Amgen


THOUSAND OAKS, California, June 24, 2011 - Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) today announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has adopted a positive opinion recommending that Vectibix (panitumumab) be approved for use in the European Union (EU) in first-line in combination with FOLFOX and in second-line in combination with FOLFIRI in patients who have received first-line fluoropyrimidine-based chemotherapy (excluding irinotecan) for patients with wild-type KRAS metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), following a successful re-examination procedure by Amgen.

ZUG, Switzerland, June 10, 2011 - Amgen announced today the results of a new European survey of people suffering from a rare blood disorder called immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) shows that one in four feels the impact of the condition on their daily lives is severe, causing them anxiety and concern.

ZUG, Switzerland, June 10, 2011 - - Interim Results From Largest Study Of Adult ITP Patients To Date Amgen today announced interim results from an international, single-arm study ("209 study") evaluating the safety and efficacy of Nplate(R) (romiplostim) in adults with primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) - a rare blood disorder - demonstrated that Nplate induced a rapid platelet response with a good safety profile in adult ITP patients with low platelet counts and bleeding symptoms (Abstract #0223).

ZUG, Switzerland, June 9, 2011 - Amgen announced today the launch of its first oncology website for the international oncology community outside the United States.

THOUSAND OAKS, California, May 20, 2011 - Amgen (Nasdaq: AMGN) today announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended a positive opinion for the marketing authorization of XGEVA(TM) (denosumab) for the prevention of skeletal-related events (pathological fracture, radiation to bone, spinal cord compression or surgery to bone) in adults with bone metastases from solid tumors.
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