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(Reuters) - Drugmaker Amgen Inc is buying Five Prime Therapeutics for about $1.9 billion to expand its line of gastric cancer drug candidates and its presence in Asia-Pacific, the companies said on Thursday.
FILE PHOTO: An Amgen sign is seen at the company's office in South San Francisco, California October 21, 2013. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith
Amgen has been looking to grow in the oncology market in the region since gaining a toehold in China in 2019 through a 20.5% stake in cancer drugmaker BeiGene Ltd for nearly $3 billion. It expects the region to contribute about a quarter of its growth over the next 9-10 years.