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One of the world’s
leading
independent
biotechnology
companies
~ 100 countries
Reached millions
of patients
AMGEN TODAY
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PRODUCTS
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Note: Aimovig™ is developed in collaboration with Novartis
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Passionate about innovation, and the opportunity automation provides
• Originally from India, but grew up in UAE
• Technology leader at Amgen leading Automation, Integration &
Development capabilities spanning 10 technologies
• Worked at Amgen since 2008
• Platform owner of AA Platform & technology road map
• Technology lead for Corporate Initiative around Intelligent Automation
ABOUT ME
6. 6 Amgen Proprietary—For Internal Use Only
AMGEN’S RPA JOURNEY
Research and
Development
Process Development/
Manufacturing
Regulatory / Safety /
Compliance
Back-office
Administrative
Sales, Marketing, and
Life Cycle Management
1 automations in
Research
4 automations in
PD/Manufacturing
20 automations in
Finance & Accounting
2 automations in
Sales/Marketing &
commercial
6 automations around
Compliance
2 automations in HR
and Back-Office
• Implemented Automation Anywhere initially in 2010, first 7 years focused on pure IT
automation
• Focus on pure RPA initiated in 2017 with formal program kicked off to govern demand in 2018
• 35 automations built across multiple functions
• Amgen currently leveraging AA 11.3.1
• Current focus of building an Intelligent Automation Product team
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Digital worker is a persona that has similar capabilities at workplace
like a human
• Digital worker set of professional skills that
enable it to act, process, and analyze in the
same ways as a human
• Digital worker will automate entire processes,
do multiple tasks in a set of sequences
• Workplace of the Future = Humans + Digital
Worker
WHAT IS A DIGITAL WORKER
9. 9Cost to maintain Bots a big factor in reducing NPV for automations
• Reduce cycle time by standardizing access
persona(s)
• Enables governance and utilization
monitoring
• Reduce cost of ownership
• Improves human engagement
BECAUSE …..
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Future interactions could leverage Alexa/Google
Digital Workers can operate based on:
• A schedule
• Human interactions (email, chat, voice, etc.)
• System or Digital Worker interactions
MULTIPLE MODES OF ENGAGEMENT
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• Leverage HR systems to request and manage Digital workers
• Reduce time to market for automations leveraging Digital worker
• Propose labor & benefit for Digital workers that helps pay for upkeep of
Digital worker including licenses & infrastructure
• Supplement need for additional human head count by offering Digital
worker head count, thus reducing operational expenses for companies
VISION
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Important to have all stakeholders on board while embarking on this
aspiration
• Lead time and alignment with HR organization on board to
create new employee type – Digital workers
• Lead time and alignment with- Identity management
organization to support access to Digital worker – long lead time
• Re-Design access process to systems for Digital workers
• Controls around Digital workers
CHALLENGES
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• HR system(Workday) used
to onboard Digital workers
• COE reviews request to
ensure existing digital
workers cannot be
leveraged for automations
HR SYSTEM
Editor's Notes
Founded in 1980, Amgen has grown to be one of the world’s largest independent biotechnology companies.
We have a presence in approximately 100 countries.
And we’ve reached millions of people with our medicines.
We have 16 medicines on the market today (U.S.)…
EPOGEN:
First blockbuster
Treats lower than normal number of red blood cells (anemia) caused by chronic kidney disease in patients on dialysis
Acts like the hormone erythropoietin
It helps the body create more red blood cells, which raises the hemoglobin (Hb) level
Prescribed for more than 20 years
NEUPOGEN:
Used to reduce the risk of infection in patients with some tumors receiving strong chemotherapy that may cause severe neutropenia (nu-tro-peen-ee-ah) with fever
Neutropenia is when the body makes too few neutrophils (nu-tro-fils), a type of white blood cell that helps fight infection.
G-CSF (granulocyte colony-stimulating factor) is a substance naturally produced by the body that stimulates the growth of neutrophils
NEUPOGEN is a man-made form of G-CSF made using the bacteria Escherichia coli
ARANESP:
Similar to EPO but longer lasting than EPO
Approved for treatment of anemia in patients with chronic kidney disease (not just dialysis as with EPO) or anemia caused by chemotherapy that will be used for at least two months after starting Aranesp
NEULASTA:
A G-CSF like Neupogen, but longer lasting
ENBREL:
Used to treat multiple long-term inflammatory diseases including moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) is a substance made by your body's immune system
People with inflammatory diseases like rheumatoid arthritis have too much TNF in their bodies
ENBREL reduces levels of the active form of TNF
SENSIPAR / MIMPARA:
Indicated for the treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism (HPT) in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) on dialysis
Sold by Amgen under the trade name Sensipar in North America and Australia and as Mimpara in Europe
One of the few small molecule (pill) medicines sold by Amgen
It works on parathyroid glands to release less calcium and phosphorus into bones
VECTIBIX:
Indicated for the treatment of patients with certain types of colorectal cancer
Targets the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), a protein that plays an important role in cancer cell signaling
It binds to the EGFR receptor, interfering with the signals that might otherwise stimulate growth and survival of the cancer cell
NPLATE:
Indicated for treatment of thrombocytopenia in patients with chronic immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) in certain instances
Nplate is a peptibody protein, a novel platform developed by scientists at Amgen
A peptibody is an engineered protein, made by recombinant DNA technology, with attributes of both peptides and antibodies
Designed to bind to the thrombopoeitin (TPO) receptor thereby stimulating platelet production
PROLIA:
Used to treat osteoporosis in women after menopause at high risk for fracture
It helps stop the development of bone-removing cells (osteoclasts) before they can reach and damage the bone
Prolia inhibits RANKL from activating its receptor, RANK, on the surface of osteoclasts and their precursors
XGEVA:
Indicated for the prevention of skeletal-related events in patients with bone metastases from solid tumors
Like Prolia, inhibits RANKL from activating its receptor, RANK on the surface of osteoclasts, thereby decreasing bone destruction
Our focus is on six therapeutic areas:
Oncology/Hematology
Cardiovascular Disease
Inflammation
Bone Health
Nephrology
Neuroscience