Positive Results in Hand, AbbVie Eyes Potential Approval for Parkinson’s Treatment

AbbVie’s experimental subcutaneous Parkinson’s disease drug ABBV-951 hit the mark in a 12-week Phase III study in patients with an advanced form of the disease. The company announced that patients who received daily doses of the drug showed statistically significant increases in “On” time without dyskinesia, the spasms associated with the disease.