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Tokyo, March 30, 2012 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (“Astellas Pharma”; Tokyo:4503; President and CEO: Yoshihiko Hatanaka) announced that Kiklin® Capsules (development code: ASP1585, generic...
Tokyo, March 29, 2012 – Pfizer Japan Inc. (“Pfizer”) and Astellas Pharma Inc. (“Astellas”) today announced that the companies have agreed to continue and expand their excellent...
SAN DIEGO & TOKYO, JAPAN, March 29, 2012—Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: OPTR) and Tokyo-based Astellas Pharma Inc. (Tokyo: 4503) announced today the execution of an exclusive...
Staines, 27th March 2012. ASTELLAS PHARMA EUROPE Ltd., the European subsidiary of Tokyo – based Astellas Pharma Inc.(Tokyo:4503) today announced the submission of a Market Authorisation...
Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE:4503; Headquarters, Tokyo; President & CEO, Yoshihiko Hatanaka; ”Astellas”) and UMN Pharma Inc. (Headquarters, Akita; CEO, Shu-ichi Kanazashi; ”UMN”) today...
Sanofi (Headquarters: Paris, France) and Astellas Pharma Inc. (Headquarters: Tokyo, President and CEO: Yoshihiko Hatanaka) announced today that the two companies agreed to dissolve sanofi-aventis...
Tokyo, February 20, 2012 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (“Astellas”; Tokyo:4503; President and CEO: Yoshihiko Hatanaka) and Sanwa Kagaku Kenkyusho Co., Ltd. (“SKK”; Headquarters: Nagoya;...
Astellas and UCB partner to bring certolizumab pegol to rheumatoid arthritis patients in Japan UCB files certolizumab pegol for marketing authorisation with the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour...
Tokyo, Japan, January 19, 2012 – The Astellas Asia-Oceania Foundation announced that it donated U.S. dollar 20,000 to the Philippine Urological Association for relief efforts in the Philippines...
TOKYO, JAPAN and SANTA CLARA, CA - January 17, 2012 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (Tokyo: 4503) and XenoPort, Inc. (NASDAQ: XNPT) announced today that Regnite® (gabapentin enacarbil) has received...
Tokyo, January 5, 2012 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (Tokyo:4503, “Astellas”) announces that it will halt exports of Gaster-D 20mg tablets to Korea for a period of three months in accordance with a...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. and Deerfield, Ill., December 21, 2011 — Zogenix, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZGNX), a pharmaceutical company commercializing and developing products for the treatment of central nervous...
Tokyo, December 9, 2011 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (Tokyo: 4503, “Astellas”) today announced that the Ireland Japan Chamber of Commerce (IJCC, http://www.ijcc.jp/) presented it with a business...
Tokyo, November 11, 2011 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (Tokyo: 4503, “Astellas”) today announced the receipt of a letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) indicating that it accepted...
Astellas Pharma Inc. (Headquarters, Tokyo; President & CEO, Yoshihiko Hatanaka) today announced that the administration of the recombinant influenza HA vaccine (H5N1) ASP7373 (former code:...
Tokyo, Japan, November 11, 2011 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (Tokyo:4503,“Astellas”) announced today that it is signing the United Nations Global Compact1, which will further reinforce the...
Tokyo, Japan, October 28, 2011 – The Astellas Asia-Oceania Foundation announced that it will make a donation of USD $20,000 to the Thai Red Cross Society to assist with relief efforts after the...
Tokyo, Japan, October 17, 2011 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (Tokyo:4503,“Astellas”) announced that the Societe Internationale d’Urologie (SIU) presented its senior science advisor (and former...
Tokyo, September 28, 2011 -Astellas Pharma Inc. (Tokyo:4503, “Astellas”) announced that it has decided to discontinue the global development of darexaban maleate (generic name, development...
Astellas Pharma Inc. (Headquarters, Tokyo; President & CEO, Yoshihiko Hatanaka) today announced that the administration of the seasonal influenza HA vaccine ASP7374 (former code: UMN-0502) was...
Astellas Pharma Inc. (“Astellas Pharma”; Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Yoshihiko Hatanaka) and sanofi-aventis K.K. (“sanofi-aventis”; Headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo;...
Tokyo, Japan, September 7, 2011 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (Tokyo:4503,“Astellas”) announced the donation of three high-standard ambulances to local municipalities in Japan. The numbers of calls...
Tokyo & Sapporo, Japan, September 5, 2011 – Evec, Inc. (”Evec”) and Astellas Pharma Inc. (Tokyo:4503, “Astellas”) today announced that they have entered into a license agreement for one...
Tokyo, August 30, 2011 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (Tokyo: 4503, “Astellas”) announced that it has decided to sell the fixed asset listed below. 1. Details of Fixed Asset to Be Sold Asset:...
Teijin Pharma Limited and Astellas Pharma Inc. announced that they have entered into an exclusive distribution agreement for febuxostat (generic name, development code: TMX-67), a novel drug for...
