Amgen Inc. The company discovers, develops, manufactures, and delivers innovative human therapeutics. A leader in biotechnology since 1980, it was one of the first companies to realize the new science’s promise by bringing safe, effective medicines from lab, to manufacturing plant, to patient. Our therapeutics have changed the practice of medicine, helping millions of people around the world in the fight against cancer, kidney disease, rheumatoid arthritis, bone disease, and other serious illnesses. The company pioneered the development of novel products based on advances in recombinant DNA and molecular biology, and launched the biotechnology industry’s first blockbuster medicines. Today, as a Fortune 500 company serving millions of patients, it continues to be an entrepreneurial, science-driven enterprise dedicated to helping people fight serious illness.