Amgen settles with AbbVie over Humira biosimilar
Thousand Oaks biopharmaceutical giant Amgen announced Sept. 28 that it had reached a settlement with Chicago-based competitor AbbVie, which had sued to block Amgen’s Humira biosimilar Amjevita. The rheumatoid arthritis and inflammation treatment received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval in September of 2016, but sales were blocked when AbbVie filed a patent infringement claim Read More →
Amgen agrees to develop biosimilars for Chinese market
Increasing its global footprint in the biosimilars market, Amgen announced Sept. 26 that it had formed an exclusive co-development agreement with Chinese drug manufacturer Simcere Pharmaceutical Group. The agreement aims to bring four oncology and inflammation biosimilars in Amgen’s portfolio to commercialization in China. The Thousand Oaks-based biotechnology company will produce and submit approval applications Read More →
Amgen reaffirms earnings outlook after hurricane hits Puerto Rico
After reviewing the impacts to its Puerto Rico manufacturing facility from Hurricane Maria, Thousand Oaks biotech giant Amgen reaffirmed its earnings outlook Sept. 25 and said that outreach to impacted staff was ongoing. The storm did not damage any product or in-process inventory at the plant, and the company said it did not expect any Read More →
Defense stock investors making ‘flight to safety’
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California’s economic growth slowing
California’s economic growth has slowed compared to the U.S. economy and the trend of slowing growth will continue over the next two years with GDP growth declining to 2.3 percent, the California Lutheran University Center for Economic Research and Forecasting said in its Sept. 21 forecast. Job growth is expected to drop to 1.3 percent, Read More →
PGA Tour Champions give Sherwood course high marks
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