Amgen acquires Dark Blue Therapeutics to expand targeted AML degradation strategy

Amgen acquires Dark Blue Therapeutics to expand targeted AML degradation strategy

Amgen has acquired United Kingdom-based Dark Blue Therapeutics Ltd. in a deal valued at up to $840 million, adding a first-in-class preclinical asset to its early oncology pipeline. The investigational small molecule, designed to degrade MLLT1 and MLLT3 proteins, targets transcriptional dependencies in acute myeloid leukemia. With preclinical data suggesting anti-leukemic activity and mechanistic differentiation, […]

Amgen adds Aimovig and Amjevita to TrumpRx platform in latest move to defuse U.S. pricing pressure

Amgen adds Aimovig and Amjevita to TrumpRx platform in latest move to defuse U.S. pricing pressure

Amgen has expanded its direct-to-patient program, AmgenNow, to include Aimovig (erenumab-aooe) and Amjevita (adalimumab-atto), each now available at a flat monthly price of $299 for eligible U.S. patients. This development forms part of Amgen’s broader agreement with the Trump Administration, satisfying conditions laid out in the President’s July 31 policy letter and positioning the company […]

Is twice-yearly dosing the future of autoimmune care? Inside Amgen’s UPLIZNA playbook for chronic neurology

Is twice-yearly dosing the future of autoimmune care? Inside Amgen’s UPLIZNA playbook for chronic neurology

When Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had approved UPLIZNA (inebilizumab-cdon) for adults with generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG), the industry’s attention snapped not just to the therapy’s mechanism but to its twice-yearly maintenance schedule. For patients, this marks a seismic shift away from the exhausting cycle of daily oral immunosuppressants […]

Can B-cell depletion change how we treat generalized myasthenia gravis?

Can B-cell depletion change how we treat generalized myasthenia gravis?

Amgen has received approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration for Uplizna (inebilizumab-cdon) to treat adults with generalized myasthenia gravis who are anti-acetylcholine receptor or anti-muscle specific tyrosine kinase antibody positive. The greenlight makes Uplizna the first and only CD19-targeted B cell therapy approved for this patient population, introducing a twice-yearly dosing regimen […]