Amgen Commences Strategic Collaboration With BeiGene to Expand Oncology Presence in Chin
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Strategic Collaboration Will Accelerate Amgen's Expansion in China
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.,?Jan. 2, 2020?/PRNewswire/ --?Amgen?(NASDAQ: AMGN) today announced the successful closing of the transaction to enter into a strategic collaboration with?BeiGene?that will significantly accelerate?Amgen's?plans to expand its oncology presence in?China, the world's second-largest pharmaceutical market.?BeiGene?is a commercial-stage research-based oncology company with an established and highly experienced team in?China, including an approximately 900-person commercial organization and an approximately 600-person clinical development organization.
"There continues to be substantial unmet medical need in?China, particularly for patients with cancer," said?Robert A. Bradway,?Amgen's?chairman and chief executive officer.? "We have been impressed with what?BeiGene?has accomplished, particularly in research, clinical development and commercialization, and we look forward to working together to advance new oncology therapeutics for patients in?China?and around the world."
As previously announced, the terms of the collaboration are:
- Amgen?has acquired a 20.5% stake in?BeiGene?for approximately?$2.8 billion?in cash. This represents a purchase price of?$174.85?per BeiGene American Depositary Share on NASDAQ, a 36% premium to?BeiGene's?30-day volume-weighted average share price as of?Oct. 30, 2019, the day prior to the signing of the agreements. In addition,?Anthony C. Hooper, former executive vice president of Global Commercial Operations at?Amgen, has been elected to?BeiGene's?board of directors, effective today.
- BeiGene?will commercialize XGEVA??(denosumab), KYPROLIS??(carfilzomib) and BLINCYTO??(blinatumomab) in?China, during which time the parties will equally share profits and losses. Two of these products will revert to?Amgen, one after five years and one after seven years. Following the commercialization period,?BeiGene?will have the right to retain one product and will be entitled to receive royalties on sales in?China?for an additional five years on the products returned to?Amgen. XGEVA was launched in?China?in?September 2019; New Drug Applications for KYPROLIS and BLINCYTO have been filed in?China.
- Amgen?and?BeiGene?will collaborate to advance 20 medicines from?Amgen's?innovative oncology pipeline in?China?and globally.?BeiGene?will share global research and development costs and contribute up to?$1.25 billion?to advance these medicines.?Amgen?will pay royalties to?BeiGene?on the sales of these products outside of?China, with the exception of AMG 510,?Amgen's?first-in-class KRASG12C?inhibitor that is being studied as a potential treatment for solid tumors.?Amgen?anticipates utilizing data from clinical trials conducted in?China?to advance the development of its oncology portfolio globally.
- Of the 20 oncology medicines in development,?BeiGene?will assume commercial rights in?China?for seven years after launch for those that receive approval in?China, including AMG 510. After this time,?BeiGene?will retain rights to up to six of these products in?China, excluding AMG 510, while rights on remaining products revert to?Amgen.?Amgen?and?BeiGene?will share profits in?China?equally on these products until the rights revert to?Amgen, after which?Amgen?will pay royalties to?BeiGene?on sales in?China?for a period of five years after reversion.
- Amgen?will continue to commercialize its non-oncology product portfolio in?China. Last year,?Amgen?launched its first-ever product in?China, Repatha??(evolocumab), an LDL cholesterol-lowering treatment proven to reduce the risk of heart attacks and stroke.??Amgen?expects to launch a number of other non-oncology medicines in?China?over the next several years, including Prolia??(denosumab), which reduces the risk of fracture in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis.
- XGEVA, KYPROLIS and BLINCYTO, as well as the medicines in?Amgen's?oncology pipeline, will be manufactured at?Amgen's?existing facilities.
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