![]() 22 The Centre for Child Development and Behaviour, Capital Area Primary Health Care, Reykjavik, Iceland.21 Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, National University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland.20 Center for Neonatal Screening, Department for Congenital Disorders, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.19 Bioinformatics Research Centre, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.18 Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine, Aarhus, Denmark.17 Department of Biomedicine - Human Genetics, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.16 Nash Family Department of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.15 Department of Genetics and Genomic Science, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.14 Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.13 Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.12 Icahn Institute for Data Science and Genomic Technology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.11 Center for Disease Neurogenomics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.10 Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.9 Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.8 Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.Hans, Capital Region of Denmark, Institute of Biological Psychiatry, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark. 6 The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research, iPSYCH, Aarhus, Denmark.5 Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.4 deCODE Genetics/Amgen, Reykjavik, Iceland. 3 Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine, Aarhus, Denmark. 2 The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research, iPSYCH, Aarhus, Denmark. 1 Department of Biomedicine - Human Genetics, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark. ![]() ![]() ADHD Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium iPSYCH-Broad Consortium Merete Nordentoft The company has discovered genetic risk factors for various diseases including cardiovascular disease and cancer.Īmgen is headquartered in Thousand Oaks, California.Ĭlick here to read more recent news from deCODE.Ĭlick here to learn about our custom made photo book Iceland 2012 with the best pictures of the year. ![]() “We believe Amgen’s focus and ability to incorporate our genetic research into their research and development efforts will translate our discoveries into meaningful therapies for patients,” he added.ĭeCODE Genetics was founded in Reykjavík in 1996 and is considered a global leader in analyzing and understanding the link between the genome and disease susceptibility. “One of the ways to truly realize the full value of human genetics, is to make our research synergistic with drug development efforts where target discovery, validation and prioritization efforts can be accelerated,” said Kári. “This capability will enhance our efforts to identify and validate human disease targets,” he added.įounder and CEO of deCODE Genetics Kári Stefánsson said the deal would enable the company’s research to translate into therapies for patients. Bradway said in a press release that deCODE Genetics had built a world-class capability in the study of the genetics human disease. Photo by Páll Stefánsson.ĬEO of Amgen Robert A. The sale is expected to close before the end of the year.įrom the lab at deCode. The all-cash transaction was unanimously approved by the Amgen board of directors. Icelandic genetic research company deCODE Genetics was sold to pharmaceutical manufacturing company Amgen today for ISK 52 billion (USD 415 million, EUR 317 million).
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