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FORM 3UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
HENDERSON REBECCA M

(Last)(First)(Middle)
ONE AMGEN CENTER DRIVE

(Street)
THOUSAND OAKSCA91320-1799

(City)(State)(Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
07/09/2009
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
AMGEN INC [AMGN]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
XDirector10% Owner
Officer (give title below)Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
XForm filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)4. Conversion or Excercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date ExercisableExpiration DateTitleAmount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
No securities are beneficially owned

/s/ Rebecca Henderson07/09/2009
** Signature of Reporting PersonDate
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
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Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY


Know all men by these presents, that the undersigned hereby 
constitutes and appoints each of N. Cris Prince, Elain Cleary, Andrea A. 
Robinson and Mark A. Schlossberg, signing singly, the undersigned?s true 
and lawful attorney in-fact to execute for and on behalf of the undersigned 
Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange 
Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder, as may be required as a 
result of the undersigned?s position as an officer and/or director of Amgen 
Inc. (the ?Company?).

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact
 full power and authority to execute such Forms 3, 4 and 5 as fully to all
 intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally 
present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying 
and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact?s 
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue 
of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in 
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not 
assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned?s 
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act 
of 1934, as amended.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and 
effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 
and 5 with respect to the undersigned?s holdings of and transactions 
in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the 
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-
in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power 
of Attorney to be executed as of this _8th___ day of July, 2009.




/s/ Rebecca M. Henderson
Name:  Rebecca M. Henderson

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