Amgen buys biotech company, partners with another

By Staff Report  /  Wednesday, September 16th, 2015  /  Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies  /  Comments Off on Amgen buys biotech company, partners with another

Thousand Oaks-based biopharmaceutical giant Amgen bought a Netherlands-based company and partnered with a Monrovia-based company in an effort to fend off competitors. Amgen announced Sept. 16 that it will buy Dezima, a biotech company focused on developing new treatments for dyslipidemia, a disease where a person has an abnormal amount of lipids in their blood. Read More →