THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., June 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) will present at the Goldman Sachs Global Healthcare Conference at 1:20 p.m. PT on Wednesday, June 11, 2014, at the Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. Anthony C. Hooper, executive vice president of Global Commercial Operations at Amgen, will present at the conference. Live audio of the presentation can be accessed from the Events Calendar on Amgen's website, www.amgen.com, under Investors. A replay of the webcast will also be available on Amgen's website for 90 days following the event. About Amgen Amgen is committed to unlocking the potential of biology for patients suffering from serious illnesses by disc...

Phase 1 Study Evaluating Talimogene Laherparepvec Plus Ipilimumab Showed Tolerability at Doses Administered Tumors Shrank in Size or Were No Longer Detectable in 56 Percent of Patients Positive Overall Survival Trend Observed in Phase 3 Study THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., June 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) today announced new data from two key clinical trials that support the potential of talimogene laherparepvec, a novel, investigational oncolytic immunotherapy, as both a single agent and as part of a combination regimen in patients with metastatic melanoma. The findings were presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Chicago...

Data From Phase 3 TESLA Study in Patients With Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia (HoFH) and Phase 2/3 TAUSSIG Study in Patients With Severe Familial Hypercholesterolemia Presented in Late-Breaking Session at EAS 2014 First Phase 3 Data Presentation of a PCSK9 Inhibitor in HoFH Patients THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., June 1, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) today announced new detailed data from the Phase 3 TESLA study evaluating its novel investigational cholesterol-lowering medication, evolocumab (AMG 145), in patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH), a rare and serious genetic disorder characterized by extremely high low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (L...

Study Shows Improved Survival Benefit in Panitumumab Arm THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., May 31, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) today announced results from the Phase 2 PEAK study that reinforce the improved overall survival (OS) benefit of panitumumab (Vectibix®) when used in combination with FOLFOX, an oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy regimen, compared to bevacizumab (Avastin®) plus FOLFOX as first-line treatment in patients with wild-type RAS metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). The data was presented today at the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Chicago (Abstract No. 3629). The data presented at ASCO was an extended analysis of the PEAK st...

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., May 30, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) will present at the Jefferies 2014 Global Healthcare Conference at 11:30 a.m. ET on Wednesday, June 4, 2014, at the Grand Hyatt New York in New York City. Arvind Sood, vice president of Investor Relations at Amgen, will present at the conference. Live audio of the presentation can be accessed from the Events Calendar on Amgen's website, www.amgen.com, under Investors. A replay of the webcast will also be available on Amgen's website for 90 days following the event. About Amgen Amgen is committed to unlocking the potential of biology for patients suffering from serious illnesses by discovering, developing, manufacturin...

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., May 29, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) today announced that it will hold a post-American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) summary webcast on Tuesday, June 3, 2014, at 1 p.m. PT. Sean E. Harper, M.D., executive vice president of Research and Development at Amgen, along with members of Amgen's clinical development team, will participate to discuss data presented at ASCO and Amgen's broader oncology portfolio of products. Live audio of the conference call will be simultaneously broadcast over the Internet and will be available to members of the news media, investors and the general public. The webcast, as with other selected presentations regarding dev...

New Data Reinforces Commitment to Personalized Medicine and Highlights Advances in Immunotherapy Platform THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. and SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) and its subsidiary Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., today announced data from several studies of both pipeline and marketed products will be presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) being held May 30-June 3 in Chicago. The research that will be presented demonstrates Amgen's and Onyx's continued progress in developing treatments for patients with difficult-to-treat cancers, as well as investigating new uses and areas of interest for their...

Vectibix is the First and Only Biologic to Offer Significant Survival Benefit as a First-Line Treatment with FOLFOX Chemotherapy for Patients with Wild-Type KRAS Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Approval Reinforces Amgen Commitment to Personalized Medicine THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., May 23, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Vectibix® (panitumumab) for use in combination with FOLFOX, an oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy regimen, as first-line treatment in patients with wild-type KRAS (exon 2) metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). With this approval, Vectibix becomes the first and only biologic to offer a signific...

Early Data Demonstrate Anti-TSLP Therapy Reduces Early and Late Asthmatic Responses and Several Key Inflammatory Markers THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., May 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) today announced that The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) published positive results from a Phase 1 study adding to the growing body of evidence that inhibiting thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) could be beneficial in the treatment of asthma. TSLP is a cytokine thought to be a key driver of allergic inflammation. These are the first clinical data to be reported for an anti-TSLP therapy. The results were also presented today at the American Thoracic Society 2014 international conference tak...

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., May 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) today announced voting results from the Company's Annual Meeting of Stockholders, held in Westlake Village, Calif.  Approximately 88 percent of outstanding shares were represented at the meeting. The director nominees David Baltimore, Frank J. Biondi, Jr., Robert A. Bradway, François de Carbonnel, Vance D. Coffman, Robert A. Eckert, Greg C. Garland, Rebecca M. Henderson, Frank C. Herringer, Tyler Jacks, Judith C. Pelham, and Ronald D. Sugar were each re-elected to Amgen's Board of Directors. Each director received at least 90 percent of the votes cast "For." Gilbert S. Omenn is retiring from the Board. With the re-el...