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Amgen to Acquire ChemoCentryx for $3.7B

Acquisition Includes TAVNEOS, a first-in-class medicine for patients with serious autoimmune disease.

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By: Kristin Brooks

Managing Editor, Contract Pharma

Amgen and ChemoCentryx, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on orally administered therapeutics to treat autoimmune diseases, inflammatory disorders and cancer, have entered into a definitive agreement under which Amgen will acquire ChemoCentryx for approximately $3.7 billion.   “The acquisition of ChemoCentryx represents a compelling opportunity for Amgen to add to our decades-long leadership in inflammation and nephrology with TAVNEOS, a transformative, first-in-class treatment f...

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