Onyx Pharmaceuticals

Amgen completes Onyx merger

Wednesday, October 2, 2013 01:01 PM

Amgen has successfully completed its previously announced tender offer to purchase all outstanding shares of common stock of Onyx Pharmaceuticals for $125 per share in cash. As announced Aug. 25, the purchase price is $9.7 billion net of estimated Onyx cash.

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Amgen to acquire Onyx Pharmaceuticals

Monday, August 26, 2013 12:07 PM

Amgen will acquire San Francisco, Calif.-based Onyx Pharmaceuticals, purchasing all of the outstanding shares of Onyx for $125 per share in cash, for a total purchase price of $10.4 billion, or $9.7 billion net of estimated Onyx cash. The boards of both companies have approved the transaction.

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Bayer's Stivarga receives FDA approval for GIST

Tuesday, February 26, 2013 12:27 PM

The FDA has approved Bayer's Stivarga (regorafenib) tablets to treat patients with locally advanced, unresectable or metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) who have been previously treated with imatinib mesylate and sunitinib malate.

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FDA grants Bayer’s Stivarga NDA priority review

Thursday, November 1, 2012 11:49 AM

Bayer HealthCare and Onyx Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company based in South San Francisco, announced today that the FDA has granted priority review to the New Drug Application (NDA) for Stivarga (regorafenib) tablets.

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FDA approves new treatment for advanced colorectal cancer

Friday, September 28, 2012 12:19 PM

The FDA has approved Bayer’s and Onyx Pharmaceuticals’ Stivarga (regorafenib) to treat patients with colorectal cancer that has progressed after treatment and spread to other parts of the body.

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Bayer submits NDA for regorafenib for gastrointestinal stromal tumors

Friday, August 31, 2012 12:02 PM

Bayer HealthCare and Onyx Pharmaceuticals, a global biopharmaceutical company based in San Francisco, have submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the FDA for the oral multi-kinase inhibitor regorafenib for the treatment of metastatic and/or unresectable gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) in patients whose disease has progressed despite prior treatment.

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Onyx initiates phase III comparison trial in relapsed multiple myeloma

Friday, July 6, 2012 02:10 PM

Onyx Pharmaceuticals, a San Francisco-based global biopharmaceutical company, has begun enrollment in the ENDEAVOR trial, a phase III trial evaluating Kyprolis (proposed brand name for carfilzomib) in combination with dexamethasone, versus bortezomib (Velcade) with dexamethasone in patients with relapsed multiple myeloma.

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Onyx completes enrollment for phase III trial

Monday, February 27, 2012 10:04 AM

San Francisco, Calif.-based Onyx Pharmaceuticals has reached the target enrollment in the ASPIRE trial, a phase III international clinical trial evaluating carfilzomib in combination with lenalidomide (Revlimid) and low-dose dexamethasone in patients with relapsed multiple myeloma. 

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FDA accepts NDA for myeloma drug

Tuesday, November 29, 2011 11:34 AM

The FDA has accepted Onyx Pharmaceuticals' New Drug Application (NDA)
submission for carfilzomib, a next generation proteasome inhibitor, for the potential treatment of patients with relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma.

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Parker joins Human Genome Sciences as VP

Monday, August 8, 2011 12:08 PM

Human Genome Sciences has named Craig C. Parker its senior vice president, strategy and corporate development. He will report directly to H. Thomas Watkins, president and chief executive officer, and will serve as a member of the management committee.

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