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AbbVie to hack hundreds of reps from cardiovascular sales ranks
AbbVie has a new distinction. It may be the youngest pharma company ever to lay off hundreds of salespeople. Bloomberg reports that the drugmaker, spun off by Abbott Laboratories as of January 1, plans to jettison its cardiovascular salesforce, with layoffs in the "mid-hundreds."
AbbVie CFO sees no need for big acquisition
At the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, AbbVie CFO Bill Chase swept aside suggestions that the new company needed some big acquisition to move forward despite the fact that it is now on its own in the world and essentially living off one product, anti-inflammatory Humira.
AbbVie is pharma's first birth of the new year
Abbott Laboratories' ($ABT) pharmaceuticals business was reborn as an independent company on New Year's Day, in a spinoff that matched every Abbott share with a share of the new AbbVie ($ABBV) stock.
Abbott results don't augur well for pharma spinoff
Abbott Laboratories ( $ABT ) is so far the only Big Pharma bucking the downward earnings trend. The company posted an increase in profits to $1.62 billion for the fourth quarter, on a 4.1% increase in
Will Abbott's Niaspan fall short of blockbuster sales?
Niaspan prescriptions are lagging in the wake of new data casting doubt on its effectiveness. The Abbott Laboratories cholesterol drug has seen scrips drop 3 percent over recent weeks and 7 percent
Abbott down after NIH halts Niaspan study
The NIH has stopped a study with Abbott Laboratories' cholesterol fighter Niaspan 18 months early after results showed the drug failed to prevent heart attacks and even may have boosted stroke risk.
Merck cholesterol scrips drop as Niaspan rises
Last week, all eyes were on Merck's cholesterol drugs. How did Zetia do in that much-anticipated study pitting it against Abbott Laboratories' Niaspan treatment? Well, the American Heart Association
Merck dodged Zetia bullet, analysts say
The Arbiter 6 trial results may have gone against Merck's Zetia, but Wall Street nonetheless breathed a sigh of relief. The data wasn't as damaging as some had feared. Media coverage wasn't as bad as
Niaspan trounces Zetia, spurring debate
Well, analysts were right about that much-anticipated cholesterol drug study. Abbott Laboratories' Niaspan pill did indeed beat out Merck's Zetia at unclogging arteries, according to study results
Analyst: Word is Niaspan beat Vytorin
Apparently word on the street is confirming initial suspicions that Abbott Laboratories' Niaspan outperformed the Merck/Schering-Plough med Zetia in a study that was abruptly called to a halt last
