There is no luck in acquiring Humira, Skyrizi and Imbruvica. That is making right bets. That is sorting thru all the crap that could be bought and picking a winner. Same thing goes for the Allergan acquisition - you get Botox, vraylar, ubrelvy and qulipta for a bargain.
Abbott/AbbVie knows how to acquire products and maximizes the return on investment with excellent commercial execution. That is a fact.
Now Knoll, Pharmacyclics and Allergan, the ‘golden geese’ will never lay another egg now that they have shacked up with Abbott Park. They are or will be permanently sterilized as they learn to do things the AbbVie way. The scientists that came over from Knoll or Pharmacyclics - have they been able to produce anything with all the resources they could only dream about as standalone companies. No. That is fact. And the same will go for Allergan scientists. AbbVie does not an innovator culture. AbbVie leadership shoves their losing way down peoples throat, look exodus happening over the last year. You can’t be ultra risk averse and discover new first in class medicines. It’s an oxymoron. You also can’t have the incompetent R&D leadership that rules AbbVie.