AbbVie is a research-based biopharmaceutical company. It spun off of Abbott Laboratories in 2013. The company has had a successful start in its first five years in the industry. Its blockbuster drug Humira brought in billions.

What does AbbVie specialize in?

AbbVie is a pharmaceutical manufacturer which is a spinoff of Abbot Laboratories, specializing in biopharmaceuticals including the blockbuster drug, Humira. AbbVie has operations in 175 countries and focuses on complex disorders like immunology, virology, oncology and neuroscience.

Is AbbVie a pharmaceutical company?

Devised as the research arm of Abbott and based in Chicago, AbbVie became a pharmaceutical company in its own right in late 2012.