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Amgen Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/20 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Wednesday, 10/28/20, at 7:55pm ET   ·   As of:  10/29/20   ·   For:  9/30/20   ·   Accession #:  318154-20-60   ·   File #:  1-37702

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

10/29/20  Amgen Inc.                        10-Q        9/30/20   78:11M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.29M 
 2: EX-10.41    Amendment No. 2 to Collaboration Agreement          HTML     37K 
 3: EX-10.46    Restated Amendment No. 2 to Share Purchase          HTML     48K 
                Agreement                                                        
 4: EX-31       Rule 13A-14(A) Certifications                       HTML     31K 
 5: EX-32       Section 1350 Certifications                         HTML     25K 
12: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     83K 
13: R2          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     49K 
                Income                                                           
14: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income         HTML     94K 
15: R4          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     97K 
16: R5          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     27K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
17: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders'  HTML    108K 
                Equity                                                           
18: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders'  HTML     23K 
                Equity (Parenthetical)                                           
19: R8          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML     94K 
20: R9          Summary of significant accounting policies          HTML     31K 
21: R10         Revenues                                            HTML    102K 
22: R11         Income taxes                                        HTML     30K 
23: R12         Earnings per share                                  HTML     43K 
24: R13         Collaborations                                      HTML     26K 
25: R14         Investments                                         HTML     93K 
26: R15         Inventories                                         HTML     28K 
27: R16         Goodwill and other intangible assets                HTML     55K 
28: R17         Financing arrangements                              HTML    102K 
29: R18         Stockholders' equity                                HTML    115K 
30: R19         Fair value measurement                              HTML    125K 
31: R20         Derivative instruments                              HTML    162K 
32: R21         Contingencies and commitments                       HTML     41K 
33: R22         Summary of significant accounting policies          HTML     48K 
                (Policies)                                                       
34: R23         Revenues (Tables)                                   HTML     99K 
35: R24         Earnings per share (Tables)                         HTML     41K 
36: R25         Investments (Tables)                                HTML     87K 
37: R26         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     29K 
38: R27         Goodwill and other intangible assets (Tables)       HTML     54K 
39: R28         Financing arrangements (Tables)                     HTML    101K 
40: R29         Stockholders' equity (Tables)                       HTML    117K 
41: R30         Fair value measurement (Tables)                     HTML    115K 
42: R31         Derivative instruments (Tables)                     HTML    160K 
43: R32         Summary of significant accounting policies          HTML     26K 
                (Details)                                                        
44: R33         Revenues (Details)                                  HTML     90K 
45: R34         Income taxes (Details)                              HTML     25K 
46: R35         Earnings per share (Details)                        HTML     51K 
47: R36         Collaborations (Details)                            HTML     32K 
48: R37         Investments (Details)                               HTML     57K 
49: R38         Investments (Fair Values by Classification)         HTML     31K 
                (Details)                                                        
50: R39         Investments (Available-for-sale Investments)        HTML     28K 
                (Details Textual)                                                
51: R40         Investments (Fair Values by Contractual Maturity)   HTML     33K 
                (Details)                                                        
52: R41         Investments (Equity Securities) (Details Textual)   HTML     28K 
53: R42         Investments Investments (Limited Partnership        HTML     60K 
                Investments) (Details)                                           
54: R43         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     30K 
55: R44         Goodwill and other intangible assets (Goodwill      HTML     26K 
                Roll Forward) (Details)                                          
56: R45         Goodwill and other intangible assets (Identifiable  HTML     51K 
                Intangible Assets) (Details)                                     
57: R46         Goodwill and other intangible assets (Details       HTML     38K 
                Textual)                                                         
58: R47         Financing arrangements (Principal Amounts and       HTML    218K 
                Carrying Value of Long-term Borrowings) (Details)                
59: R48         Financing arrangements (Details Textual)            HTML     88K 
60: R49         Financing arrangements (Schedule Interest Rate      HTML     61K 
                Swaps) (Details)                                                 
61: R50         Financing arrangements (Interest Rate Swaps         HTML     64K 
                Textual) (Details)                                               
62: R51         Financing arrangements (Debt exchange) (Details)    HTML     55K 
63: R52         Stockholders' equity (Share Repurchase Program)     HTML     28K 
                (Details)                                                        
64: R53         Stockholders' equity (Details Textual) (Details)    HTML     37K 
65: R54         Stockholders' equity (Components of AOCI)           HTML     60K 
                (Details)                                                        
66: R55         Stockholders' equity (Reclassifications out of      HTML     69K 
                AOCI) (Details)                                                  
67: R56         Fair value measurement (Details)                    HTML    124K 
68: R57         Fair value measurement (Details Textual)            HTML     28K 
69: R58         Derivative instruments (Details Textual)            HTML     54K 
70: R59         Derivative instruments (Cross-currency Swaps)       HTML     55K 
                (Details)                                                        
71: R60         Derivative instruments (Effective Portion of        HTML     30K 
                Unrealized Gain (Loss)) (Details)                                
72: R61         Derivative instruments (Hedged Liabilities and      HTML     35K 
                Cumulative Amount) (Details)                                     
73: R62         Derivative instruments (Summary of Income and       HTML     47K 
                Expense Line Items) (Details)                                    
74: R63         Derivative instruments (Fair Value of Derivatives)  HTML     51K 
                (Details)                                                        
76: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    142K 
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75: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    105K 
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 9: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- amgn-20200930_lab                     XML   1.64M 
10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- amgn-20200930_pre              XML   1.06M 
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 5/03/24  Amgen Inc.                        10-Q        3/31/24   81:8.5M
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10/31/23  Amgen Inc.                        10-Q        9/30/23   85:10M
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11/04/22  Amgen Inc.                        10-Q        9/30/22   81:10M
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11/03/21  Amgen Inc.                        10-Q        9/30/21   80:11M
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 8/18/20  Amgen Inc.                        8-K:1,9     8/17/20   13:489K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 7/29/20  Amgen Inc.                        10-Q        6/30/20   77:13M
 5/06/20  Amgen Inc.                        8-K:1,9     5/06/20   14:525K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
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 2/21/20  Amgen Inc.                        8-K:1,9     2/21/20   14:704K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
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12/12/19  Amgen Inc.                        8-K:1,9    12/12/19   12:1M                                     Donnelley … Solutions/FA
10/18/19  Amgen Inc.                        8-K:1,9    10/17/19   12:205K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 8/26/19  Amgen Inc.                        8-K:1,7,9   8/26/19   14:1.1M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 7/31/19  Amgen Inc.                        10-Q        6/30/19   82:12M
10/31/18  Amgen Inc.                        10-Q        9/30/18   84:11M
 4/25/18  Amgen Inc.                        10-Q        3/31/18   81:9.3M
 2/13/18  Amgen Inc.                        10-K       12/31/17  132:18M
11/02/17  Amgen Inc.                        8-K:1,8,9  11/02/17    5:274K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 7/26/17  Amgen Inc.                        10-Q        6/30/17   74:11M
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 4/27/17  Amgen Inc.                        10-Q        3/31/17   70:20M
 2/14/17  Amgen Inc.                        10-K       12/31/16  130:18M
10/28/16  Amgen Inc.                        10-Q        9/30/16   75:10M
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 2/19/15  Amgen Inc.                        10-K       12/31/14  131:24M
 5/22/14  Amgen Inc.                        8-K:1,8,9   5/19/14    6:735K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
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12/05/11  Amgen Inc.                        8-K:1,9    12/05/11    2:202K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
11/10/11  Amgen Inc.                        8-K:1,9    11/07/11    4:378K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
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