15 Best Selling Most Profitable Drugs of All Time

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 2. Humira

Humira is a Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) blocker which is used to treat several forms of Arthritis, a joint disease in which the immune system starts attacking the body. Humira is sold by AbbVie Inc (NYSE:ABBV), which is desperately fighting to extend its patent for the drug, which is set to expire in 2020. Humira’s total revenue through the end of 2016 stands at $95.62 billion. Humira is currently the highest grossing drug in the world, bringing in $16.1 billion in revenue for AbbVie in 2016 alone.

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