AbbVie’s Blockbuster Vraylar Adds Significant Indication, Adjunctive MDD
Executive Summary
Already selling at a run rate above $2bn annually, AbbVie predicts the atypical antipsychotic could reach the $4bn mark with a new US indication for adjunctive treatment of major depressive disorder.
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