractable Technologies, Inc. (AMEX: RVP), a leading maker of safety needle products, today announced that it had signed an agreement with Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) granting Abbott the exclusive right