Amgen, Inc. Q1 2006 Earnings Conference Call Transcript (AMGN)

Amgen, Inc. (AMGN)
Q1 2006 Earnings Conference Call
April 18th 2006, 5:00 PM.

Executives:

Arvind Sood Vice President, Investor Relations
Kevin Sharer, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President, Chairman of Executive Committee and Member of Equity Award Committee
Richard Nanula, Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President - Finance, Executive Vice President - Strategy and Communications
George Morrow, Executive VP of Global Commercial Operations
Roger Perlmutter, Executive Vice President of R&D

Analysts:

Joel Sendek, Lazard Capital Market
Geoffrey Porges, Sanford Bernstein
Steven Harr, Morgan Stanley
Maykin Ho, Goldman Sachs
Elise Wang, Citigroup
Mark Schoenebaum, Bear Stearns
Shiv Kapoor, Montgomery & Co
Eric Ende, Merrill Lynch
Christopher Raymond, Robert W. Baird
Jeff Eason, JPMorgan
Gene Mack, HSBC
Jamie Rubin, Morgan Stanley
Sally Yanchus, Bessemer Investments
Andrew Barron, Citigroup
Craig Parker, Lehman Brothers
Eric Schmidt, Cowen

Presentation

Operator

Good afternoon, my name is Angela and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Amgen First Quarter Financial Results 2006 Conference Call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speakers' remarks, there will be a question-and-answer session. If you would like to ask a question during this time simply press “*

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