AbbVie’s Post-Humira Strategy Continues Taking Shape With Rinvoq Approval
Executive Summary
AbbVie now has both of its Humira successors approved in the US, following April’s Skyrizi approval for psoriasis. But Rinvoq faces stiff competition both within the JAK1 class and in rheumatoid arthritis generally.
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