# Amgen Put a Drug-Hacking Physician-Scientist in Charge of Its AI-First Pivot

- slug: amgen-put-a-drug-hacking-physician-scientist-in-charge-of-its-ai-first-pivot
- date: 2026-04-23
- category: Biotech & Life Sciences

Amgen filed two documents on the same day: one announcing a retirement, the other disclosing a restructuring that created two new executive roles around AI — and put a scientist who once gave away a drug compound in charge of both.

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