We are lucky in life when we can pursue our passion, as I’ve been able to do in my career. Every day I’m thankful that I can play golf and spend quality time with my wife and my three children. But last year my life as I knew it was suddenly turned upside down when I began experiencing joint stiffness and severe pain.
With the support of my loved ones, I decided to act quickly and educate myself about my symptoms. I found a rheumatologist who was able to provide me with some answers as to why I was feeling so badly. In the week following the U.S. Open, I was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis.
Talking with your doctor to make sure you have the right diagnosis and treatment plan is crucial. So talk with your specialist today to make sure you too can stay “On Course.”
This experience has inspired me to join forces with Amgen and Pfizer to help increase awareness and understanding of psoriatic arthritis and other related conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis and plaque psoriasis.
I hope that you will find my story helpful and that you too will take action so that you can continue to stay “On Course”!
Sincerely,
Phil Mickelson
The Arthritis Foundation and National Psoriasis Foundation do not endorse any medications, products, equipment or treatments for psoriatic arthritis or any other form of arthritis.
Learn about a treatment optionPsoriatic arthritis shares some of its symptoms and its possible causes with other conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis and plaque psoriasis. Like those with rheumatoid arthritis, people with psoriatic arthritis may experience pain, stiffness, and swelling of the joints. In diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis, early diagnosis and treatment are key as joint damage can occur early in the course of the disease. An early diagnosis and appropriate treatment program may help to stop or slow progression of irreversible joint damage. Additionally, psoriatic arthritis patients may also have skin lesions similar to those seen in patients with plaque psoriasis. Those lesions appear as raised, red patches covered with a silvery white buildup. For people with plaque psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, skin inflammation can become a significant problem in their everyday lives. Many patients with psoriatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, or plaque psoriasis may remain undiagnosed or untreated. It’s a good idea to speak to your doctor right away if you have any symptoms associated with these conditions.
The product information provided in this site is intended only for residents of the United States.
The products discussed herein may have different product labeling in different countries.
The information contained herein is not intended to replace discussions with a health care provider. All decisions regarding patient care must be made with a health care provider, considering the unique characteristics of the patient.
Manufactured by Immunex Corporation, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Marketed by Amgen Inc. and Pfizer Inc.
©2012 Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA 91320 and Pfizer Inc. All rights reserved.
60540-R3-V1
Professional world-class golfer Phil Mickelson understands the importance of early action. When he began experiencing joint pain, stiffness, and swelling last year, he quickly sought the help of a rheumatologist, a specialist who diagnosed him with psoriatic arthritis and worked with him on a treatment plan that’s right for him. His journey from diagnosis to treatment inspired him to help others with inflammatory joint and skin diseases. That’s why Phil has joined forces with Amgen and Pfizer to launch “On Course with Phil,” an educational initiative to inspire people with psoriatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, or plaque psoriasis to take action, educate themselves, and work with a specialist to build a game plan that’s right for them.
“On Course with Phil” features the Joint Smart Coalition, a new effort between the Arthritis Foundation (AF) and the National Psoriasis Foundation (NPF) dedicated to psoriatic arthritis patients and to providing an empowering and educational resource for them and for patients with other related inflammatory conditions like rheumatoid arthritis and plaque psoriasis. Click here for educational resources and tools provided by the Joint Smart Coalition, made possible through a collaboration with Amgen and Pfizer.
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY!
BY ACCESSING THIS SITE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THESE TERMS OF USE, AND UNDERSTAND AND AGREE TO ABIDE BY THEM.
This Terms of Use Agreement (this "Agreement") describes the terms and conditions applicable to your use of any and all of Amgen Inc.'s and/or Amgen USA Inc.'s (collectively "Amgen") or Amgen co-branded websites. If you do not agree to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, please do not use this website. Your use of certain pages or services within this website may be subject to additional terms and conditions. Before being given access to these pages or services, you will be asked to indicate whether you agree to be bound by the additional terms and conditions. If you agree to be bound, you will be given access to the page or service. If you do not agree to be bound, you will not be given access to the page or service.
Amgen may at any time revise or modify this Agreement or impose new conditions for use of this website. Such changes, revisions or modifications shall be effective immediately upon notice to you, which may be given by any means including, without limitation, posting on the website or by e-mail. Any use of the website by you after such notice shall be deemed to constitute acceptance of such changes, revisions or modifications. Amgen may modify its services at any time.
