Beyond Humira: How AbbVie Plans To Hold Its Immunology Leadership Reign
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
AbbVie detailed plans for a pair of late-stage immunology candidates – an anti-IL-23 drug and a JAK1 inhibitor – that it says point to a bright future in immunology after Humira's patent expires during an R&D day.
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