By Jim Stafford For The OklahomanBOSTON — Every one of the more than 16,500 attendees at the BIO 2018 International Convention received a backpack prominently adorned with the name “AbbVie” on the front. AbbVie is a major player in the biopharmaceutical industry with more than 50 compounds in clinical development, across significant areas of health care such as oncology, immunology, neuroscience and virology. For one Oklahoman among in the OKBio group here this week, the AbbVie name has a special connection.Read more on NewsOK.com