AMGN, Astellas ink drug-development/commercialization JV for Japanese market: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/amgen-astellas-announce-japan-alliance-041200972.html The JV’s pipeline will consist of the following five AMGN drugs: • AMG 145 (PCSK9 inhibitor) for CV disease, in phase-3 (phase-2 in Japan) • AMG 785/Romosozumab for osteoporosis in phase-3 • AMG 102/Rilotumumab for GI cancer in phase-3 (phase-1 in Japan) • AMG 337 (MET inhibitor) for GI cancer in phase-1 • AMG 103/Blinatumomab (acquired from MITI) for ALL/NHL in phase-2