On Jul 25, AbbVie (ABBV) announced strong second-quarter results. AbbVie beat estimates for both earnings and sales. Earnings declined 8.9% year over year due to costs related to recent acquisitions and deals. Sales rose 5.6% year over year on an operational basis.AbbVie lost patent protection for its blockbuster immunology drug Humira in the United States in January 2023 and in the EU in 2018. Sales of Humira are declining due to loss of exclusivity and biosimilar erosion. However, in the second quarter, s ...