-全球生物科技巨企進軍香港與澳門市場，為患者帶來治療新希望
香港2016年8月11日電 /美通社/ -- 全球生物科技巨企Amgen公司，宣佈成立香港／澳門團隊，為本地嚴重疾病患者帶來創新藥品治療。
Amgen正式成立香港／澳門團隊 (左至右：唐嘉其、溫陳佩茜、伍連德)Amgen進入港澳市場旨在促進本地醫療的發展，為本地重病患者提供創新治療藥物。對於Amgen而言，這也是其全球擴展計劃中非常重要的一環。Amgen日本及亞太區總部也設在香港，同位於香港鰂魚涌太古坊港島東中心。
Amgen一直以服務患者為使命，並致力將先進的科學和生物科技轉化為拯救生命的藥物。Amgen努力為全球患者提供已註冊的藥物產品，並擁有完善的新藥及生物相似製劑研發計劃。
Amgen日本及亞太區副總裁兼總經理溫陳佩茜表示：「Amgen於2007年在香港設立了一個臨床研究辦公室，當時員工少於10人。今天，我們很高興成立了專責香港及澳門業務的團隊。我們預計，今年底香港員工將超過80人，努力爲本地區和日本及亞太區患者服務。」
Amgen目前在香港和澳門的發展計劃包括：
- 與醫療界合作，確保患者可獲得Amgen的藥物治療；
- 推出新研發的藥物，針對的治療領域包括骨骼、心血管、腫瘤、血液、腎臟、炎症及神經疾病等；另外，公司亦有開發生物相似性藥品；
- 積極成為香港與澳門生物科技產業活躍的一員，追求共同成長，塑造有利生物科技產業發展的環境。
為配合業務發展，Amgen最近分別委任了伍連德先生出任東南亞、香港及印度的區域總經理，及唐嘉其先生為香港／澳門地區的總經理。加入Amgen前，他們兩位均任職於跨國製藥公司，並具有20多年的經驗。所以無論是對科研製藥行業或是香港及區內其他市場，兩位均相當熟悉。
唐嘉其說：「公司非常重視香港及澳門的業務，並期望我們的團隊不斷壯大。作爲一家全球領先的生物科技公司，Amgen將會盡力協助促進生物科技產業在區內的發展。」
Amgen最近在全球 48 個國家，取回三項藥品的所有權利。目前合共擁有Prolia® (denosumab)、XGEVA® (denosumab)、Vectibix® (panitumumab)、Neulastim® (pegfilgrastim)及Neupogen® (filgrastim)此五種藥物在香港及澳門市場的銷售許可。此外，Amgen也已獲香港衞生署批准，銷售Repatha® (evolocumab)。
Amgen是極具規模的跨國生物製劑生產商，為患者提供優質藥物，一直以來，表現卓越。Amgen總部位於美國加州千橡樹市 (Thousand Oaks)，公司十分重視亞太市場的發展，現已在全球超過 100 個市場設有營運據點，其中包括澳洲、紐西蘭、中國內地、香港、澳門、印度、日本、韓國、新加坡、台灣、泰國等。
Amgen簡介
Amgen一直致力為人類探索、開發、製造和提供嶄新的藥物，開拓生物科技的潛能，為嚴重疾病患者找尋新的治療方案；並運用先進的人類遺傳學知識，解構疾病背後複雜的病理，瞭解人類生物學的基礎。
Amgen鎖定現時仍欠缺有效治療的疾病領域為目標，靠著其對生物製劑的認識，努力不懈尋求新的解決方案以改善醫療健康，大幅改善人類生活。Amgen已從 1980 年代的生物科技先驅，晉身成為一家領先全球的生物科技公司，為全球數百萬患者服務，持續研發更多具有開創性潛力的藥物。
詳細資訊請瀏覽Amgen總公司網頁：www.agmen.com。
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