Amgen shift.Amgen Shift: Biotechnology giant Amgen Inc. plans to add an unspecified number of administrative jobs at its Colorado site because its Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. headquarters has no more space. An Amgen spokeswoman said any positions transferred from the Thousand Oaks site would be replaced by other workers and no jobs would be lost. The headquarters now employs around 8,000 workers. Some information systems jobs will be moved to Longmont, Colo., in the next few months, while human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. and finance employees will follow next year, the company said. Amgen currently manufactures four of its eight drugs at the Longmont and Boulder sites, including medicines for rheumatoid arthritis rheumatoid arthritis Chronic, progressive autoimmune disease causing connective-tissue inflammation, mostly in synovial joints. It can occur at any age, is more common in women, and has an unpredictable course. and anemia associated with chronic kidney failure Chronic Kidney Failure Definition Chronic kidney failure occurs when disease or disorder damages the kidneys so that they are no longer capable of adequately removing fluids and wastes from the body or of maintaining the proper level of certain . |
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