Amgen to Webcast 2008 Business Review Meeting on November 7 From Millennium Hotel in New York

11.03.2008 |

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Amgen (Nasdaq: AMGN) today announced that it will hold its Business Review Meeting on Friday, Nov. 7, 2008 at the Millennium Broadway Hotel, 145 West 44th Street, New York City, beginning at 8 a.m. Eastern Time. Participating in the meeting will be Kevin Sharer, chairman and CEO, Roger M. Perlmutter, M.D., Ph.D., executive vice president, Research and Development, George Morrow, executive vice president, Global Commercial Operations, Robert Bradway, executive vice president and CFO, and other members of Amgen's senior management team.

Live video of the meeting will be simultaneously broadcast over the Internet and will be available to members of the news media, investors and the general public.

The webcast of the conference, as with other selected presentations regarding developments in Amgen's business given by management at certain investor and medical conferences, can be found on Amgen's Web site, http://www.amgen.com, under Investors. Information regarding presentation times, webcast availability, and webcast links are noted on Amgen's Investor Relations Events Calendar. The webcast will be archived and available for replay 72 hours after the event.

About Amgen

Amgen discovers, develops, manufactures and delivers innovative human therapeutics. A biotechnology pioneer since 1980, Amgen was one of the first companies to realize the new science's promise by bringing safe and effective medicines from lab, to manufacturing plant, to patient. Amgen therapeutics have changed the practice of medicine, helping millions of people around the world in the fight against cancer, kidney disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and other serious illnesses. With a deep and broad pipeline of potential new medicines, Amgen remains committed to advancing science to dramatically improve people's lives. To learn more about our pioneering science and our vital medicines, visit http://www.amgen.com.

CONTACT: Amgen, Thousand Oaks
David Polk, 805-447-4613 (media)
Arvind Sood, 805-447-1060 (investors)

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