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For the Treatment of Severe Ulcerative Colitis, Remicade Holds a Strong Lead Over Humira, According to a New Report from BioTrends Research Group EXTON, Pa., May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- BioTrends Research Group, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for specialized biopharmaceutical issues, finds that Janssen/Merck/Mitsubishi Tanabe's Remicade is the market leader for the treatment of ulcerative colitis in the EU5 (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United...

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., Jan. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie today confirmed it delivered strong sales growth with its marketed pharmaceutical products in 2012. The proprietary pharmaceutical segment of Abbott, representing the majority of AbbVie's revenue, grew more than 8 percent globally on an operational basis, excluding a nearly 3 percent negative impact from foreign exchange. Performance was driven by solid double-digit growth from both HUMIRA and AndroGel and...

ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Abbott today announced results from a post-hoc analysis of HUMIRA(®) (adalimumab) data in early and long-standing moderate-to-severe rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients from three randomized, controlled trials--DE019, OPTIMA and PREMIER. The analysis evaluated the simultaneous achievement of three key treatment goals: low disease activity, normal physical function and the absence of radiographic progression at one year. These...

ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced the first long-term patient-reported health outcomes data from an open-label analysis of the ongoing, Phase 3 ABILITY-1 trial of HUMIRA(®) (adalimumab). The study evaluated improvements in physical function and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) after 52 weeks in patients with active non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA). These results are being presented at the American College...

ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Oct. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced results from an analysis of three-year long-term data from an ongoing open-label extension of the HUMIRA® (adalimumab) ULTRA 1 and ULTRA 2 studies. Adult patients with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis (UC) who have had an inadequate response to certain other medications and were treated with HUMIRA were evaluated for symptom improvement for up to three years. In this long-term...

ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Sept. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved HUMIRA(®) (adalimumab) for inducing and sustaining clinical remission in adult patients with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis (UC) when certain other medicines have not worked well enough. Combined with its approval to treat moderate to severe Crohn's disease, HUMIRA is now approved for the treatment of two primary...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online People suffering from ulcerative colitis may be getting some new relief due to a decision by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to expand the use of a new drug to help alleviate symptoms. An FDA panel voted 15 to 2 that the benefits of Humira outweighed the risks it causes when treating the condition. Humira is already approved to be used for six other conditions, and is most popular for its use to help in rheumatoid arthritis...

Safety of treatments was similar with fewer injection site reactions observed with abatacept Data from one of the few head-to-head trials in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) presented today at EULAR 2012, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism, demonstrates that at one year, 64.8% of patients receiving abatacept (Orencia) and 63.4% of patients receiving adalimumab (Humira) achieved ACR20. The Phase IIIb AMPLE study (Abatacept Versus Adalimumab Comparison in...

BERLIN, June 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced results from the Phase 3 ABILITY-2 investigational study of HUMIRA® (adalimumab) in patients with active peripheral spondyloarthritis (PSpA) who have not been diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) or ankylosing spondylitis (AS). At week 12, nearly twice as many HUMIRA patients compared to those receiving placebo achieved the primary endpoint, defined as at least a 40 percent improvement in the peripheral SpA...

BERLIN, June 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced results from two long-term, open-label studies, which evaluated the results of HUMIRA® (adalimumab) treatment for up to 10 years in patients with long-standing, moderate-to-severe rheumatoid arthritis (RA). These 10-year HUMIRA studies, DE019 and DE020, are among the longest, open-label trials in RA. Results presented at the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) 2012 Congress in Berlin, Germany, include...