Amgen applies for FDA approval of Blincyto
Thousand Oaks-based Amgen submitted an application for Blincyto to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the company announced on Feb. 14. Amgen aims to gain approval for Blincyto to treat Philadelphia chromosome-positive relapsed or refractory B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The drug was previously granted breakthrough therapy designation and accelerated approval in December 2014. “Acute Read More →
Read More →Drug sales for biotech giant Amgen boost bottom line
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Read More →Atara Biotherapeutics moving research division to Thousand Oaks
Atara Biotherapeutics will move its research and development division from Westlake Village to Thousand Oaks, the company said in a news release. The company plans to occupy 91,000 square feet at the yet-to-be-constructed Conejo Spectrum Business Park off of Lawrence Drive and Conejo Spectrum Street. The Sares-Regis Group bought 29 acres of land at the Read More →
Read More →FDA approves Amgen’s Parsabiv drug to treat chronic kidney disease
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Amgen’s Parsabiv drug to treat patients with chronic kidney disease, the company announced on Feb. 7. The Thousand Oaks-based biotech company’s Parsabiv is the first therapy approved for the treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism for patients on hemodialysis in 12 years, Amgen said. “We are excited about today’s approval Read More →
Read More →Amgen funds STEM program for Girl Scouts
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Read More →Amgen beats analyst estimates for fourth quarter revenue
Thousand Oaks-based biotech giant Amgen reported revenue of $6 billion in the fourth quarter of 2016, besting analyst estimates of $5.74 billion and increasing 8 percent from the fourth quarter of 2015. The world’s largest biotech drug maker posted total revenues of $23 billion on the year, up 6 percent from 2015. Revenue gains were Read More →
Read More →Agilent cancer treatment approved in Europe
Agilent Technologies, with offices in Carpinteria, announced a product designed to identify previously untreated non-small cell lung cancer patients with a tumor proportion score of 50 percent or more was approved for use in Europe in conjunction with Merck’s Keytruda therapy. Before using the product – called PD-L1 IHC 22C3 pharmDx and developed by Agilent Read More →
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