THIS WEBSITE DOES NOT PROVIDE MEDICAL OR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ADVICE.
The content on this website is intended to be a general information resource in regard to the subject matter covered, and is provided solely on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis. You are encouraged to confirm the information contained herein with other sources, and to review the information carefully with your professional health care provider. Amgen is not engaged in rendering medical or similar professional services or advice via this website, and the information provided is not intended to replace medical advice offered by a physician. If you desire or need such services or advice, you should consult a professional health care provider. You should not construe Amgen's publication of this content as an endorsement by Amgen of the views expressed herein, or any warranty or guarantee of any strategy, recommendation, treatment, action, or application of medication or preparation made by the author of the content.
Scope of Use
Amgen invites you to view, use and download a single copy of this website for your informational, personal, non-commercial use. Except as otherwise provided on this page, no part of any content or software on this website may be copied, downloaded or stored in a retrieval system for any other purpose, nor may it be redistributed for any purpose, without the express written permission of Amgen. You understand that Amgen may discontinue, change, or restrict your use of this website for any reason without notice.
This website is for use by U.S. residents only. By using this website, you represent that you are at least eighteen (18) years old and a United States resident.
No Warranties
ALL CONTENT ON THIS WEBSITE IS PROVIDED TO YOU ON AN "AS IS" "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ACCURACY, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. AMGEN MAKES NO WARRANTY AS TO THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, CURRENCY, OR RELIABILITY OF ANY CONTENT AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS WEBSITE. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR VERIFYING ANY INFORMATION BEFORE RELYING ON IT. USE OF THE WEBSITE AND THE CONTENT AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. AMGEN MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES THAT USE OF THE WEBSITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING ALL NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO ENSURE THAT ANY CONTENT YOU OBTAIN FROM THE WEBSITE IS FREE OF VIRUSES.
The above exclusions may not apply in jurisdictions that do not allow the exclusion of certain implied warranties.
Limitation of Liability
YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR ANY CONTENT ON THE WEBSITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. AMGEN SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY, WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR SPECIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE WEBSITE, EVEN IF AMGEN HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO RELIANCE BY ANY PARTY ON ANY CONTENT OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE WEBSITE, OR THAT ARISES IN CONNECTION WITH MISTAKES OR OMISSIONS IN, OR DELAYS IN TRANSMISSION OF, INFORMATION TO OR FROM THE USER, INTERRUPTIONS IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONNECTIONS TO THE WEBSITE OR VIRUSES, WHETHER CAUSED IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY NEGLIGENCE, ACTS OF GOD, WAR, TERRORISM, TELECOMMUNICATIONS FAILURE, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OF, OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO THE WEBSITE, OR RELATED INFORMATION OR PROGRAMS.
Indemnification
If you violate any terms of this Agreement or if you misuse this website, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Amgen, its officers, directors, employees, agents and licensees from any and all liability including costs, expenses and attorneys' fees that arise out of or are related to your violation or misuse.
User Submissions
Certain areas of this website enable you to submit e-mails, or otherwise provide feedback or information to Amgen.
You agree that by submitting content:
Trademarks
The trademarks, logos, and service marks (collectively, the "Trademarks") displayed on this website are registered and unregistered Trademarks of Amgen and others. Nothing contained in this website should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right in and to the Trademarks. Unauthorized use of any Trademark may be a violation of federal and state trademark laws.
Copyright
This website is protected by United States' and foreign copyright laws. Except for your informational, personal, non-commercial use as authorized above, you may not modify, reproduce or distribute the design or layout of the website, or individual sections of the design or layout of the website or Amgen logos without Amgen's written permission.
Information, News and Press Releases
The website may contain information, news and/or press releases about Amgen. While this information was believed to be accurate as of the date it was prepared, Amgen disclaims any duty or obligation to update this information, news or any press releases. Information about companies other than Amgen contained in the news, press releases or otherwise, should not be relied upon as being provided or endorsed by Amgen.
Links
This Amgen website may contain links to websites operated by other parties. The linked sites are not under the control of Amgen, and Amgen is not responsible for the content available on any other Internet sites linked to this website. Such links do not imply Amgen's endorsement of material on any other site and Amgen disclaims all liability with regard to your access to such linked websites. Amgen provides links to other Internet sites as a convenience to users, and access to any other Internet sites linked to this website is at your own risk.
