Kevin Sharer Quotes (8 Quotes)

We are balancing the need for continued investment to ensure the success of these new products while at the same time delivering continued earnings growth.

Drug companies frequently justify their most contentious behavior on grounds of quality. Amgen is not trying to extend our patents, ... All we're trying to do is participate in the dialogue at the public level and assure the patient's safety.

Amgen is growing rapidly, and our scale and complexity require that we have one executive be responsible for research and development, ... In addition, we plan multiple global product launches, and we need one executive to integrate our worldwide sales and marketing activities.

Breakaway from Cancer is an integral, complementary component of the Amgen Tour of California, and it benefits cancer patients across the country. Amgen was proud to host the Breakaway from Cancer charity ride in our headquarters city and join members of the community to raise additional funds to help empower people with cancer so they can live well with the disease.

We remain confident in our long-term guidance of compound annual growth rate for sales and EPS of low 20s for the 2001-2005 period and sales between 8 billion and 9 billion in 2005,

We are delighted with the inaugural Amgen Tour of California. We are also pleased with the success of our Breakaway from Cancer initiative, which resulted in a donation of 1.1 million to The Wellness Community to support cancer patients. Amgen looks forward to our continuing sponsorship of this world class cycling event.

I think Amgen will be a multi-therapeutic company.

Ten years ago I worked at MCI part of WorldCom, so my first reaction was personal, ... I have friends there whose entire savings have been wiped out. I was also sickened and unhappy as a CEO -- it is just unconscionable.