Amgen CEO Shines Light On Opportunities For Accelerated Drug Pathways

Collaborations, Agility Also Key

Amgen CEO Robert Bradway spotlights opportunities to up the tempo of drug discovery and development, drawing from the success of COVID-19 vaccines, and touches on the company's breakthrough treatment Lumakras and efforts in gastric cancer.

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Amgen chief signals opportunities to accelerate drug development • Source: Alamy

There have been lots of expert voices around pandemic-related learnings and regulatory adjustments that have the potential to stick as the world seeks to crawl back to some semblance of normalcy as COVID-19 vaccination gathers pace.

Amgen, Inc. CEO Robert Bradway found himself on tricky terrain on the issue at the recent USA-India Chamber of Commerce annual Biopharma and Healthcare Summit. Biocon, Ltd. chair Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw sought his views around extending emergency use authorizations (EUA) to get drugs faster to market, like for COVID-19 vaccines, and also on whether the controversy around Biogen, Inc

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