Unless otherwise set forth in a written agreement between you and Amgen, you must adhere to Amgen's linking policy as follows: (i) any link to an Amgen website must be a text only link clearly marked "Amgen WEBSITE," (ii) the appearance, position and other aspects of the link may not be such as to damage or dilute the goodwill associated with Amgen's names and trademarks, (iii) the link must "point" to the root domain name of the Amgen website and not to other pages within the website, (iv) the appearance, position and other attributes of the link may not create the false appearance that your organization or entity is sponsored by, affiliated with, or associated with Amgen, (v) when selected by a user, the link must display the website on full-screen and not within a "frame" on the linking website, and (vi) Amgen reserves the right to revoke its consent to the link at any time and in its sole discretion.
Security
This website may require you to register or obtain a password prior to permitting access to the website or certain services available on this site. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your registration information and password, and for all uses of your password, whether or not authorized by you.
Location, Governing Law and Arbitration
This website is operated by Amgen. The law of the State of California shall govern these terms and conditions, without reference to its choice of law rules. Amgen makes no representation that the information in the website is appropriate or available for use in other locations, and access to this website from territories where the content of this website may be illegal is prohibited. Those who choose to access this website from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws.
Any controversy or claim arising under or related to this User Agreement or Amgen's products and/or services shall be settled by binding arbitration in accordance with the commercial rules of arbitration of the American Arbitration Association. Any such controversy or claim shall be arbitrated on an individual basis, and shall not be consolidated in any arbitration with any claim or controversy of any other party. The arbitration shall be conducted in Los Angeles, California, and judgment on the arbitration award may be entered by any court of competent jurisdiction. Either you or Amgen may seek any interim or preliminary relief from a court of competent jurisdiction in Los Angeles County, California, necessary to protect the rights or property of you or Amgen pending the completion of arbitration.
Violations and Additional Policies
Amgen reserves the right to seek all remedies available at law and in equity for violations of these Terms of Use, including the right to block access from a particular Internet address to the website.
Use of Information
Amgen reserves the right, and you authorize Amgen, to the use and assignment of all information regarding your use of this website and all information provided by you in any manner consistent with this User Agreement and applicable federal law.
Securities Laws
This website may include statements concerning Amgen's operations, prospects, strategies, financial condition, future economic performance and demand for Amgen's products or services, as well as its intentions, plans and objectives, that are forward-looking statements. These statements are based upon a number of assumptions and estimates which are subject to significant uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control. When used on the website, words like "anticipates," "expects," "believes," "estimates," "seeks," "plans," "intends" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements designed to fall within securities law safe harbors for forward looking statements. The website and the information contained herein does not constitute an offer or a solicitation of an offer for sale of any securities. None of the information contained herein is intended to be, and shall not be deemed to be, incorporated into any of Amgen's securities-related filings or documents.
Questions
If you have any questions about these Terms of Use, please contact Amgen at +1 (805) 447-3505. For all other inquiries, please contact us through the relevant product, support or topical Amgen website.
Amgen Inc. and Amgen USA Inc. (collectively "Amgen," We" or "Our") are committed to respecting your privacy. Because facts about a person's demographic, health, health interests, and health care are private and sensitive, we know that you may have concerns about sharing information with us. This Privacy Statement ("Statement") is designed to answer your important questions about privacy, whether you are a consumer looking for health information, or a health care provider mining the experience of Amgen to refine your expertise in meeting the needs of your patients.
If you are a consumer, you'll want to know how we use the information you provide if you register with us as a site user or when you participate in activities on our site, and how we protect this information from unauthorized use or disclosure.
If you are a health care professional, you'll want to know what steps we take to protect the sensitive data you may choose to share with us, and how we use information you provide about yourself and your professional services.
We urge all users of our sites to read this Privacy Statement to learn more about the policies and practices that we have developed to safeguard personal and health information, and to better understand our relationships with the third parties who may have access to this information.
CONSENT TO PROCESSING IN THE UNITED STATES AND ELSEWHERE. This site is owned and operated by Amgen in the United States, but the information you provide will be accessible to our affiliates, vendors and suppliers in other countries. Furthermore, if you are visiting this site from a country other than the United States, your communication with us will necessarily result in the transfer of information across international boundaries. The level of legal protection for personal information is not the same in all countries; however, we will take the security measures described in this Privacy Statement in an effort to keep your information secure. By using this site, you consent to the collection, storage, and processing of your information in the United States and in any country to which we may transfer your information in the course of our business operations. Amgen participates in the U.S. Department of Commerce Safe Harbor program. You can find our Safe Harbor Policy Statement here. For more information about the Safe Harbor program, visit safeharbor.export.gov.
