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Sep 10, 2015

AbbVie to Present at 2015 Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Conference

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., Sept. 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) will participate in the 2015 Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Conference on Friday, Sept. 18, 2015. Bill Chase, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will participate in a question and answer session at 7:45 a.m. Central time.

Sep 10, 2015

AbbVie's HUMIRA® (Adalimumab) Receives First and Only U.S. Food and Drug Administration Approval for Moderate to Severe Hidradenitis Suppurativa

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., Sept. 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV), a global biopharmaceutical company, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved HUMIRA® (adalimumab) for the treatment of moderate to severe hidradenitis suppurativa (HS). HUMIRA is now the first and only FDA-approved therapy for adults with HS.

Sep 09, 2015

Cast Your Vote for the 2015 Thriving Undergraduate and Graduate Scholars to Help Grant Two $20,500 AbbVie Scholarships to Students with Cystic Fibrosis

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., Sept. 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie today announced the launch of the voting contest phase of its annual AbbVie CF Scholarship program. The public is encouraged to visit www.AbbVieCFScholarship.com today through September 22, 2015 to help determine who will earn a total of $23,000 to pursue their educational dreams during the 2015-2016 school year.

Aug 12, 2015

Phase 2 Study of Venetoclax in Patients with Relapsed/Refractory Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia with 17p Deletion Meets Primary Endpoint

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., Aug. 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV), a global biopharmaceutical company, today announced that a Phase 2 trial of its investigational medicine venetoclax met its primary endpoint of achieving overall response rates in patients with relapsed/refractory or previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) with 17p deletion, according to an independent review analysis. The open-label study evaluated the efficacy and safety of venetoclax, an inhibitor of the B-cell lymphoma-2 (BCL-2) protein that is being developed in partnership with Genentech and Roche.

Jul 24, 2015

AbbVie Reports Second-Quarter 2015 Financial Results

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., July 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV) announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2015.

Jul 17, 2015

C2N and AbbVie Announce FDA Orphan Drug Designation of C2N-8E12 (ABBV-8E12) for the Treatment of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., July 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- C2N Diagnostics and AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted their investigational recombinant humanized anti-tau antibody, C2N-8E12 (ABBV-8E12), an orphan drug designation for the treatment of progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). The companies also have begun a Phase 1 clinical study of C2N-8E12 in patients with PSP.

Jul 10, 2015

IMBRUVICA® (ibrutinib) Now Approved to Treat Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia in Europe

SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Today AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) announced the European Commission (EC) granted marketing authorization for IMBRUVICA® (ibrutinib) as the first treatment option available in all 28 member states of the European Union (EU) for the treatment of Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia (WM), a rare, slow growing blood cancer, in adult patients who have received at least one prior therapy, or in first line treatment for patients unsuitable for chemo-immunotherapy. Pharmacyclics LLC, an AbbVie company, received FDA approval for IMBRUVICA, which is also the first and only FDA-approved treatment for WM in the United States, in January 2015.1 The approval of IMBRUVICA to treat patients with WM triggers a $20 million milestone payment from Janssen.

Jul 02, 2015

AbbVie to Host Second-Quarter Earnings Conference Call

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., July 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) will announce its second-quarter 2015 financial results on Friday, July 24, 2015, before the market opens.