Veliparib Phase III Failures Strike Blow To AbbVie's Oncology Strategy
Executive Summary
The failure of veliparib in Phase III studies of squamous NSCLC and triple-negative breast cancer is a blow for AbbVie's oncology pipeline, but may not have implications for other PARP inhibitors in new tumor types.
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