Amgen Played Waiting Game Before Agreeing $3.7bn ChemoCentryx Deal

SEC Filings Show Tactical Negotiations

Amgen’s latest deal shows the biotech major’s need to replenish its portfolios and also the cool heads required when negotiations get heated.

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Amgen first opened talks with ChemoCentryx in early 2020, eventually paying $3.7bn for the company. • Source: Shutterstock

Amgen has a pressing need to replace revenues from major drugs facing loss of exclusivity, but the firm remained patient in its pursuit of ChemoCentryx, before agreeing a $3.7bn buyout.

The two companies sealed the deal on 3 August, but new Securities and Exchange Commission filings show that ChemoCentryx...

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