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Gov. Brown vetoes Amgen-backed anti-biosimilars bill

By   /  Friday, October 18th, 2013  /  Banking & Finance, Health Care & Life Science, Technology, Top Stories, Tourism, Tri-County Public Companies  /  Comments Off on Gov. Brown vetoes Amgen-backed anti-biosimilars bill

Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a bill supported by Thousand Oaks-based Amgen and other biotechnology companies that would have made it more difficult for pharmacists to dispense so-called biosimilars, the biotech industry’s analogue to generic pharmaceuticals.

Senate Bill 598, approved by both houses of the legislature, looked mostly like a procedural change to state’s pharmacy laws. If it passed, the bill would have allowed pharmacists to fill prescriptions with biosimilars that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration deems “interchangeable” with brand-name counterparts.

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Amgen shares top $100 as fears fade over biosimilars

By   /  Friday, April 5th, 2013  /  Banking & Finance, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies  /  Comments Off on Amgen shares top $100 as fears fade over biosimilars

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Amgen power handoff comes at critical time

By   /  Friday, May 18th, 2012  /  Banking & Finance, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies  /  Comments Off on Amgen power handoff comes at critical time

Incoming Amgen chief Robert Bradway takes the baton from longtime CEO Kevin Sharer as the world’s largest biotech company makes critical decisions about how it will compete with Big Pharma and biosimilars. Amgen, the Tri-Counties’ only blue-chip stock and the largest employer in the region with more than 6,000 employees, will install Bradway, a former Read More →

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Amgen looks for new life with Micromet

By   /  Friday, February 3rd, 2012  /  Banking & Finance, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies  /  Comments Off on Amgen looks for new life with Micromet

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Amgen to lay off 226 in Thousand Oaks

By   /  Wednesday, October 19th, 2011  /  Latest news, Technology, Tri-County Public Companies  /  Comments Off on Amgen to lay off 226 in Thousand Oaks

[wikichart align=”right” ticker=”NASDAQ:AMGN” showannotations=”true” livequote=”true” startdate=”19-04-2011″ enddate=”19-10-2011″ width=”300″ height=”245″] Thousand Oaks-based Amgen is laying off 226 people at its headquarters as part of a restructuring of its research operations. Worldwide, the R&D shakeup will affect 380 staff members, but the company’s headquarters are bearing the brunt of the cuts. The company said the layoffs are Read More →

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Amgen braces for biosimilars rules

By   /  Friday, October 7th, 2011  /  Banking & Finance, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies  /  Comments Off on Amgen braces for biosimilars rules

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