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Amgen News

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Saturday | Boston Globe

Nasdaq 100 Leaders and Laggards: Amgn Nvda

The Nasdaq 100 index rose slightly in an abbreviated trading session Thursday as Wall Street weighed record-high crude oil prices and reports showing a drop in the service sector, but an unchanged unemployment ...

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

Fri Jul 04, 2008

Bloomberg Business News

Amgen Diminished Shares Look to `Savior' With Osteoporosis Drug Denosumab

Amgen Inc. 's experimental osteoporosis drug may become the top remedy for the bone- thinning disorder, gaining about half of an $8 billion annual market and reviving shares.

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Related Topix: Whitehouse Station, NJ, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Osteoporosis, Fosamax, Alendronate (generic), Medication

Thu Jul 03, 2008

KCPQ

Priority security lines are coming to Delta terminal at LAX

Later this month, Delta Air Lines customers will be able to avoid long security lines at Los Angeles International Airport by enrolling in a national program that provides priority lanes in passenger terminals.

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Related Topix: Marketing, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Transportation, Airlines, Delta Air Lines

Bloomberg

Amgen's Experimental Drug Motesanib May Slow Thyroid Cancer, Study Finds

Amgen Inc. 's experimental cancer drug motesanib delayed or reversed growth of thyroid tumors in a small study of patients with advanced malignancies.

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Related Topix: Thyroid Cancer, Health, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Texas

Wed Jul 02, 2008

Science Daily

Controlling Bone Disease Improves Survival Of Hemodialysis Patients

The findings indicate that keeping parathyroid hormone, calcium, and phosphorous levels in control is critically important for dialysis patients with chronic kidney disease .

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Related Topix: Newbury Park, CA, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

Medical News Today

DxS Launches Cancer Mutation Kit For K-RAS In Australia - New ...

DxS Launches Cancer Mutation Kit For K-RAS In Australia - New Diagnostic Assists Clinicians In Selecting Appropriate Cancer Therapy For Patients Main Category: Cancer / Oncology Also Included In: Medical ...

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Related Topix: Oncology, Medicine, Cancer, Biotech, Healthcare Industry

Tue Jul 01, 2008

Business Wire

Public relations, press release distribution, investor relations, SEC filing

Amgen today announced updated results from the "STEPP" trial, the first prospective - PRINCETON, N.J.-- --Bristol-Myers Squibb Company announced today that it has completed its previously announced $190 million ...

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Princeton, NJ, Bristol Myers Squibb

Mon Jun 30, 2008

Freshnews

San Diego--- Akesis Pharmaceuticals Names Carl LeBel as President and Chief Operating Officer

Akesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , an emerging diabetes drug-development company, today announced it has named Carl LeBel, Ph.D., as president and chief operating officer.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Diabetes, Biotech, Healthcare Industry

MediLexicon

New Data Show Preemptive Treatment May Significantly Reduce Skin...

GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology Amgen announced updated results from the "STEPP" trial, the first prospective study to examine differences between preemptive and reactive skin treatment for skin toxicities ...

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Related Topix: Spain, World News, Biotech, Healthcare Industry

Sat Jun 28, 2008

Business Wire

Public relations, press release distribution, investor relations, SEC filing

Fluxion Biosciences announced today an exclusive distribution agreement with Basel-based Bucher Biotec AG.

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Related Topix: Insurance, Manufacturing, Industrial Machines, Acuity Brand, Electronics, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Princeton, NJ

Thu Jun 26, 2008

East Bay Business Times

Biotechs spent $168M to lobby Capitol Hill last year

The life sciences industry ponied up a record dollar amount to lobby Congress last year, according to a new Center for Public Integrity report.

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Related Topix: US News, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Novartis, Abbott Laboratories, Manufacturing, Bayer AG, Chemicals

Tue Jun 24, 2008

Market Watch

FDA panel recommends expanding use of Amgen's Enbrel: report

An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration has recommended the agency expand the approved use of Amgen Inc.'s Enbrel, The Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Food and Drug Administration, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Enbrel, Etanercept (generic), Medication

Sun Jun 22, 2008

Asbury Park Press

Johnson & Johnson urge panel to approve psoriasis drug

New Brunswick-based Johnson & Johnson urged a U.S. advisory panel to recommend approval of its experimental drug, ustekinumab, for the 7.5 million Americans with the skin disorder psoriasis.

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Related Topix: Abbott Laboratories, Biotech, Johnson and Johnson, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

Fri Jun 20, 2008

Med Ad News

Amgen and Wyeth Statement on Outcome of Dermatologic and Ophthalmic...

Amgen and Wyeth Statement on Outcome of Dermatologic and Ophthalmic Drugs Advisory Committee Meeting THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Wyeth

Wed Jun 18, 2008

Scientific American

FDA backs wider use of Amgen drug for kids

U.S. health officials should approve wider use of Amgen Inc's drug Enbrel to treat psoriasis in children, a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel said on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Family, Kids, Food and Drug Administration, Medicine, Enbrel, Etanercept (generic), Medication, Biotech, Healthcare Industry

Birmingham News Online

Continue reading "BioCryst taps Amgen exec for key post"

Birmingham-based BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Inc . said today that Dr. William P. Sheridan has been appointed the company's chief medical officer.

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Related Topix: Birmingham, AL, Birmingham Metro, Biotech, Medicine, BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare Industry

Mon Jun 16, 2008

CNN Money

FDA flags Amgen skin drug

Federal regulators said Monday an Amgen drug used to treat a severe skin disorder was associated with sometimes lethal infections when used in children.

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Related Topix: Rheumatoid Arthritis, Medicine, Health, Biotech, Healthcare Industry, Food and Drug Administration, Enbrel, Etanercept (generic), Medication, Psoriasis, Arthritis

Sat Jun 14, 2008

Boston Globe

Wall Street scrutinizes Medicare payment proposal

Biotech drugmaker Amgen Inc. is among the companies that could see profits trimmed by a Congressional spending bill aimed at streamlining the Medicare program.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Investment Banking, Lehman Brothers Holdings, Financial Services, Investment Services, US News

Thu Jun 12, 2008

The Motley Fool

How to Make a Lot of Money

Even as he's caught square in the sights of this terrible market, noted money manager Richard Pzena exudes confidence -- despite his big bets on Fannie Mae , Freddie Mac , and Citigroup thus far looking nothing ...

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Retail, Dress Barn Inc The, Apparel, Financial Markets

Tue Jun 10, 2008

Business Wire

Public relations, press release distribution, investor relations, SEC filing

Fitch expects to rate Chase Issuance Trust CHASEseries Class A, Notes as follows: - THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.-- --Amgen Senior Vice President of North American Commercial Operations James Daly will present at the ...

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Investment Banking, Financial Services, Goldman Sachs Group, Investment Services, Medical Equipment

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