Thousand Oaks apartment complex sells for $67 million
A 191-unit multifamily community at 491 W. Gainsborough Road in Thousand Oaks sold for $67 million. Pacific Urban Residential bought the property from IMT Capital LLC, according to Greg Harris of Marcus & Millichap who coordinated the deal. “The acquisition provided the buyer with the opportunity to enter a highly coveted market supported by the Read More →
Amgen partners with Swedish company to develop drugs
Thousand Oaks-based Amgen will pay a Swedish company up to $410 million to help it develop oncology and neuroscience drugs. The companies announced the partnership Oct. 4 and said Nuevolution will use its Chemetics drug discovery platform to discover drugs for Amgen. Nuevolution may receive licensing payments along with development, commercial and milestone payments. It Read More →
Amgen leukemia drug cures 39 percent of treated patients, study finds
Amgen’s new leukemia drug cured 39 percent of pediatric patients who received treatment, the Thousand Oaks company said Oct. 3 after publishing results of a new study in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Blincyto, which treats a rare form of the disease known as precursor B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, sent 27 patients out of 70 Read More →
FDA gives big win to Amgen in biosimilars race
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Amgen paying Arrowhead for traits to develop cardiovascular drugs
Amgen will license two traits from a Pasadena pharmaceutical company to develop cardiovascular drugs under a partnership announced Sept. 29. Under the agreement, Thousand Oaks-based Amgen will pay Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals $35 million up front, $21.5 million in the form of an equity investment by Amgen in Arrowhead common stock, and up to $617 million in Read More →