AbbVie Takes Another Step Toward Its Post-Humira Future
Since AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) began trading in December 2012, it has left the S&P 500 in the dust. AbbVie has outperformed the S&P 500 by nearly 60% in the past nine years. Most of the returns that AbbVie has generated for its shareholders have come from its top-selling drug in the world, Humira, which has grown sales from $9.3 billion in 2012 to just shy of $20 billion last year. But with the U.S. patents on Humira set to expire in 2023, AbbVie has been working diligently for many years to build a promising post-Humira future.
One of AbbVie's successors to Humira is the immunology drug known as Skyrizi. It recently received a recommendation from the European Union (E.U.) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) that it should be approved to treat adults with active psoriatic arthritis who have failed at least one other drug.
Let's take a look at why this is a huge step for AbbVie in helping to move beyond Humira.
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