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AbbVie reports positive results for RINVOQ in SELECT-CHOICE phase 3 trial

AbbVie reports positive results for RINVOQ in SELECT-CHOICE phase 3 trial

AbbVie said that RINVOQ (upadacitinib, 15 mg, once daily) has met the primary endpoint and key secondary endpoints in the SELECT-CHOICE phase 3 trial in a certain population of rheumatoid arthritis patients. RINVOQ met the primary endpoint of non-inferiority compared to Bristol Myers Squibb’s ORENCIA (abatacept) on change from baseline in Disease Activity Score 28 […]

AbbVie wraps up $63bn acquisition of Irish drugmaker Allergan

US biopharma company AbbVie has wrapped up its previously announced $63 billion acquisition of Irish drugmaker Allergan following receipt of all the required approvals from all government authorities and approval from the Irish High Court. AbbVie acquisition of Allergan, which was announced in June 2019, is said to expand and diversify significantly the former’s revenue […]

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AbbVie acquisition of Allergan gets antitrust clearance from US FTC

AbbVie acquisition of Allergan update : US biopharma company AbbVie has secured clearance from the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for its previously announced $63 billion acquisition of Botox developer Allergan. According to AbbVie, the approval from the FTC satisfies all the necessary antitrust clearances required for the closing of the cash cum stock deal […]

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Allergan to sell brazikumab to AstraZeneca and Zenpep to Nestle

Allergan has agreed to sell IL-23 inhibitor brazikumab to AstraZeneca and gastrointestinal medication Zenpep (pancrelipase) to Nestle in separate agreements, as per the latest pharma acquisition news. Financial details of the two deals have not been disclosed. The divestments are being taken up in an effort to wrap up the $63 billion AbbVie acquisition of […]

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AbbVie, Scripps Research to collaborate on developing new therapeutics

US biopharma company AbbVie has entered into a collaboration with California-based nonprofit medical research facility Scripps Research with a goal to develop new therapies for a variety of diseases, including in the therapeutic areas of oncology, immunology, fibrosis, and neurology. Peter Schultz – CEO of Scripps Research and Calibr, its drug discovery unit, said: “Based […]

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MERU clinical trial : AbbVie ends Rova-T program in lung cancer

Following undesired results from the phase 3 MERU clinical trial, US biopharma company AbbVie has terminated the research and development program of Rovalpituzumab Tesirine (Rova-T), an investigational lung cancer drug. The MERU clinical trial is being closed over futility with the phase 3 study, which was assessing Rova-T as a first-line maintenance therapy for advanced […]

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AbbVie secures Rinvoq FDA approval for rheumatoid arthritis

Rinvoq FDA approval : US biopharma company AbbVie has bagged approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its 15mg, daily once oral, small molecule Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor – Rinvoq (upadacitinib) for the treatment of moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The FDA approval for Rinvoq is for the treatment of […]

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AbbVie to acquire Botox developer Allergan for $63bn

AbbVie acquisition of Allergan : US biopharma company AbbVie is all set to acquire Botox developer Allergan, an Irish pharma company, for $63 billion in a cash cum stock deal, as per pharma acquisition news. Headquartered in Chicago, AbbVie is engaged in developing drugs in areas such as immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and virology. On the […]

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Lupin out-licenses MALT1 inhibitor program to AbbVie in $977m deal

Indian pharma company Lupin has out-licensed its MALT1 (Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma Translocation Protein 1) inhibitor program to US biopharma company AbbVie in a deal potentially worth around $977 million. Lupin and AbbVie have forged a partnership in this regard which gives the US biopharma company the exclusive global rights to develop and commercialize the […]

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Pfizer, AbbVie resolve IP matters for adalimumab biosimilar

Pfizer adalimumab biosimilar update : Pfizer and AbbVie have signed licensing agreements to resolve all global intellectual property (IP) matters pertaining to the former’s proposed biosimilar of the latter’s rheumatoid arthritis drug Humira (adalimumab). Pfizer adalimumab biosimilar update As per the agreement terms, Pfizer has secured a non-exclusive patent license from AbbVie for the use […]

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