By Dave Sebastian

 

AbbVie Inc. (ABBV) on Friday raised the lower end of its full-year adjusted profit guidance as it reported better-than-expected adjusted profit and sales.

The biopharmaceutical company narrowed its adjusted per-share earnings guidance to between $8.90 and $8.92 from between $8.82 to $8.92. The guidance excludes $3.82 a share of intangible asset amortization expense and non-cash charges, the company said.

AbbVie lowered its per-share earnings guidance to between $5.08 and $5.10 from between $5.69 and $5.79. The metric includes a non-cash charge related to the launch of the psoriasis treatment Skyrizi.

 

Write to Dave Sebastian at dave.sebastian@wsj.com

 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

November 01, 2019 09:50 ET (13:50 GMT)

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