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Amgen case puts class action rules to test

By   /  Friday, June 15th, 2012  /  Banking & Finance, Law, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies  /  Comments Off on Amgen case puts class action rules to test

Thousand Oaks-based Amgen is set to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court that could make it harder for shareholders to band together and sue publicly traded companies over public comments made by top officials. The court agreed to hear a stock-fraud case this fall between Amgen and Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds, Read More →

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Where in the world do the Amgen jets go?

By   /  Friday, May 25th, 2012  /  Banking & Finance, Tri-County Public Companies  /  Comments Off on Where in the world do the Amgen jets go?

Kevin Sharer concluded his decade-long reign at the helm of the world’s largest biotechnology company on May 23, when he handed the CEO reins over to Robert Bradway. But the former chief  executive of Thousand Oaks-based Amgen will continue to keep a leased office, secretary and other perks through the end of 2017, according to Read More →

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Corporate close-up: A look at the region’s highest-paid public company executives

By   /  Friday, May 25th, 2012  /  Banking & Finance, Features, Technology, Tri-County Public Companies  /  Comments Off on Corporate close-up: A look at the region’s highest-paid public company executives

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Amgen power handoff comes at critical time

By   /  Friday, May 18th, 2012  /  Banking & Finance, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies  /  Comments Off on Amgen power handoff comes at critical time

Incoming Amgen chief Robert Bradway takes the baton from longtime CEO Kevin Sharer as the world’s largest biotech company makes critical decisions about how it will compete with Big Pharma and biosimilars. Amgen, the Tri-Counties’ only blue-chip stock and the largest employer in the region with more than 6,000 employees, will install Bradway, a former Read More →

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Bloomberg: Amgen targeted in lawmakers’ probe

By   /  Friday, May 4th, 2012  /  Latest news, Technology  /  Comments Off on Bloomberg: Amgen targeted in lawmakers’ probe

Thousand Oaks-based Amgen is among a handful of drugmakers being probed for more information about a deal it reached with the Obama administration to support the health care overhaul Democrats passed in 2010, according to Bloomberg News. The news agency reported on May 4 that a group of Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Read More →

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Editorial: Recognizing Rathmann, Amgen’s visionary

By   /  Friday, April 27th, 2012  /  Editorials, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Editorial: Recognizing Rathmann, Amgen’s visionary

The co-founder of the world’s biggest biotechnology company has cast a long shadow.

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Amgen to buy Turkish firm in $700M deal

By   /  Wednesday, April 25th, 2012  /  Latest news, Technology, Tri-County Public Companies  /  Comments Off on Amgen to buy Turkish firm in $700M deal

Thousand Oaks-based Amgen said it will acquire Mustafa Nevzat Pharmaceuticals, a major supplier of pharmaceuticals and injectable medicines in Turkey, in a deal that values the Turkish firm at $700 million. Amgen said that its focus on Turkey and the surrounding region is part of a broad international expansion strategy for the company. Amgen established Read More →

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