Amgen: Vectibix(R) Approved in the European Union for the Treatment of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) today announced that the European Commission has granted a conditional marketing authorization for Vectibix® (panitumumab) as monotherapy for the treatment of patients with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFr) expressing metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) with non-mutated (wild-type) KRAS genes after failure of standard chemotherapy regimens.

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