AbbVie’s alliance with Gilgamesh Pharmaceuticals is pursuing next-generation psychiatric medications. The companies aim to bring patients drugs that offer the benefit of psychedelics but with a better side effect profile.
FDA approval of blockbuster AbbVie drug Rinvoq makes it the first oral therapy for moderately to severely active Crohn's disease. The regulatory nod is the seventh for the drug, which belongs to a class of therapies called JAK inhibitors.
As technology advances, AI-powered tools will increasingly reduce the administrative burdens on healthcare providers.
AbbVie and Capsida Therapeutics are expanding their gene therapy R&D alliance to the eyes. Capsida is in line to receive $70 million now and up to $595 million later, depending on the progress of the eye programs.
AbbVie acquired DJS Antibodies for $255 million up front. The U.K.-based biotech’s lead program is an antibody drug in preclinical development for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a chronic lung disorder with few FDA-approved treatments.
AbbVie drug Skyrizi is now approved for Crohn’s disease, making it the first treatment for the disorder that addresses a particular protein associated with inflammation. In other drug decision news, the Rhythm Pharmaceuticals product Imcivree added the rare disease Bardet-Beidl syndrome as a new approved indication.
AbbVie has acquired Syndesi Therapeutics, an early clinical neuroscience startup developing drugs that have potential applications in a range of cognitive disorders. Syndesi is based on research from Belgian pharmaceutical company UCB.
The future looks bright for the integrated specialty pharmacy model – for health systems, providers, and most importantly, for patients.
Boehringer Ingelheim has shown biosimilar manufacturers the way to win interchangeability with the world’s highest-grossing drug — but the company’s Cyltezo won't come out until July 2023. Will future Humira competitors have better luck winning an earlier launch date?
AbbVie drug Quilpta, developed specifically for migraine prevention, is now FDA approved, the latest product in a new class of migraine medicines. The AbbVie drug is the second oral migraine prevention drug that the FDA has approved this year.
AbbVie will take the lead on commercializing Regenxbio’s gene therapy in wet AMD and diabetic retinopathy. It’s AbbVie’s second major gene therapy deal this year, coming months after it committed $90 million to preclinical-stage Capsida Biotherapeutics.
AbbVie is acquiring a Teneobio subsidiary developing a drug that targets BCMA, a popular protein target for multiple myeloma drugs. There are two FDA-approved BCMA-targeting therapies and more on the way, but AbbVie believes the newest addition to its pipeline could offer some advantages.
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The drugmaker said Friday that it would partner with Shanghai-based I-Mab on the development of lemzoparlimab, a drug that targets CD47. The antigen target, also known as the "don't eat me" signal, is a growing area of immunotherapy, as illustrated by Gilead's $4.9 billion buyout of Forty Seven in March.
Reuters reported that the drug, Rinvoq, will carry a list price of $59,000 per year. AbbVie's top-selling drug, Humira, is also approved for treating RA.
AbbVie said Tuesday that the FDA had placed a partial clinical hold on all Venclexta studies in myeloma due to a higher rate of deaths in the Phase III BELLINI study.