FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Louie Linda H. (Last) (First) (Middle) ONE AMGEN CENTER DRIVE (Street) THOUSAND OAKS CA 91320 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 07/23/2020	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol AMGEN INC [ AMGN ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) VP, Finance & CAO	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	6,175 (1) (2)	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Nqso (Right to Buy)	05/03/2018 (3)	05/03/2026	Common Stock	370	156.35	D
Nqso (Right to Buy)	05/01/2019 (4)	05/01/2027	Common Stock	1,633	162.6	D
Nqso (Right to Buy)	04/27/2020 (5)	04/27/2028	Common Stock	1,301	177.46	D
Nqso (Right to Buy)	05/03/2021 (6)	05/03/2029	Common Stock	1,723	177.31	D
Nqso (Right to Buy)	05/05/2022 (7)	05/05/2030	Common Stock	1,417	236.36	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. These shares include the following Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) granted under the Company's equity plans: 63 RSUs which fully vest on 5/1/2021; 114 RSUs which vest in two installments of 56 on 4/27/2021 and 58 on 4/27/2022; 197 RSUs which vest in two installments of 65 on 5/3/2021 and 5/3/2022 and one installment of 67 on 5/3/2023; and 169 RSUs which vest in installments of 55 on 5/5/2022, 56 on 5/5/2023 and 58 on 5/5/2024. Vested RSUs will be paid in shares of the Company's common stock on a one-to-one basis.

2. These shares include 22 Dividend Equivalents (DEs) granted pursuant to the Amgen Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan and subject to a qualifying dividend reinvestment plan. DEs are credited on the reporting person's unvested RSUs and are paid out in shares of the Company's common stock on a one-to-one basis according to the vesting schedule, along with a cash payment for any remaining fractional share amount.

3. 370 non-qualified stock options have vested and are exercisable.

4. 1,077 of these non-qualified stock options have vested and are exercisable and 556 of these options will vest and become exercisable on 5/1/2021.

5. 429 of these non-qualified stock options have vested and are exercisable and the remaining options will vest and become exercisable in installments of 429 on 4/27/2021 and 443 on 4/27/2022.

6. These non-qualified stock options will vest and become exercisable in three installments of 568 on 5/3/2021, 569 on 5/3/2022 and 586 on 5/3/2023.

7. These non-qualified stock options will vest and become exercisable in three installments of 467 on 5/5/2022, 468 on 5/5/2023 and 482 on 5/5/2024.

	/s/ Andrea A. Robinson, attorney-in-fact for Ms. Louie	07/29/2020
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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Exhibit 24

Power of Attorney


		Know all men by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Dennis Yai and Andrea A. Robinson,
signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to
execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Forms 3, 4 and 5 in
accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, and the rules thereunder, as may be required as a result
of the undersigneds position as an officer and/or director of Amgen Inc.
(the "Company").

		The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to execute such Forms 3, 4 and 5 as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally
present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not
assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended.

		This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4
and 5 with respect to the undersigneds holdings of and transactions
in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-
in-fact.

		IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power
of Attorney to be executed as of this 20th day of July, 2020.




						/s/   Linda H. Louie
						Name: Linda H. Louie

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