Tokyo, July 28, 2011 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (“Astellas”; headquarters: Tokyo; President and CEO: Yoshihiko Hatanaka) announced today that it was granted approval for the additional indication...
Tokyo, July 22, 2011 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (“Astellas,” Tokyo: 4503) today announced that it will once again hold the “Changing Tomorrow Day” (CT Day) this year as part of its global...
Tokyo, July 14, 2011 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (“Astellas”; headquarters: Tokyo; President and CEO: Yoshihiko Hatanaka) announced today that Astellas and its Canadian affiliate Astellas Pharma...
Pfizer Japan Inc. (hereafter: Pfizer, Headquarters: Tokyo, President: Ichiro Umeda) and Astellas Pharma Inc. (hereafter: Astellas, Headquarters: Tokyo, President: Yoshihiko Hatanaka) today...
Osaka and Tokyo, Japan, July 1, 2011 - Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (“Ono”; headquarters: Osaka; President and Representative Director: Gyo Sagara) and Astellas Pharma Inc. (“Astellas”;...
Tokyo, Japan, July 1, 2011 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (“Astellas”; headquarters: Tokyo; President and CEO: Yoshihiko Hatanaka) today announced that Betanis® tablet (generic name:mirabegron) was...
TOKYO, June 21, 2011 ─ Astellas Pharma Inc. (“Astellas”; Tokyo:4503) and Abbott Japan Co., Ltd. (“Abbott”) today announced that Astellas will transfer the rights to distribute the...
Japan, June 20, 2011 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (headquarters: Tokyo; President and CEO: Yoshihiko Hatanaka,“Astellas”) announces that today it appointed Yasumasa Masuda as Corporate Executive,...
Tokyo, April 26, 2011 – Asteallas Pharma Inc. (TOKYO: 4503, “Astellas”) expresses its deepest sympathy for those who have lost their lives and been displaced by the Eastern Japan Earthquake,...
Tokyo, April 20, 2011 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (TOKYO:4503,“Astellas”) announced that a new dosage form of Vesicare® (generic name: solifenacin succinate), the orally disintegrating tablet...
Tokyo, April 5, 2011 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (“Astellas”, TSE: 4503) expresses its deepest sympathy for those who have lost their lives and been displaced by the Eastern Japan Earthquake, which...
Tokyo, March 30, 2011 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (“Astellas”; headquarters: Tokyo; President and CEO: Masafumi Nogimori) and Pfizer Japan Inc. (“Pfizer”; Headquarters: Tokyo; President: Ichiro...
Tokyo, March 25, 2011, Astellas Pharma Inc. (“Astellas”; headquarters: Tokyo; President and CEO: Masafumi Nogimori) announced today that it has established Astellas Pharma d.o.o. in Slovenia....
Tokyo, March 23, 2011 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (“Astellas”, TSE: 4503) expresses its deepest sympathy for those who have lost their lives and been displaced by the Tohoku Earthquake, which...
Tokyo, March 17, 2011 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (“Astellas”; headquarters: Tokyo; President and CEO: Masafumi Nogimori) today announced that it has exercised a buy-out option to acquire all of...
Tokyo, March 16, 2011 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (“Astellas”; headquarters: Tokyo; President and CEO: Masafumi Nogimori) announced that OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a subsidiary of Astellas),...
Tokyo, March 15, 2011 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (“Astellas”, TSE: 4503) is currently assessing the impact of the Tohoku Earthquake upon its various facilities and provides details of current...
Tokyo, March 14, 2011 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (“Astellas”; headquarters: Tokyo; President and CEO: Masafumi Nogimori) announced today that it submitted a market authorization application for an...
Tokyo – February 16, 2011 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE:4503,”Astellas”) announced today that its affiliate, Astellas Pharma US, Inc.(“Astellas Pharma US”) exercised its right under its...
Tokyo, February 15, 2011 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (“Astellas”; headquarters: Tokyo; President and CEO: Masafumi Nogimori) announced that it withdrew a market authorization application for...
Tokyo, – February 3, 2011 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503) announced today that it has established Astellas Pharma Australia Pty Ltd (“Astellas Australia”), in North Ryde (near Sydney),...
Tokyo, December 20, 2010 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (“Astellas”; headquarter: Tokyo; President and CEO: Masafumi Nogimori) announced today that it agreed with AstraZeneca UK Limited upon an...
Tokyo, December 10, 2010 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (“Astellas”; Headquarters: Tokyo, President & CEO: Masafumi Nogimori) today announced that a new organization is to be established within...
Maruho Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Osaka, President & CEO: Koichi Takagi, hereafter referred to “Maruho”) and Astellas Pharma Inc. (Headquarters: Tokyo, President & CEO: Masafumi Nogimori,...
Tokyo, November 24, 2010 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (headquarters: Tokyo; President and CEO: Masafumi Nogimori) today announced the new corporate name of merged production subsidiary. As announced on...
TOKYO, November, 1, 2010—Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503; headquarters: Tokyo; President and CEO: Masafumi Nogimori) announced today that it entered into a definitive option agreement with...