Amgen gets FDA OK to market Repatha’s ability to prevent heart attacks
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Read More →Amgen laying off 121 workers in Thousand Oaks
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Read More →Amgen buying out joint venture Kirin-Amgen for $780 million
Amgen, the biotech giant based in Thousand Oaks, announced that it would buy out joint venture Kirin-Amgen, which was created to develop white blood cell booster Neupogen among other projects, for $780 million. The joint venture holds intellectual property rights for Neupogen, Neulasta, Aranesp, Nplate and brodalumab. In addition to the cash deal, Amgen will Read More →
Read More →Amgen product sales slip but income stays steady
Net income at biotech giant Amgen stayed flat for the third quarter, despite a slight downtick in revenues to $5.8 billion, the company reported Oct. 25. Product sales saw a slight decline, including Neupogen, Epogen and its blockbuster rheumatoid arthritis drug Enbrel, which fell 6 percent, but net income stayed steady at a little more Read More →
Read More →Biotech giant Amgen to pay dividend on Dec. 8
Biotech giant Amgen announced Oct. 24 that it would pay a $1.15 dividend for its fourth quarter of fiscal 2017. Stockholders of record for the Thousand Oaks-based company at the end of day on Nov. 17 will receive the dividend on Dec. 8.
Read More →Westlake Village biotech company MannKind restructures debt
MannKind announced Oct. 23 that it had restructured debt due in 2018, exchanging $27.7 million in convertible notes for $23.7 million due in October of 2021 and nearly 1 million shares of its common stock. The new convertible senior subordinated exchange notes have a rate of 5.75 percent, the Westlake Village-based biotech company said in Read More →
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