Amgen gets approvals for BeiGene deal, Nplate drug

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Amgen gets approvals for BeiGene deal, Nplate drug

By Staff Report / Monday, December 2nd, 2019 / Comments Off on Amgen gets approvals for BeiGene deal, Nplate drug

Amgen received two approvals from regulators over the Thanksgiving weekend, allowing its deal to acquire a minority stake in a Chinese biotechnology firm to move forward and granting orphan drug status to anemia treatment Nplate. The Thousand Oaks-based pharma giant announced the deal to acquire a 20 percent stake in oncology research firm BeiGene for…

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