AbbVie puts up $650M to dive into cancer drug R&D

AbbVie is now part of a growing group of companies that have turned to China to get a bispecific antibody designed to target PD-1 and VEGF to fight cancer. AbbVie may have more to say about the deal in its presentation this week during the annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco.

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