Amgen CTO David Reese to Retire June 30, 2026

Organizational Changes Further Emphasize Integration of Biology and Technology

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., April 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) right this moment introduced the retirement of David M. Reese, M.D., government vice president and Chief Technology Officer, efficient June 30, 2026. 

Reese joined Amgen in 2005 as a medical improvement chief in oncology and later served as government vp of Research and Development (R&D) from 2018 to 2023. During his tenure, he led approvals of quite a few revolutionary medicines and biosimilars, superior a sturdy pipeline of potential new therapies and strengthened discovery analysis capabilities. As inaugural chief expertise officer, Reese inspired the early adoption of expertise and synthetic intelligence throughout all sides of the enterprise, specifically R&D.

“Dave recognized early the impact that advances in biology and technology would have on our industry and helped lead Amgen through that shift,” mentioned Robert A. Bradway, chairman and chief government officer at Amgen. “The capabilities he built position us to advance what we call convergent innovation and strengthen our ability to serve patients in the years ahead.”

Convergent innovation brings collectively biology, knowledge science, and superior applied sciences comparable to synthetic intelligence to speed up the invention and improvement of recent medicines and rework how sufferers, suppliers and different companions interact with the well being care system. Amgen is evolving its group to higher join these interactions with how the corporate operates. To help this, Amgen is making the next adjustments efficient June 1, 2026:

• James Bradner, M.D., will function government vp, Research and Development, Artificial Intelligence and Data. A physician-scientist with experience on the intersection of biology and expertise, Bradner has superior using rising applied sciences in biomedical analysis and brings his expertise to this subsequent part at Amgen.
• Sean Bruich will function senior vp, Chief Technology Officer. A seasoned expertise and knowledge science chief, Bruich has superior Amgen’s AI and knowledge capabilities, constructing on a profession main world insights and AI organizations via pivotal moments of trade transformation.
• Murdo Gordon will function government vp, Amgen Global Markets and Policy, which incorporates Medical, Commercial Operations, Government Affairs and Policy. Gordon brings his expertise as a frontrunner of world markets and coverage and confirmed observe document of strengthening partnerships with well being programs and clinicians to enhance entry to medicines via the adoption of superior applied sciences.
• Paul Burton, M.D., Ph.D., will proceed to function senior vp, Chief Medical Officer. A champion of medical breakthroughs and public well being, Burton stays centered on reaching clinicians and sufferers with medicines and options in areas of best unmet want, from cardiovascular to uncommon ailments.

Together, these adjustments deepen the combination of science and expertise and align the group with the evolving adoption of recent applied sciences throughout the well being care ecosystem, supporting Amgen’s skill to serve extra sufferers world wide.

About Amgen
Amgen discovers, develops, manufactures and delivers revolutionary medicines to combat among the world’s hardest ailments. Harnessing the perfect of biology and expertise, Amgen reaches thousands and thousands of sufferers with its medicines. 

More than 45 years in the past, Amgen helped set up the biotechnology trade at its U.S. headquarters in Thousand Oaks, California, and it stays on the innovative of innovation, utilizing expertise and human genetic knowledge to push past what is thought right this moment. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline and portfolio of medicines to deal with most cancers, inflammatory circumstances, uncommon ailments, coronary heart illness and weight problems and obesity-related circumstances.

Amgen has been consistently recognized for innovation and office tradition, together with honors from Fast Company and Forbes. Amgen is without doubt one of the 30 corporations that comprise the Dow Jones Industrial Average^®, and additionally it is a part of the Nasdaq-100 Index^®, which incorporates the biggest and most revolutionary non-financial corporations listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market based mostly on market capitalization.

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