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Almost Half of Crohn's Disease Patients Achieved Endoscopic Response After One Year of Maintenance Treatment with AbbVie's Risankizumab

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Almost Half of Crohn's Disease Patients Achieved Endoscopic Response After One Year of Maintenance Treatment with AbbVie's Risankizumab
  • AbbVie Inc (NYSE: ABBV) has announced positive top-line results from the Phase 3 maintenance study, FORTIFY, showing Skyrizi (risankizumab) achieved the co-primary endpoints of endoscopic response and clinical remission at one year in Crohn's disease.
  • After one year, 47% of patients receiving risankizumab achieved endoscopic response compared with 22% of patients in the induction-only control group.
  • A higher number of patients receiving risankizumab achieved clinical remission, with 52% on risankizumab versus 41% in the induction-only control group.
  • 39% of patients in the risankizumab group achieved endoscopic remission compared to 13% of the induction-only control group.
  • Deep remission was achieved by 29% of risankizumab treated patients versus 10% in the control group.
  • Price Action: ABBV shares are down 0.50% at $111.64 during the market session on the last check Wednesday.
 

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