The new results are from a Phase III trial, typically the last stage before approval.
While Amgen called the research results encouraging, they are from a Phase II trial, the middle stage of testing.
The results, reported at the American Heart Association meeting in Anaheim, Calif., were from a Phase 2 trial.
GlaxoSmithKline added 17p to 1517.5p as the pharmaceuticals group announced positive results from a phase 111 trial of its dabrafenib and trametinib combination for treating melanoma.
In partitioning, gas molecules move from a phase of high partial pressure to an adjacent phase of low partial pressure.
These are interim short-term results from a phase 1 clinical trial, the earliest stage of human testing.
"We're moving from a phase when pesticides like DDT and chlordane were the great threats to wildlife into a time when exotic diseases are becoming more and more important," Mr. Stone said.
Finally Hutchison China MediTech was 8.5p higher at 76.5p as it announced encouraging results from a Phase 2 trial of its oral drug for treatment of Crohn's disease, a form of inflammatory bowel disease.
Finally, Hutchison China MediTech was 8.5p higher at 76.5p as it announced encouraging results from a phase 2 trial of its oral drug for the treatment of Crohn's disease, a form of inflammatory bowel disease.
"We have moved from a phase where an assessment was made on the credit situation, which is improving, onto the macroeconomic news flow," said Jacques Cailloux, chief euro-area economist at the Royal Bank of Scotland in London.
