Thursday, February 07, 2008

Amgen - Aranesp: see you in court

A federal judge ruled Friday that Amgen must defend itself against charges it misled investors about safety concerns with its flagship anemia drug, Aranesp.

U.S. District Court Judge Philip S. Gutierrez dismissed charges against five of nine Amgen officers and directors but left plaintiffs 30 days to amend their complaint in order to include those defendants.

The investors, led by Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds, assert that positive statements made by company officials regarding the safety of Amgen's two anemia drugs, Aranesp and Epogen, were knowingly at odds with clinical studies that had raised concerns.

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