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May 31, 2006

Amgen to move into GTECH building

WEST GREENWICH -- Amgen, the world's largest biopharmaceutical company, announced this afternoon that it will lease GTECH's West Greenwich corporate headquarters to accommodate plans to add 450 jobs this year.

Amgen will enter into a 7-year lease with an option to buy the building, according to company officials and Governor Carcieri, who announced the plan today at a West Greenwich press conference.

The lease is made possible largely because GTECH has plans to move its operation to Providence this fall.

Even without the staffing increases, Amgen was suffering from a lack of space. While the company already occupies a building adjacent to the West Greenwich GTECH facility, some employees had been working in temporary trailers for the past four years.

Amgen currently employs 1,700 people in West Greenwich.

Amgen employees are expected to begin moving into GTECH's building by the second quarter of 2007.

-- With reports from Journal staff writer Andrea L. Stape

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