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Japan, April 6, 2009 - Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (“Ono”; headquarters: Osaka; President and Representative Director: Gyo Sagara) and Astellas Pharma Inc. (“Astellas”; headquarters:...

Tokyo, Japan, March 16, 2009 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (“Astellas”) today announced that it will terminate its $16.00 per share offer for CV Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CVTX) and will not...

Tokyo, Japan, March 6, 2009 – Astellas Pharma Inc. today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Astellas US Holding, Inc., will nominate two directors for election to the Board of Directors...

Japan, March 3, 2009 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (Headquarters: Tokyo; President and CEO: Masafumi Nogimori, hereinafter “Astellas”) today announced that Astellas has terminated the License...

TOKYO, JAPAN and SANTA CLARA, CA- March 2, 2009 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (Astellas) and XenoPort, Inc. (NASDAQ: XNPT) today announced preliminary top-line results from a Phase 2 clinical trial of...

Tokyo, Japan, February 27, 2009 – Astellas US Holding, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Astellas Pharma Inc., today announced that it has filed a lawsuit in the Delaware Chancery Court against...

Tokyo, Japan, February 27, 2009 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (“Astellas”) today announced that its indirect subsidiary, Sturgeon Acquisition, Inc., has commenced a cash tender offer for all...

Tokyo, Japan, February 23, 2009 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (“Astellas”) today commented on CV Therapeutics, Inc’s. (Nasdaq: CVTX) announcement that its Board of Directors has rejected...

Japan, February 3, 2009 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (“Astellas”; headquarters: Tokyo; president and CEO: Masafumi Nogimori) announced today that it will implement changes to its global development...

Tokyo, Japan, January 27, 2009 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (“Astellas”) today announced that it has submitted a proposal to the Board of Directors of CV Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CVTX) to...

Japan, January 21, 2009 - Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (“Ono”; headquarters: Osaka; President and Representative Director: Gyo Sagara) and Astellas Pharma Inc. (“Astellas”; headquarters:...

December 24, 2008- Tokyo - Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (Headquarters: Tokyo, President & CEO: Norio Yamaguchi) and Astellas Pharma Inc. (Headquarters: Tokyo, President & CEO: Masafumi Nogimori) announced...

Japan, December 15, 2008 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (Headquarters: Tokyo, President and CEO: Masafumi Nogimori, hereinafter called the “the Company”) announced that it completed acquisition of...

Japan, November 20, 2008 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (headquarters: Tokyo, president and CEO: Masafumi Nogimori, “Astellas”) announced today that an injectable antibiotic, in-licensed from...

Japan, November 18, 2008 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (“Astellas”; headquarters: Tokyo; President and CEO: Masafumi Nogimori) announced that it has established its subsidiary, Astellas Pharma India...

Japan, November 5, 2008 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (Headquarters: Tokyo; President and CEO: Masafumi Nogimori, hereinafter called the “the Company”) announced that at the meeting of the Board of...

Japan, October 27, 2008 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (headquarters: Tokyo, president and CEO: Masafumi Nogimori, “Astellas”) today announced that its immunosuppressant Graceptor® Capsules 0.5mg,...

Japan, October 24, 2008 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (Astellas) announced today it has withdrawn a European marketing authorisation application (MAA) for telavancin, a bactericidal, once-daily...

Japan, October 6, 2008 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (headquarters: Tokyo, president and CEO: Masafumi Nogimori, “Astellas”) today announced that its serotonin 5-HT3 receptor antagonist Irribow®...

Astellas Pharma Inc. (“Astellas”; President and CEO: Masafumi Nogimori) announced today that it has decided to dissolve its European subsidiary, Fujisawa Ireland Ltd. (headquarters: Kerry,...

Astellas Pharma Inc. (“Astellas”; Headquarters: Tokyo; President and CEO: Masafumi Nogimori) has completed the new buildings in its Tsukuba Research Center (Miyukigaoka) this September and...