Fourth Act For AbbVie's Risankizumab Whets Appetite

AbbVie has released more positive top-line data for its anti-IL23 product risankizumab, building a strong case for its use in psoriasis – but there is still more to come from the study amid uncertainty over how the product will deal with competitive and pricing pressure.

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AbbVie Inc.'s late-to-the-stage anti-IL23 inhibitor risankizumab has hit all co-primary and ranked secondary endpoints in its fourth and final Phase III study in psoriasis, highlighting both the Humira successor's potential clinical profile and the prospect of it coming under heavy pricing pressure.

The top-line data are from the IMMhance trial evaluating risankizumab (150 mg) for the treatment of patients with moderate to...

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