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AbbVie

Biopharmaceuticals · United States

AbbVie discovers, makes and sells prescription medicines and aesthetics products for immune, brain, cancer and eye conditions, led by Skyrizi and Rinvoq.

What makes it different

Two newer drugs now outsell its former best-seller.

$17.6BSkyrizi net revenuesFY2025

Skyrizi and Rinvoq took over as Humira faced biosimilar competition in the United States.

How big it is

How big is AbbVie?

$61.2BNet revenuesFY2025
57,000Employees2025
$9.1BR&D expenseFY2025
How it makes money FY2025

Immunology brings in half of revenue.

  • Immunology50%$30.4B
  • Neuroscience18%$10.8B
  • Oncology11%$6.7B
  • Aesthetics8%$4.9B
  • Other14%
How the business works

Buy pipelines. Launch drugs. Sell via wholesalers.

  1. 1Companies and late-stage pipelines
  2. 2Immunology and neuroscience drugs
  3. 3Through three US wholesalers

Purchased companies such as Allergan and ImmunoGen supply many of today's growth products.

Who owns it
  • The Vanguard Group10.02%
  • BlackRock, Inc.8.09%

CEO: Robert A. Michael

Who it competes with
Key moments
  1. 1-01Spun off from Abbott
  2. 5-26Acquires Pharmacyclics
  3. 9-04Skyrizi approved by the FDA
  4. 9-08Rinvoq approved by the FDA
  5. 5-08Completes Allergan acquisition
Sources

Every number on this page comes from AbbVie's own reports.

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What AbbVie tracks23 metrics
R&D ratio
Employees
Products above $1B
Results, quarter by quarterwith a chart
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Profit
Margin
Where the money comes from2 regions
United States
International
The full timeline21 moments
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