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TOKYO, November 27, 2020 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, Ph.D., “Astellas”) and FibroGen, Inc. (Nasdaq: FGEN, CEO: Enrique Conterno, “FibroGen”) today announced that Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and...
TOKYO, November 16, 2020 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, Ph.D., “Astellas”) today announced the presentation of new data in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) at the virtual 62nd American Society of Hematology...
TOKYO, November 11, 2020 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, Ph.D., “the Company”) announced that it has decided today, to absorb and merge (“the Merger”) our wholly owned subsidiaries, Astellas Pharma Tech...
TOKYO, November 6, 2020 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, Ph.D., “Astellas”) today announced that the China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has approved XTANDI® (enzalutamide soft capsules)...
TOKYO October 30, 2020 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, Ph.D., “Astellas”) announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Iota Biosciences, Inc. (“iota”), a start-up company focused on the bioelectronics field, located...
TOKYO, October 28, 2020 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, Ph.D., “Astellas” ) announced today that the United States (“U.S.”) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation based on nonclinical...
TOKYO, October 20, 2020 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, Ph.D., “Astellas” ) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation for the development of...
TOKYO, OCTOBER 19, 2020 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, PhD, “Astellas”) today announced that in collaboration with FibroGen and AstraZeneca, 42 roxadustat abstracts will be presented at the American Society...
TOKYO and Berkeley, CA., October 15, 2020 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, Ph.D., “Astellas”) and Iota Biosciences, Inc. (Co-founders and Co-CEOs: Michel Maharbiz, Ph.D. and Jose Carmena, Ph.D., “iota”) announced today...
TOKYO and BOTHELL, Wash. -- October 12, 2020 -- Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, Ph.D., “Astellas”) and Seagen Inc. (Nasdaq:SGEN) today announced positive topline results from the second cohort of patients in the pivotal phase...
TOKYO, September 28, 2020 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, Ph.D., “Astellas”) today announced findings from two Real-World Evidence (RWE) studies and a qualitative sleep survey that underscore the prevalence of...
TOKYO and PITTSBURGH, PA, September 24, 2020 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, Ph.D., “Astellas”) and University of Pittsburgh (Chancellor: Patrick Gallagher, Ph.D., “Pittsburgh”) have entered into a research collaboration...
TOKYO, September 23, 2020 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, Ph.D., “Astellas”) has signed an agreement with two research centers at the University of Tokyo (President: Makoto Gonokami, Ph.D.): The Institute for Life Science...
TOKYO and BOTHELL, Wash. -- September 18, 2020 -- Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, Ph.D., “Astellas”) and Seattle Genetics, Inc. (Nasdaq:SGEN) today announced that a phase 3 trial of PADCEV® (enfortumab vedotin-ejfv)...
TOKYO, August 24, 2020 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (Tokyo, President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, Ph.D., “Astellas”) announced today that it will start accepting advance applications and taking reservations for its exercise support service Fit-eNce®1, which encourages...
TOKYO, July 22, 2020 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, Ph.D., “Astellas”) today announced it has been awarded a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)...
TOKYO, July 20, 2020 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, Ph.D., “Astellas”) today announced that it has been named to the FTSE4Good Index Series for ninth consecutive year. Astellas was recognized for its strong performance especially...
TOKYO, June 8, 2020 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, Ph.D., “Astellas”) today announced results from the Phase 3 DOLOMITES study, evaluating the efficacy and safety of roxadustat compared with darbepoetin alfa for the treatment...
TOKYO, June 5, 2020 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (Tokyo, President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, Ph.D., “Astellas”) developed science-based exercise programs in cooperation with the City of Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture (Kanagawa, Mayor: Fumiko Hayashi, "City of...
TOKYO, May 29, 2020 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, Ph.D., “Astellas”) today announced that the Japan Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has approved XTANDI® (enzalutamide), an oral androgen receptor...
NEW YORK and TOKYO, May 29, 2020 – Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, Ph.D., “Astellas”) have announced final results from the overall survival (OS) analysis of the Phase 3 PROSPER trial, which evaluated...
TOKYO and San Francisco, May 21, 2020 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, Ph.D., “Astellas”) and FibroGen, Inc. (Nasdaq: FGEN, CEO: Enrique Conterno, “FibroGen”) today announced the marketing authorization application
TOKYO, May 20, 2020 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, Ph.D., “the Company”) today announced that the meeting of the Board of Directors held today passed...
TOKYO and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 28, 2020 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, Ph.D., “Astellas”) and Harvard University (President: Lawrence S. Bacow, J.D., M.P.P., Ph.D., “Harvard”) have established a three-year strategic research...
TOKYO, April 27, 2020 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, Ph.D., “Astellas”) today announced that at a meeting of its Board of Directors held today...
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