Amgen CEO Offers Career Advice to Summer Interns (And the Rest of Us)

Amgen CEO Bob Bradway addressed a virtual gathering of more than 150 Amgen summer interns on July 13, sharing his thoughts on our company, the future of biopharmaceutical innovation, and what it takes to have a successful career. 

Reflecting on the company's founding 41 years ago, Bradway said that Amgen was "dreaming big then and is dreaming big now." He shared his optimism that incredible advances in science and technology will enable Amgen and the rest of the biopharmaceutical industry to meet the health needs of a rapidly aging and increasingly wealthy global population. 

"The industry's ability to develop several safe and effective COVID vaccines in under a year shows definitively that we have entered the biocentury," Bradway said. "This is a very exciting time that will be characterized by profound innovation."

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