POWER OF ATTORNEY


	The undersigned constitutes and appoints LAURA J. SCHUMACHER,
KATHLEEN M.S. SCHEIDT, JENNIFER M. LAGUNAS and STEVEN L. SCROGHAM,
and each of them individually, as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power  of substitution and
re-substitution, for the undersigned and in the  undersigned's name,
place and stead, to prepare and sign any and all Securities and
Exchange Commission  ("SEC") Notices of Proposed Sales of Securities
pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities  Act of 1933 on Form 144,
all SEC statements on Forms 3, 4 and 5 as required under Section 16(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including a Form ID and any
other  documents necessary to obtain codes and passwords necessary
to make electronic filings,  and any amendments or successors to such
forms, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, granting unto said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform
each act and thing requisite, necessary or desirable to be done under
said Rule 144 and Section 16(a), as fully for all intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.

	A copy of this power of attorney shall be filed with the SEC.
The authorization set forth above shall continue in full force and
effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 144,
3, 4, or 5 or if earlier, until the undersigned revokes such
authorization by written instructions to the attorney-in-fact.


Date:  October 17, 2018

/s/ Brian L. Durkin
Signature of Reporting Person

Brian L. Durkin
Name


AbbVie Inc.
1 N. Waukegan Road
North Chicago, IL 60064