February 23, 2024
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Amgen’s gamble on new cancer drug may pay off

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Amgen co-founder William K. Bowes Jr. stands watch over the Thousand Oaks campus. When Amgen bought Onyx Pharmaceuticals for $10.4 billion in 2013, it banked on Kyprolis becoming a mainstream cancer drug to treat multiple myeloma. Amgen may soon find out whether that gamble pays off. Kyprolis is currently approved for third-line treatments, and the…

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