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Amgen completes $3.7B acquisition of ChemoCentryx, adding TAVNEOS to portfolio
AMGEN INC
- Acquisition closed at $52 per share in cash, aggregate consideration ~$3.7 billion.
- Adds TAVNEOS (avacopan), a first-in-class oral therapy for severe active ANCA-associated vasculitis.
- Also includes three early-stage drug candidates targeting chemoattractant receptors and an oral checkpoint for cancer.
- TAVNEOS approved by FDA in Oct 2021; being studied in hidradenitis suppurativa and C3 glomerulopathy.