SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* SHARER KEVIN W (Last) (First) (Middle) ONE AMGEN CENTER DRIVE (Street) THOUSAND OAKS CA 91320-1799 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol AMGEN INC [ AMGN ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Chairman of the Bd, CEO & Pres
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 07/28/2005
	4. 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 Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	07/28/2005		S		1,500	D	$81.078	96,660	D
Common Stock	07/28/2005		S		813	D	$81.0786	95,847	D
Common Stock	07/28/2005		S		423	D	$81.08	95,424	D
Common Stock	07/28/2005		S		1,900	D	$81.0837	93,524	D
Common Stock	07/28/2005		S		1,740	D	$81.0841	91,784	D
Common Stock	07/28/2005		S		766	D	$81.09	91,018	D
Common Stock	07/28/2005		S		1,500	D	$81.092	89,518	D
Common Stock	07/28/2005		S		2,350	D	$81.0953	87,168	D
Common Stock	07/28/2005		S		2,231	D	$81.0966	84,937	D
Common Stock	07/28/2005		S		685	D	$81.1	84,252	D
Common Stock	07/28/2005		S		1,873	D	$81.1025	82,379	D
Common Stock	07/28/2005		S		2,296	D	$81.1046	80,083	D
Common Stock	07/28/2005		S		957	D	$81.1054	79,126	D
Common Stock	07/28/2005		S		165	D	$81.11	78,961	D
Common Stock	07/28/2005		S		1,032	D	$81.1107	77,929	D
Common Stock	07/28/2005		S		2,200	D	$81.115	75,729	D
Common Stock	07/28/2005		S		1,700	D	$81.1118	74,029	D
Common Stock	07/28/2005		S		1,200	D	$81.115	72,829	D
Common Stock	07/28/2005		S		1,800	D	$81.1161	71,029	D
Common Stock	07/28/2005		S		1,400	D	$81.1186	69,629	D
Common Stock	07/28/2005		S		2,781	D	$81.12	66,848	D
Common Stock	07/28/2005		S		1,100	D	$81.1273	65,748	D
Common Stock	07/28/2005		S		1,064	D	$81.128	64,684	D
Common Stock	07/28/2005		S		565	D	$81.13	64,119	D
Common Stock	07/28/2005		S		1,616	D	$81.132	62,503	D
Common Stock	07/28/2005		S		1,212	D	$81.1317	61,291	D
Common Stock	07/28/2005		S		1,815	D	$81.1309	59,476	D
Common Stock	07/28/2005		S		1,500	D	$81.134	57,976	D
Common Stock	07/28/2005		S		2,692	D	$81.1364	55,284	D
Common Stock	07/28/2005		S		1,657	D	$81.1377	53,627	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

	/s/ Kevin W Sharer N. Cris Prince By Power of Attorney	08/01/2005
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
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