Amgen's 2007 income up 7%, as densomab data offsets cautious 2008 forecast
US biotechnology giant Amgen reported earnings for the final three months of 2007 of $835.0 million, or $0.76 per share, up just 0.2% on a generally-accepted accounting principals basis, as revenue fell 2% to $3.75 billion. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial had forecast quarterly adjusted EPS of $0.97 on sales of $3.54 billion.
For the full-year, income was up 7% to $3.17 billion as revenue grew 4% to $14.8 billion. Amgen said that its year had been negatively impacted by both $739.0 million in restructuring charges and a $590.0 million write-off related to its acquisition of Alantos and IIypsa last summer (Marketletters June 18 and 11, 2007).
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