Amgen
Amgen is committed to unlocking the potential of biology for patients suffering from serious illnesses by discovering, developing, manufacturing and delivering innovative human therapeutics. This approach begins by using tools like advanced human genetics to unravel the complexities of disease and understand the fundamentals of human biology.
Amgen focuses on areas of high unmet medical need and leverages its biologics manufacturing expertise to strive for solutions that improve health outcomes and dramatically improve people's lives. A biotechnology pioneer since 1980, Amgen has grown to be one of the world's leading independent biotechnology companies, has reached millions of patients around the world and is developing a pipeline of medicines with breakaway potential.
Business & Industry
- Abbott and Omada Health partner to offer integrated digital health and coaching experience for people with Type 2 diabetes
- Bayer inks deals with eleven startups under G4A Digital Health Partnerships program
- Abbott and Abbott Fund launch 'Future Well Kids' program to help students shape healthier lives
- Akcea and Pfizer Inc. announce licensing agreement for investigative antisense therapy AKCEA-ANGPTL3-LRx
- Novartis and Microsoft announce collaboration to transform medicine with artificial intelligence
Research & Development
- AI could offer warnings about serious side effects of drug-drug interactions
- Antibody-based eye drops show promise for treating dry eye disease
- Powerful new genomics method can be used to reveal the causes of rare genetic diseases
- AI and big data predict which research will influence future medical treatments
- Pharmacists provide patient value in team-based care
- Cancer patients who exercise have less heart damage from chemotherapy
- Chinese activists protest the use of traditional treatments - they want medical science
Conferences & Events
- SMi's 9th Annual Orphan Drugs & Rare Diseases Conference
- SMi's Inaugural Pharmaceutical Manufacturing & Cleanroom Technology Conference
- Disruptive Technologies in Pharma 2019
- Respiratory Drug Delivery 2019
- Exclusive iVeena speaker interview released for 3rd Ophthalmic Drugs Conference
- eyeforpharma The Marketing Disruption Summit
- Optima to host post-conference workshop at Lyophilization USA
Regulatory Affairs
- FDA approves new treatment for patients with migraine
- FDA awards 12 grants to fund new clinical trials to advance the development of medical products for the treatment of rare diseases
- FDA approves second drug to prevent HIV infection as part of ongoing efforts to end the HIV epidemic
- FDA announces voluntary recall of Sandoz ranitidine capsules following detection of an impurity
- FDA approves first oral GLP-1 treatment for type 2 diabetes