A "Me Too" FDA Breakthrough

AbbVie recently received the Food and Drug Administration's new breakthrough designation for its interferon-free hepatitis C treatment regimen. Although the product is groundbreaking and likely a future blockbuster, Motley Fool health care analyst David Williamson cautions investors not to get too excited over this development.

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