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Amgen's Repatha approved for single-dose delivery option in Europe

American Pharmacy News Reports | May 6, 2017
The drug will have centralized marketing authorization in 28 countries in the European Union.

The European Commission has adopted a decision to change the Repatha (evolocumab) marketing authorization, approving a new single-dose delivery option. Read More »

Amgen, Novartis seek cure for Alzheimer's-related migraines

American Pharmacy News Reports | May 2, 2017
Amgen will receive payments from Novartis beginning this year, as the companies share costs.

Amgen and Novartis are working together to fight against migraines with erenumab, an expanded commercial collaboration building on a global neuroscience collaboration in Alzheimer's disease and migraine established in 2015. Read More »

Amgen reports positive results for its Endeavor trial

American Pharmacy News Reports | Apr 24, 2017
Amgen detailed the results at the 16th International Myeloma Workshop in New Delhi in March.

Amgen recently announced that a planned overall survival (OS) interim analysis of the Phase 3 head-to-head Endeavor trial delivered positive results. Read More »

'Meds to beds': personal delivery helps patients following hospital discharge

Carrie Bradon | Apr 21, 2017

Bedside delivery of medications is a practice that is helping patients live more healthily following discharge from hospitals. Read More »

Amgen unveils results from late-term Kyprolis and Xgeva testing

American Pharmacy News Reports | Apr 19, 2017
The company delivered a presentation that detailed the planned overall survival interim analysis of the Phase 3 head-to-head Endeavor trial.

Amgen recently unveiled new data from the Kyprolis and Xgeva clinical development programs at the 16th International Myeloma Workshop in New Delhi. Read More »

Amgen's Blincyto study results published in New England Journal of Medicine

American Pharmacy News Reports | Apr 18, 2017
Blincyto is the first bispecific antibody construct from Amgen’s BiTE platform.

Amgen's results from its Phase 3 Tower study evaluating Blincyto’s efficacy have been published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Read More »

Phase 2 Evenity study shows promising results

American Pharmacy News Reports | Apr 6, 2017
For the last 12 months of the study, all patients received Evenity for 12 months.

Amgen and UCB recently announced that their phase 2 study for Evenity (romosozumab) showed positive fourth-year results for efficacy and safety as a second course of treatment for postmenopausal women with osteoporosis. Read More »

Amgen files requests to expand Xgeva's use in U.S. and Europe

American Pharmacy News Reports | Apr 4, 2017
Xgeva’s unique properties provide patients with a way to treat their multiple myeloma symptons.

Amgen recently announced that the company submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) a supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for Xgeva (denosumab). The company also seeks approval from the European Medicines Agency (EMA). Read More »

Amgen publishes Phase 2 study results for Blincyto

Mark Iandolo | Apr 1, 2017
Sixteen patients went into complete remission by the end of two cycles of treatment with Blincyto.

Amgen's esults from its Phase 2, open-label ALCANTARA study evaluating the efficacy and safety of BLINCYTO has been published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Read More »

Study shows Repatha can reduce chances of heart attacks and strokes

American Pharmacy News Reports | Mar 27, 2017
This benefit of Repatha starts in patients who take the drug for at least six months.

Based on 27,564 patient cardiovascular outcomes study, Amgen has established that maximally reducing low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels with Repatha leads to a further reduction in major cardiovascular events, including heart attacks, strokes and coronary revascularizations. Read More »

Amgen receives European approval to market Amgevita

American Pharmacy News Reports | Mar 24, 2017
Amgevita treats select inflammatory diseases in adults, such as moderate-to-severe rheumatoid arthritis.

Amgen recently announced that the European Commission (EC) granted the company authorization to bring to market Amgevita in all available indications. Read More »

Majority of PCSK9 inhibitor prescription claims initially rejected

American Pharmacy News Reports | Mar 24, 2017
Amgen's result suggests a utilization management process not driven by any observable clinical criteria.

Amgen's data from two studies shows that for appropriate patients in the United States, the majority of prescription claims for PCSK9 inhibitors, such as Repatha (evolocumab), were initially rejected. Read More »

Test shows results of Repatha in cognitive function trials

American Pharmacy News Reports | Mar 23, 2017
The study showed that on other cognitive domain tests – working memory, memory function and psychomotor speed – Repatha was not statistically different than placebo.

Amgen recently announced the results of the Repatha (evolocumab) cognitive function trial that examined cognitive function for 1,974 patients enrolled in the Repatha cardiovascular outcomes study. Read More »

Amgen unveils positive data from Phase 3 '482 study

American Pharmacy News Reports | Mar 20, 2017
Multiple myeloma develops within plasma cells in bone marrow.

Amgen recently announced positive data from the Phase 3 '482 study, which is the largest international multiple myeloma trial ever conducted. Read More »

Amgen to present results from Phase 3 ENDEAVOR trial

American Pharmacy News Reports | Mar 20, 2017
ENDEAVOR met its key secondary endpoint, showing that patients treated with KYPROLIS and dexamethasone lived 7.6 months longer than patients who were treated with velcade and dexamethasone.

Amgen's positive results from a planned overall survival interim analysis of the Phase 3 head-to-head ENDEAVOR trial. Read More »

Amgen Phase 3 Repatha data shows reduced need for apheresis

Caitlin Nordahl | Mar 16, 2017
Amgen’s study shows that treating those patients with Repatha can significantly reduce their need for LDL-C apheresis.

Amgen’s recent Phase 3 study of the effects of Repatha on patients who receive apheresis for low-density lipoprotein cholesterol showed a promising reduction in the need for the recurring procedure. Read More »

JAMA Cardiology publishes findings from Amgen's 4-year study of Repatha

American Pharmacy News Reports | Mar 15, 2017
The OSLER-1 open-label extension study involved 1,324 patients.

The results from Amgen’s four-year follow up OSLER-1 study on Repatha, which is so far the longest PCSK9 inhibitor clinical trial, were recently published in JAMA Cardiology. Read More »

Amgen to release results of Repatha cardiovascular outcomes trial

American Pharmacy News Reports | Mar 10, 2017
The presentation will include two analyses that explore prescription rejection rates and access barriers for PCSK9 inhibitors.

Amgen's results of its Repatha (evolocumab) cardiovascular outcomes trial will be released at the American College of Cardiology's 66th Annual Scientific Session, which is set to take place in Washington, D.C. March 17-19. Read More »

Synergy Pharmacy Services gains PCAB accreditation

American Pharmacy News Reports | Mar 5, 2017
Synergy had to undergo a multiple step process to attain the accreditation.

Synergy Pharmacy Services recently received its Pharmacy Compounding Accreditation Board accreditation, which classifies it as a company that follows the highest quality and safety standards in the industry. Read More »

Amgen applies to broaden use of Blincyto

American Pharmacy News Reports | Feb 21, 2017
Blincyto was granted a priority review designation by the FDA.

Biotech company Amgen submitted an application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for Blincyto, a drug used in the treatment of lymphoblastic leukemia, to broaden its uses and treatments. Read More »

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