Today, Brenton Flynn looks at Abbott Labs' favorable news for a key drug but cautions that the news should be taken with a grain of salt. When Abbott Labs spins itself off to become two companies, this drug will make up a hefty portion of the revenue for AbbVie, just in time for it to fall off the patent cliff.

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