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Amgen To Discuss Details Of Repatha™ (Evolocumab) Biologics License Application For The Treatment Of High Cholesterol

June 10, 2015 8:00 AM EDT

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., June 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) today announced that the Company will discuss the data supporting the RepathaTM (evolocumab) Biologics License Application (BLA) for the treatment of high cholesterol with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee (EMDAC). Repatha is an investigational fully human monoclonal antibody that inhibits proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9), a protein that reduces the liver's ability to remove low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), or "bad" cholesterol, from the blood.1

At today's FDA advisory committee meeting, Amgen will present... More