Amgen

We are all different, yet we have this in common: our mission to serve patients. This sense of shared purpose is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies. It guides us as we continue to launch new medicines and reach millions of patients worldwide.

We live the mission.

We win together.

We thrive on continual challenge.

Our team of 27,000+ scientists and professionals worldwide bring distinct perspectives and experiences to all we do. We leverage our global talent to achieve together—to research, manufacture and deliver ever-better products and greater depth to our mission.

At Amgen, there is a strong correlation between our high level of diversity and performance. Because addressing issues with a wider range of perspectives and approaches leads to more creative problem-solving. Together, we’re transforming the promise of science and biotechnology into therapies that have the power to restore health.

Connect with us to explore how you can Win, Live, and Thrive at Amgen.

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One Amgen Center Drive
Thousand Oaks, CA 91320
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We know an idea—any idea—can blossom into a lifesaving treatment. That’s why we dare to ask the questions most people won’t. Join us in pushing biotechnology.
Employee Testimonials
  • “Amgen fosters a culture of innovation, with a science-based risk approach, centered in the benefit of our patients and powered by the diversity of our staff.”
    Jorge D.
    Porcess Scientific Director
    Juncos, PR
  • “Cultivate your curiosity and continue to learn at Amgen — grow daily and explore career opportunities that align with your competencies and motivation”
    Fernando F.
    Executive Director Plant Manager
    Rhode Island, US
  • “Working at Amgen, as Specialist Quality Control gives me the opportunity to work with Amgen products in benefit of the patients. Using my knowledge in science and share my diversity with my peers, is the best experience I have as part of the Amgen family.”
    Niria R.
    Specialist Quality Control
    Juncos, PR
Serving patients across the globe requires a global team. We continue building a diverse workforce that reflects the needs of those they serve, bringing with them innovative ideas that can push biotechnology forward.
We offer more than benefits. Our Total Rewards Program secures the long-term financial, physical and overall well-being of you and your family. Among leading biotechnology and pharmaceutical leaders, we stand among the very best.
Through Amgen Volunteers, you can dedicate eight hours to participating organizations of your choice. This along with matching employee donations to charities and our diverse corporate giving initiatives are just some ways you can make meaningful contributions as a global citizen
Amgen is proud of the achievements we have realized as a mission-driven team—particularly the accolades we have earned as an employer. You can find our teams named in respected lists including Forbes, Fast Company and more.
NEWS
TIME Magazine came out with a list of the 50 most influential people in healthcare, dubbed The Health Care 50. A look through the list shows just how many ties and connections—as well as influence—this group has on the biopharma industry.
With a new wave of migraine medications now on the market from multiple drugmakers that block the calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor (CGRP-R), Express Scripts has chosen to back two medications and exclude a third from the list of drugs it will carry.
AbbVie’s Humira is the world’s best-selling drug that generated more than $18 billion for the Illinois-based company last year. This week though, the company will begin to see challenges to Humira in Europe from biosimilars developed by Amgen and Novartis, as well as others.
Again and again … and again, drugs have failed in clinical trials for Alzheimer’s disease. According to a new report, in the last decade, 146 drugs have failed in clinical trials for Alzheimer’s.
Who mixed things up in the biotech world this past week? Pfizer announces its leadership team, Rheos gets a new COO, and board of directors updates from multiple biopharma companies.
Forbes came out with its ranking of the World’s Best Employers 2018, with a number of global biopharmaceutical companies ranked high on the list. Here’s the top 10 in that category.
In August, Pfizer filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) accusing Amgen and Roche of using social media to mislead doctors and patients about biosimilars and their effectiveness.
Affimed, based in Heidelberg, Germany, placed a clinical hold on its two AFM11 Phase I clinical trials. AFM11 is being evaluated in the trials for relapsed or refractory CD19 positive B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma and acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Bristol-Myers Squibb, Nektar Therapeutics, Amgen and others will be recognized for their significant contributions to the California life sciences industry during the November 2018 Pantheon DiNA Awards hosted by the California Life Sciences Association.
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