FDA fast tracks Amgen’s Blincyto leukemia drug
Thousand Oaks-based biotech giant Amgen announced March 29 that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has fast-tracked the company’s leukemia drug Blincyto for priority review. The drug increases the length of survival among high-risk patients, according to a study released by the New England Journal of Medicine. It almost doubled median overall survival versus chemotherapy among adult patients Read More →
Read More →500 Amgen employees to be re-assigned, relocated or laid off
Nearly 500 Amgen employees in Thousand Oaks have been notified that they will be re-assigned, relocated or laid off as part of a restructuring plan. The biotech giant informed employees on March 22 that they will be reassigned to a new Tampa Bay, Fla. facility and research and development offices in Cambridge, Mass. and South Read More →
Read More →Drug sales for biotech giant Amgen boost bottom line
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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 →Amgen CEO meets with Trump, vows to add 1,600 jobs
Amgen CEO Robert Bradway met with President Donald Trump on Jan. 31 and vowed to add 1,600 jobs, Bloomberg News reported. Trump told biotech leaders at a White House meeting that drug prices needed to come down and he would find a way to streamline the regulatory process. He has discussed having the government negotiate Read More →
Read More →Amgen updates agreement with DaVita for dialysis treatment
Thousand Oaks biotech company Amgen entered into a six-year supply agreement with DaVita for dialysis treatments, the company announced on Jan. 9. Under the terms of the new agreement, Amgen will supply DaVita with Epogen and Aranesp for agents to stimulate red blood cells in dialysis treatment in the United States and Puerto Rico. The Read More →
Read More →Amgen partners with Immatics Biotechnologies to develop cancer drugs
Thousand Oaks biotech company Amgen formed a potential $500 million partnership with Immatics Biotechnologies GmbH to research and develop next-generation, T-cell engaging bispecific immunotherapies targeting multiple cancers, the company announced on Jan. 9. Under the terms of the agreement, Immatics will receive $30 million upfront and can receive more than $500 million in development, regulatory Read More →
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