AbbVie’s Five Biggest Priorities, Apart From Allergan
Executive Summary
While it works on merging with Allergan, AbbVie is tracking biosimilar sales erosion to Humira, the promising launch of Skyrizi and the growth of Imbruvica and Venclexta. It is terminating a Phase II study of a tau-targeting antibody and worried about aspects of the Senate drug pricing bill.
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