We have access to the following categories of information regarding you and your visit to our website. Only some of these categories of information identify you directly, but each category offers some information about your interests and activities that could be used to make inferences about you. The next section of this Statement describes how Amgen uses the information we collect.
Site Registration. We have constructed this website so that you may visit the site and review information about the services we offer without revealing your identity or volunteering any personally identifying information. If you register to use the website's features and services, either as a consumer or a health care professional, we will collect "personally identifying information" from you. Personally identifying information includes information such as name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address. When this information is combined with any information on health or medical status (pursuant to all applicable laws), we refer to the resulting information as "health-related personal information." If you are a health care professional or an institutional health care provider, it is your responsibility to obtain your patient's authorization and consent to provide his or her health-related personal information to Amgen through our websites. By submitting any such information, you represent and warrant that you have obtained your patient's authorization to do so.
Interactive Services. If you choose to participate in our interactive services such as questionnaires and surveys, you may disclose health-related information as well as personal facts that could be used to identify you or your family members. Providers who use our benchmarking services and quality of care assessments may choose to disclose facts about their practice and patients that include extremely sensitive, personal data. We do not request or require you to disclose personally identifying information in these forums, but apart from warning you to be prudent in your statements, we do not have the ability to keep you from disclosing private facts.
Correspondence with Amgen. You may use our site to ask questions or report problems regarding our products to healthcare professionals hired by Amgen to address consumers' and health care professionals' questions regarding use of our products. If you communicate with or request information from Amgen personnel, they will have your e-mail address as well as whatever health-related and/or personal facts you choose to include in your e-mail. If you are reporting a product experience, we may ask you for specific facts, including patient initials, age, and gender, and prescribing physician. U.S. regulations require us to collect patient-identifiable information in order to file reports with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration regarding the safety of our products.
IP Address. We record the Internet Protocol ("IP") address of your computer when you visit our site. Without more, the IP address does not identify you personally, but it is what allows us to maintain communications with your computer as you move about our site.
Cookies and Other Technologies. We also collect information about your use of our site through technology such as cookies and web beacons. A "web beacon" is a piece of code on our site that enables us to monitor things like user activity and site traffic. A "cookie" is a unique numeric code that we transfer to your computer so that we can keep track of your interests and preferences and recognize you as a return visitor to our site. Cookie technology allows us to collect "clickstream" data, which is not personally identifying information, but which reflects your activities on the site, including your interest in certain health care conditions. A cookie does not collect or keep your name or other personal identifying information, but when you revisit our site, the cookie allows us to bring you the content and features likely to be of greatest interest to you based on your previous activities on our site.
Third-Party Advertising. We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads on other websites. These companies may use information (not including your name, address e-mail, address, or telephone number) obtained from cookies and web beacons about your visits to this site and other websites in order to measure advertising effectiveness and to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.
Whether you are a consumer or a health care professional, we use the information about your use of the services and activities on our websites to monitor user traffic patterns and try to analyze what our users prefer so that we can design better services. The personally identifying information and health-related information that you provide may be used to create customized offers, information, and services tailored to your interests and preferences.
Personally Identifying Information. You do not have to register to use most of the information and services available for consumers on our websites. If you choose to register, we will use the personally identifying information you give us to send you an e-mail confirming your registration with our site and to respond to questions from you. Upon your request, we may also, from time to time, send you e-mail with special promotions or newsletters with information that we think may be of interest to you.
Health-Related Information. If you choose to participate in our interactive services, we will collect the information you choose to disclose and analyze it to discover new facts that could help us better understand how our products are used in coping with the diseases for which they are marketed.
We may offer interactive services such as health questionnaires and care management tools that ask you to furnish health-related information about you, your family members, or, if you are a healthcare provider, your patients. The information you disclose and provide in interactive services may be linked (pursuant to all applicable laws) with the personally identifying information you may choose to provide elsewhere on our site to provide us with personally identifying information about your health and health care. We may combine your health-related information with that from other site users to create summary data that we will use for our business purposes, including research to improve our products and analyses that may help us better market our products.
