THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.,
Dec. 7, 2018 /PRNewswire/
-- Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) today announced that its Board of
Directors declared a $1.45 per
share dividend for the first quarter of 2019. The dividend will be
paid on March 8, 2019, to all
stockholders of record as of the close of business on Feb. 15, 2019. This represents a 10 percent
increase from that paid in each of the previous four quarters.
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.
For more information, visit www.amgen.com and follow us on
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Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains
forward-looking statements that are based on the current
expectations and beliefs of Amgen. All statements, other than
statements of historical fact, are statements that could be deemed
forward-looking statements, including estimates of revenues,
operating margins, capital expenditures, cash, other financial
metrics, expected legal, arbitration, political, regulatory or
clinical results or practices, customer and prescriber patterns or
practices, reimbursement activities and outcomes and other such
estimates and results. Forward-looking statements involve
significant risks and uncertainties, including those discussed
below and more fully described in the Securities and Exchange
Commission reports filed by Amgen, including our most recent annual
report on Form 10-K and any subsequent periodic reports on Form
10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K. Unless otherwise noted, Amgen
is providing this information as of the date of this news release
and does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking
statements contained in this document as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise.
No forward-looking statement can be guaranteed and actual
results may differ materially from those we project. Our results
may be affected by our ability to successfully market both new and
existing products domestically and internationally, clinical and
regulatory developments involving current and future products,
sales growth of recently launched products, competition from other
products including biosimilars, difficulties or delays in
manufacturing our products and global economic conditions. In
addition, sales of our products are affected by pricing pressure,
political and public scrutiny and reimbursement policies imposed by
third-party payers, including governments, private insurance plans
and managed care providers and may be affected by regulatory,
clinical and guideline developments and domestic and international
trends toward managed care and healthcare cost containment.
Furthermore, our research, testing, pricing, marketing and other
operations are subject to extensive regulation by domestic and
foreign government regulatory authorities. We or others could
identify safety, side effects or manufacturing problems with our
products, including our devices, after they are on the market. Our
business may be impacted by government investigations, litigation
and product liability claims. In addition, our business may be
impacted by the adoption of new tax legislation or exposure to
additional tax liabilities. While we routinely obtain patents for
our products and technology, the protection offered by our patents
and patent applications may be challenged, invalidated or
circumvented by our competitors, or we may fail to prevail in
present and future intellectual property litigation. We perform a
substantial amount of our commercial manufacturing activities at a
few key facilities, including in Puerto
Rico, and also depend on third parties for a portion of our
manufacturing activities, and limits on supply may constrain sales
of certain of our current products and product candidate
development. In addition, we compete with other companies with
respect to many of our marketed products as well as for the
discovery and development of new products. Discovery or
identification of new product candidates or development of new
indications for existing products cannot be guaranteed and movement
from concept to product is uncertain; consequently, there can be no
guarantee that any particular product candidate or development of a
new indication for an existing product will be successful and
become a commercial product. Further, some raw materials, medical
devices and component parts for our products are supplied by sole
third-party suppliers. Certain of our distributors, customers and
payers have substantial purchasing leverage in their dealings with
us. The discovery of significant problems with a product similar to
one of our products that implicate an entire class of products
could have a material adverse effect on sales of the affected
products and on our business and results of operations. Our efforts
to acquire other companies or products and to integrate the
operations of companies we have acquired may not be successful. A
breakdown, cyberattack or information security breach could
compromise the confidentiality, integrity and availability of our
systems and our data. Our stock price is volatile and may be
affected by a number of events. Our business performance could
affect or limit the ability of our Board of Directors to declare a
dividend or our ability to pay a dividend or repurchase our common
stock. We may not be able to access the capital and credit markets
on terms that are favorable to us, or at all.
CONTACT: Amgen, Thousand
Oaks
Kristen Davis, 805-447-3008
(media)
Kristen Neese, 805-313-8267
(media)
Arvind Sood, 805-447-1060
(investors)
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