Amgen's Fourth Quarter 2008 Adjusted Earnings Per Share Increased 6 Percent to $1.06; Full Year 2008 Adjusted Earnings Per Share Increased 6 Percen...( Full Year 2008 Revenue Increased 2 Pe...)

Full Year 2008 Revenue Increased 2 Percent to $15.0 Billion; Fourth Quarter 2008 Revenue Flat at $3.75 Billion

Full Year 2008 GAAP Earnings Per Share Increased 38 Percent to $3.90; Fourth Quarter 2008 GAAP Earnings Per Share Increased 20 Percent to $0.91

2009 Total Revenue Expected to be in the Range of $14.8 to $15.2 Billion

2009 Adjusted Earnings Per Share Expected to be in the Range of $4.55 to $4.75

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Jan. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Amgen (Nasdaq: AMGN) reported adjusted earnings per share (EPS), excluding stock option expense and certain other expenses, of $1.06 for the fourth quarter of 2008, an increase of 6 percent compared to $1.00 for the fourth quarter of 2007. Adjusted net income, excluding stock option expense and certain other expenses, increased 3 percent to $1,124 million in the fourth quarter of 2008 compared to $1,088 million in the fourth quarter of 2007. Stock option expense on a per share basis totaled 2 cents and 3 cents in the fourth quarter of 2008 and the fourth quarter of 2007, respectively.

Full year 2008 adjusted EPS, excluding stock option expense and certain other expenses, were $4.55 versus $4.29 in 2007, a 6 percent increase. Full year 2008 adjusted net income, excluding stock option expense and certain other expenses, was $4,885 million versus $4,804 million in 2007, a 2 percent increase. Stock option expense on a per share basis totaled 7 cents and 12 cents in 2008 and 2007, respectively.

Total revenue of $3,751 million in the fourth quarter of 2008 was essentially flat compared to $3,745 million in the fourth quarter of 2007. For the full year 2008, total revenue increased 2 percent to $15,003 million from $14,771 million in 2007.

Adjusted EPS and adjusted net income for the fourth quar
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