Amgen News

Amgen shares have had an impressive run this year, outpacing the S&P 500 by about 6%. Nevertheless, despite outpacing the broader market, Amgen has only matched the Health Care Sector Select Sector SPDR and has greatly lagged its large-cap biotech peers.

The firm currently has a "neutral" rating on the stock. Shares of Amgen traded up 0.63% during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $105.63. Amgen has a 52 week low of $67.61 and a 52 week high of $114.95. The stock's 50-day moving average is currently $100.6. The company has a market cap of $79.220 billion and a P/E ratio of 17.77. Amgen last ... (more)

Biomarker Analysis From Phase 3 PRIME Study and Phase 2 PEAK Study Link Additional RAS Gene Mutations to Vectibix Clinical Response Biomarker Analysis From Phase 3 PRIME Study and Phase 2 PEAK Study Link Additional RAS Gene Mutations to Vectibix Clinical Response /PRNewswire/ -- Amgen today announced results from three analyses of Vectibix in ... (more)

"The data that we are presenting at ASCO demonstrate great progress with our effort to develop treatments that will help patients with advanced cancers," said , M.D., executive vice president of Research and Development at Amgen.

Biogen Idec is estimated to post earnings of $2.07 per share in the September quarter.

May 11, 2013 -- Sagent Pharma, a US generic injectible drugmaker, will pay $25 million to acquire its partner's 50% interest in a China manufacturing JV; ScinoPharm Taiwan and Coland Holdings formed a partnership to bring generic oncology drugs to mainland China; Zhejiang Huahai Pharma joined with Oncobiologics to develop and make biosimilars of ... (more)

Bay City Capital, a leading venture capital firm focused on early-stage to growth equity investments in the life sciences, today announced the addition of David Beier, JD as Managing Director.

Rainbow Coral Corp. received word this week that the revolutionary technology developed by its partner, Nano3D Biosciences , is set to begin penetrating the U.S. marketplace.

This article is the second in a three part series about Array BioPharma Inc. , a biopharmaceutical company that is developing small molecule drug candidates for the treatment of cancers and other diseases.

Sagent Pharmaceuticals , a Chicago-area maker of generic injectible drugs, will acquire its partner's 50% interest in a China JV for $25 million .

Although most people know actor Patrick Dempsey as Dr. Derek Shepherd on ABC's "Grey's Anatomy," one of his biggest recurring roles is as an ambassador for Breakaway from Cancer, a "national initiative affiliated with pharmaceutical company Amgen, Inc.

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Amgen and Zhejiang Beta Pharma Co., Ltd. today announced that the companies have signed an agreement to form a joint venture to commercialize Amgen's Vectibix in the Chinese market.

Amgen Inc. will form a joint venture with Chinese pharmaceutical firm Zhejiang Beta Pharma Co.

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KERX ) almost tripled in price in the final four days of January, following the January 28th early-morning release of top-line data from a clinical trial assessing its lead new-drug prospect Zerenex in the treatment of patients with ESRD on dialysis; the price reached a high of $9.98 on the 31st, compared with the stock's 52-week low of $1.65 last ... (more)

Amgen Announces Top-Line Results of Vectibix? Phase 3 Head-to-Head Study Against Erbitux? in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Amgen Announces Top-Line Results of Vectibix Phase 3 Head-to-Head Study Against Erbitux in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer /PRNewswire/ -- Amgen today announced that the Phase 3 head-to-head ASPECCT trial evaluating Vectibix versus ... (more)

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