THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., April 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) today announced plans to participate in the World Medical Innovation Forum™ focused on cardiovascular disease held May 1-3, 2017, in Boston. The World Medical Innovation Forum is a global gathering of senior corporate, investor and academic leaders. The forum was established to respond to the intensifying transformation of health care and its impact on innovation. This is the third year Amgen has participated in this event as a sponsor.

Four senior leaders from Amgen are scheduled to speak:

• Robert A. Bradway, chairman and chief executive officer, will participate in a fireside chat with Scott Sperling, co-president, Thomas H. Lee Partners. The discussion will highlight Amgen's strategic focus in cardiovascular disease, its commitment to unlocking value through innovative therapeutics that address serious illness, and its approach to innovation. The fireside chat is scheduled for 11:15 a.m. ET on Tuesday, May 2.
• Sean E. Harper, M.D., executive vice president of Research and Development, will participate in a session on "Precision Cardiovascular Medicine: What is Different This Time" moderated by Alex de Winter, Ph.D., managing director, GE Ventures. The conversation will examine the impact of combined phenotypic and genotypic characterization on optimizing response to therapeutics, trial design, improving outcomes, and redefining reimbursement. The session is scheduled for 2 p.m. ET on Tuesday, May 2.
• Scott M. Wasserman, M.D., vice president of Global Development, will present on the "Global Clinical Trials: Next Generation Design and Scalability" panel moderated by Marc Sabatine, M.D., chairman TIMI Study Group, Lewis Dexter, MD Distinguished Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital. The expert panel members will discuss design and implementation of clinical studies globally, with a focus on strategies for patient access, regulatory implications, cost containment, and management of relationships with global service providers. The panel is scheduled for 1:10 p.m. ET on Tuesday, May 2.
• Aarif Khakoo, M.D., vice president of Cardiometabolic Disorders Research, will present on the "New Targets in Coronary Artery Disease" panel moderated by Sekar Kathiresan, M.D., director of the Center for Human Genetic Research at Massachusetts General Hospital and associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. The expert panel members will review the design and implementation of clinical studies globally, with a focus on strategies for patient access, leveraging electronic health records and mobile device data, personalized medicine, regulatory implications, cost containment, and management of relationships with global service providers. The panel is scheduled for 9:15 a.m. ET on Wednesday, May 3.

The above sessions will take place at The Westin Copley Place in Boston. Mr. Bradway's discussion will be hosted in the GE Ballroom and the other sessions will be held in the Boston Scientific Ballroom.

About Amgen in the Cardiovascular Therapeutic Area
Building on more than three decades of experience in developing biotechnology medicines for patients with serious illnesses, Amgen is dedicated to addressing important scientific questions to advance care and improve the lives of patients with cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide.¹ Amgen's research into cardiovascular disease, and potential treatment options, is part of a growing competency at Amgen that utilizes human genetics to identify and validate certain drug targets. Through its own research and development efforts, as well as partnerships, Amgen is building a robust cardiovascular portfolio consisting of several approved and investigational molecules in an effort to address a number of today's important unmet patient needs, such as high cholesterol and heart failure.

About Amgen
Amgen is committed to unlocking the potential of biology for patients suffering from serious illnesses by discovering, developing, manufacturing and delivering innovative human therapeutics. This approach begins by using tools like advanced human genetics to unravel the complexities of disease and understand the fundamentals of human biology.

Amgen focuses on areas of high unmet medical need and leverages its expertise to strive for solutions that improve health outcomes and dramatically improve people's lives. A biotechnology pioneer since 1980, Amgen has grown to be one of the world's leading independent biotechnology companies, has reached millions of patients around the world and is developing a pipeline of medicines with breakaway potential. 

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¹ World Health Organization. Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) fact sheet. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs317/en/. Accessed February 2017.

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