AbbVie (ABBV) Tops Q1 EPS by 1c; Updates FY16 EPS Outlook

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AbbVie Reports First-Quarter 2016 Financial Results

April 28, 2016 7:21 AM EDT

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., April 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2016.

"AbbVie delivered strong first-quarter results, including significant revenue and EPS growth, and margin expansion," said Richard A. Gonzalez, chairman and chief executive officer, AbbVie. "In addition to our strong financial performance, we also continue to advance several strategic priorities, including the addition of two highly compelling late-stage pipeline assets through the Stemcentrx acquisition and BI collaboration. We also secured two important approvals with the expansion of the IMBRUVICA label into... More

AbbVie to Expand Oncology Presence Through Acquisition of Stemcentrx and its Novel, Late-Stage Rova-T Compound for Small Cell Lung Cancer

April 28, 2016 7:20 AM EDT

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., April 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV), a global biopharmaceutical company, announced that it will acquire Stemcentrx and its lead late-stage asset rovalpituzumab tesirine (Rova-T) currently in registrational trials for small cell lung cancer (SCLC). Rova-T is a novel biomarker-specific therapy that is derived from cancer stem cells and targets delta-like protein 3 (DLL3) that is expressed in more than 80 percent of SCLC patient tumors and is not present in healthy tissue. Registrational trials for third-line small cell lung cancer are expected to complete enrollment by the end of... More