Amgen buys $66 million stake in genetics device company

By Staff Report  /  Thursday, October 18th, 2018  /  East Ventura County, Latest news, Technology, Tri-County Public Companies  /  Comments Off on Amgen buys $66 million stake in genetics device company

Thousand Oaks biotech giant Amgen broadened its reach into genetics research Oct. 18 with a $66 million investment in handheld DNA sequencing company Oxford Nanopore Technologies. Genetics has been a research focus for Amgen since its 2012 acquisition of deCODE, particularly in the area of Alzheimer’s therapies. The news follows closely the release by Oxford Read More →