** Shares of drugmaker AbbVie ABBV.N rise 2.3% to $194.90
** AbbVie and India's Glenmark Pharmaceuticals arm GLEN.NS Ichnos Glenmark Innovation $(IGI)$ have signed an exclusive licensing agreement for IGI's cancer treatment, adding to the U.S. firm's oncology portfolio
** AbbVie will get exclusive rights to develop, manufacture and commercialize IGI's ISB 2001 in North America, Europe, Japan and Greater China
** IGI's experimental drug, ISB 2001, is currently in early-stage trial in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma, a type of cancer that develops in white blood cells
** IGI will receive an upfront payment of $700 million and could earn up to $1.225 billion in additional milestone payments
** Including session moves, ABBV is up 9.8% YTD
(Reporting by Siddhi Mahatole)
((siddhi.mahatole@thomsonreuters.com))