Press releases

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., June 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) today announced new data from the Phase 2 CAPTIVATE (PCYC-1142) study investigating IMBRUVICA^® (ibrutinib) in combination with VENCLEXTA^®/VENCLYXTO^® (venetoclax), an all-oral, once-daily, chemotherapy-free, fixed-duration investigational combination, for patients with previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) or small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) during an oral presentation at the virtual 2021 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting (Abstract #7501). The ibrutinib and venetoclax cohort met its primary endpoint of complete response (CR) rate of 56% (95% CI 48-64) among patients without del(17p), 70 years old or younger and with 27.9 months of follow up. This rate was higher than the 37% minimum meaningful rate study assumption (P<0.0001). The CR rate was consistent across all patients in the study including high-risk CLL patient groups. Furthermore, 24-month progression free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were 95% and 98%, respectively. 

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., June 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV), today announced extended long-term data from the Phase 3 RESONATE-2 study (PCYC-1115/1116) evaluating single-agent IMBRUVICA (ibrutinib) versus chlorambucil with up to seven years of follow-up in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL).¹ These data will be presented on June 4^th during the 2021 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting (Abstract #7523). Additionally, new data will be presented during the European Hematology Association (EHA) Virtual Congress from June 9-17, including findings from the informCLL™ real-world prospective observational registry assessing how real-world treatment patterns align with National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN^®)-recommended regimens for CLL/SLL.

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., June 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) will participate in the Goldman Sachs 42^nd Annual Global Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, June 8, 2021. Michael Severino, M.D., vice chairman and president, Robert A. Michael, executive vice president and chief financial officer, and Jeffrey R. Stewart, executive vice president, commercial operations, will present virtually at 8:40 a.m. Central time.

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., June 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) today announced positive top-line results from the Phase 3 maintenance study, FORTIFY, showing risankizumab 360 mg (subcutaneous [SC]; administered every eight weeks) achieved the co-primary endpoints of endoscopic response and clinical remission at one year in adult patients with moderate to severe Crohn's disease.¹

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., June 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) today announced results of an analysis from the Phase 3 SELECT-PsA 2 clinical trial, showing that continuous treatment with RINVOQ^® (upadacitinib, 15 mg, once daily) resulted in sustained improvements in disease activity for more than one year (56 weeks) among patients with active psoriatic arthritis who have responded inadequately to one or more biologic disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (bDMARDs).¹ At week 56, 29 percent of patients treated with continuous RINVOQ 15 mg achieved minimal disease activity^a (MDA).¹ Results at week 56 were not multiplicity controlled.¹ The full, long-term results from the Phase 3 SELECT-PsA 2 clinical trial will be presented at the EULAR 2021 Virtual Congress. These results were also recently published online in Rheumatology and Therapy in April 2021.⁴

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., June 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) today announced new analyses to be presented at the EULAR 2021 Virtual Congress showing patients with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis on background methotrexate (MTX) treated with RINVOQ^® (upadacitinib, 15 mg, once daily) maintained higher rates of clinical remission and low disease activity through three years compared to those patients treated with HUMIRA^® (adalimumab).¹ Additionally, a separate integrated safety analysis found the safety profile of RINVOQ was consistent over 4.5 years, with no new safety risks observed.²

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., May 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) will participate in Bernstein's 37^th Annual Strategic Decisions Conference on Wednesday, June 2, 2021. Michael Severino, M.D., vice chairman and president, and Robert A. Michael, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will present virtually at 2:30 p.m. Central time.

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., May 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) today announced data from its migraine portfolio will be presented at the 2021 American Headache Society (AHS) Annual Scientific Meeting, to be held virtually June 3-6. A total of 23 abstracts, including four podium presentations, will be shared from a broad range of studies across AbbVie's migraine portfolio.

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., May 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) announced today that the European Commission (EC) has approved VENCLYXTO^® (venetoclax) in combination with a hypomethylating agent, azacitidine or decitabine, for the treatment of adult patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) who are ineligible for intensive chemotherapy.¹ The approval is valid in all 27 member states of the EU, as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., May 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) today announced that it will present new data from a total of 41 abstracts covering its portfolio of immunology assets, including RINVOQ^®, SKYRIZI^®, HUMIRA^® and its pipeline across multiple rheumatic diseases at the EULAR 2021 Virtual Congress of Rheumatology, to be held virtually June 2-5. Among the data presented will be new three-year and one-year efficacy and safety data for RINVOQ (upadacitinib) for the treatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA), respectively. Additionally, AbbVie will present new integrated safety data for RINVOQ from the Phase 3 SELECT clinical trials in patients with RA up to 4.5 years of exposure.