NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., Dec. 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) will participate in the 34^th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016. Richard A. Gonzalez, chairman and chief executive officer, will make a formal presentation on the company at 10:30 a.m. Central time.

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., Dec. 7, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Today AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV), a global biopharmaceutical company, announced results from the Phase 3 RAY (MCL3001) trial, which showed IMBRUVICA^® (ibrutinib) significantly prolonged progression-free survival (PFS; the primary endpoint) and improved overall response rates (ORR; a key secondary endpoint) in patients with relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), compared with temsirolimus. Notably, IMBRUVICA was associated with a 57% reduction in the risk of progression or death with a median follow-up of 20 months. These data were published online in The Lancet today and presented in an oral session at the 57^th Annual American Society of Hematology (ASH) Meeting and Exposition in Orlando, FL. IMBRUVICA is jointly developed and commercialized by Pharmacyclics LLC, an AbbVie Company, and Janssen Biotech, Inc.

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., Dec. 7, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV), a global biopharmaceutical company, announced Phase 2 data demonstrated that the combination of ibrutinib (IMBRUVICA^®) plus rituximab was well tolerated and associated with an overall response rate of 82%, (ORR; the primary endpoint of the study), in treatment-naive patients with follicular lymphoma (FL). These data will be presented today in an oral presentation at the 57^th Annual American Society of Hematology (ASH) Meeting and Exposition in Orlando, FL at 7:15 a.m. ET by Nathan Fowler, M.D., University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, and lead study investigator.* IMBRUVICA is jointly developed and commercialized by Pharmacyclics LLC, an AbbVie Company and Janssen Biotech, Inc.

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., Dec. 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV), a global biopharmaceutical company, today announced the online publication of new data in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) showing some patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) treated with venetoclax experienced a response, including complete responses. The article reports data from Arm A of the study, in which all patients had relapsed CLL and more than one-third were refractory to their last treatment. Venetoclax is an investigational, first-in-class, B-cell lymphoma-2 (BCL-2) inhibitor being developed and commercialized by AbbVie and Genentech and Roche.

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., Dec. 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV), a global biopharmaceutical company, announced the results of RESONATE™-2 (PCYC-1115), a Phase 3 clinical trial in which ibrutinib (IMBRUVICA^®) significantly decreased the risk of progression or death (progression-free survival, PFS; the primary endpoint) and significantly decreased the risk of death (overall survival, OS; a key secondary endpoint) versus chemotherapy (chlorambucil) in treatment-naive patients 65 years and older with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). This is the first Phase 3 head-to-head trial in the clinical program to evaluate the safety and efficacy of ibrutinib versus traditional chemotherapy in this patient population.

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., Dec. 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV), a global biopharmaceutical company, today announced results of a Phase 2, open label trial studying investigational compound venetoclax in patients with relapsed/refractory (R/R) chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and 17p deletion. In the trial, some patients were shown to respond to treatment, including complete remission (CR) and minimal residual disease negativity (MRD-).¹ The results from this trial, which was sponsored by AbbVie in collaboration with Genentech and Roche, were presented today during the 57th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting (ASH) in Orlando, Florida.

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., Dec. 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV), a global biopharmaceutical company, announced preliminary data from the ongoing Phase 1/2b PCYC-1119 trial suggesting that the combination of ibrutinib (IMBRUVICA^®) plus carfilzomib with or without dexamethasone was well tolerated in relapsed or refractory patients with multiple myeloma (MM), with an initial objective response rate (ORR) of 62%. These data will be presented today in an oral presentation at the 57th Annual American Society of Hematology (ASH) Meeting and Exposition in Orlando, FL at 5:30 p.m. ET. IMBRUVICA is jointly developed and commercialized by Pharmacyclics LLC, an AbbVie Company, and Janssen Biotech, Inc.

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., Dec. 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV), a global biopharmaceutical company, announced the launch of the AbbVie Crohn's & Colitis Scholarship, designed to provide financial support for exceptional students living with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) as they pursue higher education goals. Fifteen scholars will be selected to receive $15,000 each for the 2016-2017 school year. The AbbVie Crohn's & Colitis Scholarship is currently accepting applications.

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., Dec. 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV), a global biopharmaceutical company, today announced its New Drug Application (NDA) has been accepted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a once-daily, fixed-dose formulation of the components of VIEKIRA PAK^® (ombitasvir, paritaprevir, and ritonavir tablets; dasabuvir tablets). VIEKIRA PAK is an all-oral, interferon-free treatment approved with or without ribavirin (RBV) in the United States for patients with genotype 1 (GT1) chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, including those with compensated cirrhosis. VIEKIRA PAK is not for people with decompensated cirrhosis.