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Amgen says cyber incident led to theft of patient data

Amgen said it detected unauthorized access to third-party cloud servers in July and later found patient protected health information and proprietary data were exfiltrated.

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Amgen Inc. said it suffered a cyber incident in which patient information and proprietary data stored on third-party cloud servers were stolen, according to an SEC filing dated July 31 reported by Insurance Journal.

The company said it is still assessing the damage, but does not expect the breach to have a material impact on its financial results. Amgen added that, to date, it has not identified any impact to its products, manufacturing operations, financial reporting systems, or its ability to meet patient needs.

Amgen said it detected unauthorized access to the data in July, then determined that some of the data, including patient protected health information, had been exfiltrated from the cloud environment. It said the incident is material due to the volume of files affected and the risk that sensitive information was compromised, with an investigation underway.

The breach adds to a stretch of setbacks for the Thousand Oaks, California, drugmaker, including separate safety questions tied to its drug Tavneos. Insurance Journal also noted the broader trend of healthcare cyber incidents, including disruptions at Stryker, a cybersecurity incident involving Intuitive Surgical, and unauthorized access identified by Novo Nordisk in its IT systems.

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