AbbVie

Completing its first year as an independent company, Chicago-based AbbVie reported worldwide net sales of $5.1 billion in the fourth quarter of 2013, along with net earnings of $1.1 billion, driven mostly by continuing growth of its arthritis drug Humira.

A researcher said AbbVie's experimental drug for leukemia strongly reduced signs of the disease in 84 percent of patients.

A lawsuit has accused Abbott Laboratories and its spinoff AbbVie of failing to provide legally required discounts for HIV drugs, resulting in the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) being overcharged by more than $2 million between 2005 and 2013.

AbbVie Inc. said its oral treatment for hepatitis C showed about 96 percent of patients had no detectable levels of the virus after 12 weeks.

Propelled by sales of its arthritis drug Humira, AbbVie Inc. reported a 3.3-percent year-over-year increase in revenue for its third quarter while turning in a profit of just under $1 billion, the company said today.

Central Massachusetts manufacturers should focus on product development as large firms shift operations out of the Bay State, employers and industry experts said Wednesday.

Admission prices at The EcoTarium, as well as train rides and planetarium shows, will be half-price in September, the Worcester science and nature center announced.

From Plantation Street in Worcester, the only indication that anything is different at AbbVie, which officially changed...

On-the-job mistakes always impact the bottom line, but the degree of expense varies widely from industry to industry.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute said it's signed an agreement with biotechnology firm Biogen Idec to help develop and deliver programs at the school's Biomanufacturing Education and Training Center (BETC), at WPI's Gateway Park.