Phase III highlights from Amgen at this year's ASCO

19 May 2017

California-headquartered biotech major Amgen (Nasdaq: AMGN) will provide a public update on several key Phase III programs at next month’s annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

In a statement outlining the company’s schedule of data presentations, Amgen says it will provide an oral address outlining a new toxicity analysis of Xgeva (denosumab), in comparison with zoledronic acid, in the treatment of myeloma bone disease.

Last month Amgen announced it had submitted applications to regulators in both the USA and in Europe to expand Xgeva’s label to include multiple myeloma.

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