Oncology Deal Spree To Continue For AbbVie – Early Cancer Pipeline Outweighs Other Disease R&D
Executive Summary
Cancer focused and charging forwards, AbbVie makes 2017 the year its pipeline will expand a little more. Scrip looks at the company’s growing oncology portfolio and what is yet to come and speaks to medical affairs head Bianca Wittig about challenges intertwined with oncology R&D.
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