Company: ABBV
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001551152-25-000020
Chunk: 105

Company: AbbVie Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 3
Chunk 105
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, AbbVie acquired $233 million of intangible assets for in-process research and development, $22 million of intangible assets for developed product rights and $60 million of deferred tax liabilities. Other assets and liabilities assumed were insignificant. The acquisition resulted in the recognition of $92 million of goodwill which is not deductible for tax purposes.Other Licensing & Acquisitions Activity Cash outflows related to other acquisitions and investments totaled $3.0 billion in 2024, $1.2 billion in 2023 and $539 million in 2022. AbbVie recorded acquired IPR&D and milestones expense of $2.8 billion in 2024, $778 million in 2023 and $697 million in 2022. Significant arrangements impacting 2024, 2023 and 2022, some of which require contingent milestone payments, are summarized below.Nimble Therapeutics, Inc.Subsequent to December 31, 2024, AbbVie completed its previously announced acquisition of Nimble Therapeutics, Inc. (Nimble). Nimble is a biotechnology company dedicated to delivering on the promise of oral peptide therapeutics and its lead asset, an investigational oral peptide IL23R inhibitor, is in preclinical development for the treatment of psoriasis. Under the terms of the agreement, AbbVie made an upfront cash payment of approximately $200 million at closing to acquire all outstanding equity of Nimble. AbbVie could make additional future payments of up to $130 million upon the achievement of certain development milestones. The accounting impact of this acquisition will be included in the consolidated financial statements beginning in the first quarter of 2025. Aliada Therapeutics Holdings, Inc.In December 2024, AbbVie completed its previously announced acquisition of Aliada Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. (Aliada) including its lead program ALIA-1758 and accounted for the transaction as an asset acquisition. ALIA-1758 is an anti-pyroglutamate amyloid beta (3pE-Aβ) antibody in development for the treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease. Under the terms of the agreement, AbbVie made an upfront cash payment of approximately $1.4 billion to acquire all outstanding equity of Aliada which was recorded in acquired IPR&D and milestones expense in the consolidated statement of earnings in the fourth quarter of 2024. Celsius Therapeutics, Inc.In June 2024, AbbVie acquired Celsius Therapeutics, Inc. (Celsius Therapeutics)