Oncology

AbbVie Announces Supplemental New Drug Application Accepted for Priority Review by U.S. FDA for IMBRUVICA® (ibrutinib) in Combination with Obinutuzumab (GAZYVA®) for Previously Untreated Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., Oct. 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV), a research-based global biopharmaceutical company, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted its supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for Priority Review for IMBRUVICA® (ibrutinib) in combination with obinutuzumab (GAZYVA®) in previously untreated adult patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL). If the sNDA is approved, the use of IMBRUVICA with obinutuzumab could become the first chemotherapy-free, anti-CD20 combination approved by the FDA for the first-line treatment of CLL/SLL. IMBRUVICA is currently FDA-approved to treat adults with CLL/SLL as a single-agent for all lines of therapy and in combination with bendamustine and rituximab (BR).1 IMBRUVICA is a once-daily, first-in-class Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor that is administered orally, and is jointly developed and commercialized by Pharmacyclics LLC, an AbbVie company, and Janssen Biotech, Inc.

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AbbVie Receives Positive CHMP Opinion for a Novel, Chemotherapy-free Combination of VENCLYXTO® (venetoclax tablets) with Rituximab as a Treatment with a Fixed Duration for Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Who Have Received at Least One Prior Therapy

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., Sept. 21, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV), a research-based global biopharmaceutical company, announced today that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has granted a positive opinion for VENCLYXTO® (venetoclax tablets) in combination with rituximab for the treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia (R/R CLL) who have received at least one prior therapy. The positive CHMP opinion is a scientific recommendation for marketing authorization to the European Commission (EC), which will deliver its final decision, valid in all 28 member states of the European Union, as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.

Minimal Residual Disease Negativity Data, a Measure of Undetectable Disease, Added to VENCLEXTA® (venetoclax tablets) Label

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., Sept. 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV), a research-based global biopharmaceutical company, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the label for VENCLEXTA® (venetoclax tablets) in combination with rituximab to include information about patients with previously-treated chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) who achieved minimal residual disease (MRD)-negativity in the Phase 3 MURANO trial.

AbbVie Announces IMBRUVICA® (ibrutinib) Plus Rituximab Approval by U.S. FDA as First Chemotherapy-Free Combination Treatment in Adults with Waldenström's Macroglobulinemia, a Rare Type of Blood Cancer

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., Aug. 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV), a research-based global biopharmaceutical company, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved IMBRUVICA® (ibrutinib) plus rituximab (RITUXAN®) for the treatment of adult patients with Waldenström's macroglobulinemia (WM), a rare and incurable type of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). With this approval, the IMBRUVICA prescribing information now includes combination use with rituximab, representing the first and only chemotherapy-free combination treatment specifically indicated for the disease. IMBRUVICA was first approved as a single agent therapy for WM in January 2015. IMBRUVICA is a first-in-class Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor jointly developed and commercialized by Pharmacyclics LLC, an AbbVie company, and Janssen Biotech, Inc.

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AbbVie Announces Submission of Supplemental New Drug Application to US FDA for Venetoclax in Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients Ineligible for Intensive Chemotherapy

– Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is one of the most aggressive cancers, with a very low survival rate and few options available for patients who are ineligible for intensive chemotherapy

AbbVie Provides Update on Phase 3 Study of Ibrutinib (IMBRUVICA®) in Blood Cancer Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) and Ongoing Ibrutinib Clinical Program

- The ibrutinib clinical program is designed to fully explore the potential of this first-in-class molecule as a single or combination therapy for multiple cancers and other diseases. Fourteen Phase 3 company-sponsored studies are ongoing.

IMBRUVICA® (ibrutinib) Supplemental New Drug Application Accepted for Review by U.S. FDA with Potential to Broaden Treatment Use as a Combination Treatment Option with Rituximab in Waldenström's Macroglobulinemia (WM), A Rare Form of Blood Cancer

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., June 25, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV), a research-based global biopharmaceutical company, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for Priority Review a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for IMBRUVICA® (ibrutinib) in combination with rituximab (RITUXAN®) as a new treatment option for Waldenström's macroglobulinemia (WM), a rare and incurable form of blood cancer.1 If approved, the sNDA would expand the prescribing information of IMBRUVICA in WM beyond its current approved use as a single agent for all lines of therapy to include combination use with rituximab. As a single-agent therapy, IMBRUVICA is the first and only FDA-approved treatment available for patients with WM. IMBRUVICA is a first-in-class Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor jointly developed and commercialized by Pharmacyclics LLC, an AbbVie company, and Janssen Biotech, Inc.

AbbVie Announces New Undetectable Minimal Residual Disease Data from Phase 3 Relapsed/Refractory Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia MURANO Trial of Venetoclax in Combination with Rituximab at 23rd European Hematology Association Annual Congress

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., June 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV), a research-based global biopharmaceutical company, today announced the presentation of investigational data from a new analysis of undetectable minimal residual disease (uMRD) rates from the pivotal Phase 3 MURANO trial of venetoclax, a first-in-class oral B-cell lymphoma-2 (BCL-2) inhibitor, in combination with rituximab (VenR) in patients with relapsed or refractory (R/R) chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Of the 121 patients who achieved uMRD (meaning less than one CLL cell in 10,000 white blood cells were detectable using a standardized test2) at the end of combination therapy (EOCT), 83 percent (n=100) maintained uMRD and were progression-free for a median of 13.8 months (range, 5.6-23.0 months) thereafter. These results will be presented in an oral session on Saturday, June 16, at 11:45 a.m. CEST during the 23rd European Hematology Association (EHA) Annual Congress in Stockholm.1  Venetoclax is being developed by AbbVie and Roche. It is jointly commercialized by AbbVie and Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, in the U.S. and by AbbVie outside of the U.S.