PRIVACY STATEMENT FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS

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  • 1.In what instances does Amgen collect personal information about you?
    • When you interact with Amgen and our representatives.
    • When you participate in, or request to be considered for, Amgen-related activities such asclinical trials, advisory boards or consultancies.
    • From third party service providers whom provide healthcare industry with professional information about Health Care Professionals (e.g., name, business contact details and specialty).
    • From Amgen or Third Party websites or mobile applications (“apps”) which ask you to provide personal information, as described in the respective Privacy Policy.
    • When you participate in an Amgen-related event or congress, Amgen may receive your personal information from the organizer as described by their Privacy Policy.
  • 2.Why does Amgen process information about you?

    Amgen may process personal information about you based on any one of the following legal grounds: (A)legitimate business purposes, (B) where you have provided consent, (C) as necessary to comply with Amgen’s legal and regulatory obligations and (D) as necessary to perform a contract under which you have been engaged.

    Amgen’s legitimate business purposes Processing activities
    • Amgen’s professional and scientific activities
    • Promote and assessAmgen’s products and services
    • Interaction with Amgen’s filed staff
    • Participation in professional meetings and congresses.
    • Respond to request for medical information
    • Identify and engage with you as scientific expert or professional leader.
    Manage and comply with a contract
    • To pay you for services or reimburse your expenses.
    • To assist you in planning trips related to Amgen’s business or products.
    • To manage your participation in clinical trials.
    Comply with Legal and regulatory obligations
    • Safety reporting adverse events according local law
    • Clinical Trials according local law
    • Transparency if ruled by a local law
    Consent
    • Participation in online surveys and services or apps
    • Consent you provide to our third party providers (e.g., IQVIA)
    • Transparency if there is no local law
  • 3.What kind of personal information do we process?

    Depending on the purposes for which personal information is collected, Amgen may process:

    • Your name;
    • Your contact information such as address, email or telephone number;
    • Your professional information such as areas of specialization and experience;
    • Dates and brief summary of interactions with Amgen’s sales representatives or medical staff; and
    • Financial and banking information, but only if necessary to pay you for services, or reimburse your expenses.
    • Professional registration number
    • The request you made and whatever data are necessary to fulfill this request (e.g.; date of travel for Congress)
  • 4.Who can access personal information about you?

    Depending on the purposes for which personal information is collected, such information may be accessed by:

    • Authorized staff from Amgen or its representatives acting on Amgen’s behalf, subject toapplicable privacy laws;
    • Regulatory authorities and ethics committees or other third parties pursuant to applicable laws;
    • Third parties processing personal information as a data processor under Amgen’s instruction (forexample, a travel service or a clinical research organization); and
    • Third parties with which Amgen collaborates (for example, other pharmaceutical companies), butonly after taking reasonable steps to ensure that we can share such information in compliance with applicable privacy laws.
  • 5.Where is information about you being processed?

    Amgen is a multi-national company headquartered in the United States. Amgen maintains data centers around the world, including in the European Union and the United States. Amgen may process personal information in global databases that can be accessed by authorized Amgen personnel worldwide.

    Transfers outside of Europe are made in accordance with applicable privacy laws. Regardless of where your personal information is collected or processed, Amgen maintains and shall ensure that service providers maintain appropriate administrative, technical and physical safeguards to protect information about you.

    Transfers of personal information among Amgen and its group entities follow applicable laws and our Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs). For more information on the BCRs, including your ability to file a complaint about any processing of your personal information in violation of the BCRs, please visit http://www.amgen.com/bcr/.

    Recipients Safeguards used to transfer personal information to countries non declared adequate by the EU Commission Additional information

    Amgen’s group of companies

    Amgen’s Binding Corporate Rules

    For information on Amgen’s BCRs or to file a complaint about any processing of your personal information in violation of the BCRs, please visit: http://www.amgen.com/bcr/.

    Vendors processing personal information under Amgen’s instructions.

    Model Contracts (Standard Contractual Clauses) in a form approved by the EU Commission

    For information on Model Contracts, including the content of Model Contracts, please visit:http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/international-transfers/transfer/index_en.htm.

    For more information about Amgen’s use of Model Contracts, contact Amgen’s Privacy Office at privacy@amgen.com

  • 6.Retention of your personal information

    Amgen process your personal data for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy notice and to preserve your personal information in accordance with the provisions of relevant laws and regulations.

    The criteria followed is determined by:

    • The purpose of the data collected and the fulfillment of that purpose.
    • The ground on which the data are being collected: e.g.; in case of consent, you can revoke it atany time.
    • Mandatory retention periods provided by contractual and regulatory requirements.

    If you wish to receive more information on a specific processing, please contact your Amgen Data Protection Officer at privacy@amgen.com or (local affiliate address).

  • 7.How can you access, correct or delete the personal information about you that we process?
    For requests to access, correct or delete your personal information, please contact Amgen’s Data Protection Officer at privacy@amgen.com or

    Amgen (Europe) GmbH
    Suurstoffi 22
    CH-6343 Rotkreuz

    Amgen Switzerland AG
    Suurstoffi 22
    CH-6343 Rotkreuz

  • 8.How can you exercise the right to data portability?

    According to the right to data portability you can receive your personal data that you provide to Amgen in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format.

    Notice that this right applies subject to certain conditions and can be requested by contacting Amgen’s Privacy Office at privacy@amgen.com.

  • 9.How can you lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority?

    If you believe that Amgen's processing of your personal data violates applicable laws, rules or regulations, you have the right to lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority. You can find the contact details of your local supervisory authority here:

    https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/list-personal-data-protection-competent-authorities

  • 10.How can you contact the Data Protection Officer

    If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Statement or wish to file a complaint, or to access or correct your personal information or you require more information on a specific processing activity, contact your Amgen Data Protection Officer at privacy@amgen.com or

    Amgen (Europe) GmbH
    Suurstoffi 22
    CH-6343 Rotkreuz

    Amgen Switzerland AG
    Suurstoffi 22
    CH-6343 Rotkreuz




Updated in October 2022