If you submit health-related information through our website to participate in a clinical trial, we may use that information to assess whether you qualify for enrollment in the trial, to contact you about potential participation in the trial, and to provide you with additional information about the trial. If you are a healthcare provider and you submit health-related information about a patient in order for them to participate in a clinical trial, that information will be maintained in accordance with this Privacy Statement. If we determine that your patient is eligible for the trial, we will use the information you submit to contact you about your patient's potential participation in the trial and to provide you with additional information.
Product Reports. If you contact Amgen regarding your experience in using one of our products, we may use the information you provide in submitting reports to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and as otherwise required of us by law. We also may use the information to contact the prescribing physician to follow up regarding an unexpected event involving use of our product.
IP Address. In addition to using the IP address of your computer to maintain communications with your computer as you move about our site, we also may use your IP address to personalize content provided on the website. We retain IP addresses, and we retain them together with personally identifying information.
Cookies. We use the data we obtain through the use of cookies to customize your site experience by anticipating the information and services that may be of interest to you. We also analyze the information collected with cookie technology to help us improve the functioning of our site by monitoring traffic in popular areas and to modify the services and information we provide to meet customer demand. We will link the clickstream data available to us through the use of cookies to the personally identifiable information and health-related information that you may choose to provide elsewhere on our site. We use the information we collect through the use of cookies for our business purposes, including operation of our site, as well as research and product analyses to help us better market our products.
Law Enforcement. In certain limited circumstances, Amgen may be called upon to release your personal information in response to a court order, subpoena, search warrant, law, or regulation. We plan to cooperate in responding to such requests, taking appropriate measures to ensure that the requester understands the sensitive nature of the health-related personal information that they may receive. We also reserve the right to cooperate with law enforcement authorities in investigating and prosecuting users who violate our rules or engage in behavior that is illegal or harmful to other websites or their property.
We may use third parties to provide services and information on our site and we may provide some co-branded services in partnership with others. We also may use third parties to analyze data collected on our site. We will not disclose your personally identifying information or health-related personal information to anyone other than Amgen employees and those third parties with whom we have a business relationship. If we allow a third party contractor to have access to your personally identifying information, we will not authorize them to take it or use it for any purpose that is not consistent with this Statement.
We pledge that we will not sell or disclose any personally identifying information or health-related personal information you provide on our site to an unrelated third party without your express permission, except as explained below:
Other Important Information About Our Relationship With Third Parties
Amgen's website content and services are intended for users over the age of 13. Our sites are not designed to attract child users. If we learn that an under-13 user has volunteered personal or health-related information on our site, or that a provider has volunteered information about a patient who is identified as younger than 13, we will delete such information from our active databases in accordance with our deletion policy, which is described in the section on Your Privacy Choices.
When you access any interactive tool or service on an Amgen website, you will be asked to affirmatively choose ("opt-in") to provide the requested information. You may always choose not to provide the requested information.
*Deletion Practices. The information that you provide Amgen is stored in servers that are operated and maintained by Amgen and third parties under contract with Amgen. Website users should be aware that it is not technologically possible to remove from our servers each and every record of the information you have provided to Amgen. The need to back-up our systems to protect information from inadvertent loss means that a copy of information about you or your health-related interests may exist in a non-erasable form that will be difficult or impossible for us to locate. Nevertheless, we promise that upon receiving your request, Amgen will delete all personal and/or health-related personal information stored in the databases Amgen actively uses for research and daily business activities, or stored in other readily searchable media. In addition, we will use commercially reasonable efforts not to disclose any personal information stored in a non-erasable format after receiving your request for removal, except as required by law.
Please be aware that Amgen may not comply with a consumer's request to amend or remove information that was provided to Amgen by a health care professional or a consumer regarding an adverse drug event.
We want your and your patient's, if you are a health care professional, personal information to remain as secure as reasonably possible. Our success at improving our products and services depends upon your or your patient's willingness to share information about your patient health and health care with Amgen.
We will only use personal information in the manner described in the Privacy Statement in effect when the information was collected from you. However, we reserve the right to change the terms of this Privacy Statement at any time by posting revisions to our site. If at any point, we decide to use personally identifiable information or personal health-related personal information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, you will be given a choice to allow or disallow any additional uses or disclosures of your personally identifiable information or health-related personal information.
California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits California residents who are individual consumers of Amgen Inc. products to request certain information regarding its disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please write to:
Privacy Office
One Amgen Center Drive
MS 27-3-B
Thousand Oaks, California 91320
Be sure to include your name, address, and email address if you want to receive a response by email. Otherwise, we will respond by postal mail within the time required by law.
This Policy is effective as of 12/3/12.
