Amgen Selects Location For R&D Facility In The South San Francisco Biotechnology Hub

Amgen Signs Lease With Biomed Realty for New Gateway of Pacific Campus Facility

New Location Will Strengthen R&D Presence in South San Francisco and Provide Flexibility for Future Growth

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Dec 09, 2019, 09:00 ET

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Dec. 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) today announced the signing of a lease with BioMed Realty for a new 240,000-square-foot Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) candidate facility in the Gateway of Pacific campus development in South San Francisco. The new location, currently under construction at Oyster Point, will house Amgen's Bay Area employees focused on cardiometabolic, inflammation and oncology, research.

"At Amgen South San Francisco, we are home to top scientific talent, integrating human genetics with core biology and molecular engineering to discover and develop first-in-class therapies," said Amgen's South San Francisco site-head Flavius Martin, vice president, Research, Oncology and Inflammation. "The new location will foster even greater collaboration across our strong scientific team, accelerate the R&D process, and provide a venue for increased engagement with the Bay Area's abundant scientific and educational communities."

Amgen has been part of the vibrant South San Francisco biotech community for 15 years. The company's new home at The Gateway of Pacific campus will be a facility that boosts collaboration via modern work and laboratory spaces. The new site will include modular green wet labs and green molecular lab design. It will provide a flexible and a customizable state-of-the-art scientific research and development facility to support scientific research.

In addition to enhanced R&D laboratory and office space at the new nine-story facility, which is scheduled to open in early 2022, the new campus will house a variety of meeting spaces, an amenity center that includes a number of dining options, a health club and a variety of outdoor recreation areas.

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 biologics manufacturing 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 the world's largest independent biotechnology company, has reached millions of patients around the world and is developing a pipeline of medicines with breakaway potential.

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