Creating partnerships that make a difference

At AbbVie, we partner to achieve two important outcomes: deliver innovative medicines and make a remarkable impact on people’s lives.

We start with a highly integrated approach to developing and sustaining our partnerships. We work as one connected unit with a commitment to establishing collaborations across the development continuum that will ultimately benefit patients and fuel scientific progress.

Whether partnering with a business, academia or consortia, our goal is to create long-term mutually beneficial relationships. For example, for a smaller biotech partner, AbbVie’s global medical affairs and commercial reach may enable their product to benefit patients worldwide. Large pharmaceutical partnerships allow each company to contribute the strengths of their organization.

With a shared vision as our foundation, we align our capabilities to conduct groundbreaking science and bring innovative medicines to societies around the globe. From start to finish, we manage our partnerships for success—from early identification and mitigation of risks to shared accountability and reward for successful outcomes. Our partners and our strong team help make this possible.

How we work together

Search and Evaluation

Focused on identifying and evaluating new opportunities that complement and enhance our existing internal innovation strategies. S&E works in close partnership with our R&D and commercial teams, BD&A and Ventures to thoughtfully address each opportunity.

Business Development and Acquisitions

Evaluates a variety of partnership structures to meet the needs of both parties. BD&A works closely with S&E, and our commercial and R&D organizations to evaluate new opportunities.

Alliance Management

Highly successful partnerships result from an ongoing commitment to realize a shared vision. At AbbVie, we have a dedicated team that is involved in all aspects of the partnership from contracting through commercialization to ensure positive outcomes for all parties.