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Home » Amgen mourns death of founder George Rathmann | Personnel Moves

Amgen mourns death of founder George Rathmann | Personnel Moves

April 25, 2012 By MassDevice staff

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 Amgen mourns death of George Rathmann, founding CEO
Biotech giant Amgen‘s (NSDQ:AMGN) founding CEO George Rathmann died this week at the age of 84. In his final years, Rathmann was a dialysis patient who took EPO, a red blood cell stimulating hormone he helped pioneer in Amgen’s early days. Read more

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Filed Under: News Well Tagged With: Amgen, Angeion Corp., Cantel Medical Corp., Digirad Corp., Encision Inc., LDR Holding Corp., Medical Action Industries Inc., Nephros, NovaSom, OmniGuide, Organovo, Orgenesis, Personnel Moves, Pro-Dex Inc., ReVision Optics Inc., Rockwell Medical Technologies, SafeStitch Medical, SANUWAVE Health Inc., SeraCare Life Sciences Inc.

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