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Jan 6, 2025

China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) Approves VYLOY^TM (zolbetuximab) for First-Line Treatment of Advanced Gastric or Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma

- China has the highest number of cases and deaths from gastric cancer of any country worldwide1 -

TOKYO, Jan. 06, 2025 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE:4503, President and CEO: Naoki Okamura, “Astellas”) today announced that China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has approved VYLOY™ (zolbetuximab)...

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Dec 19, 2024

Astellas and Sangamo Therapeutics Announce Capsid License Agreement to Deliver Genomic Medicines for Neurological Diseases

- Agreement grants Astellas rights to employ Sangamo’s novel proprietary capsid, STAC-BBB, for up to five potential neurological disease targets -

TOKYO and RICHMOND, California, December 19, 2024 Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Naoki Okamura, “Astellas”) and Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SGMO), a genomic medicine company...

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Nov 19, 2024

Astellas Provides Update on IZERVAY^TM (avacincaptad pegol intravitreal solution) Supplemental New Drug Application

TOKYO, Nov. 19, 2024 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Naoki Okamura, “Astellas”) today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Complete Response Letter (CRL) on November 15...

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Oct 30, 2024

Notice Regarding Foreign Exchange Loss

TOKYO, October 30, 2024 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Naoki Okamura, “Astellas”) today announced that it has booked a foreign exchange gain of ¥1.9 billion as other income for the first quarter ...

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Oct 28, 2024

Astellas Provides Update on Marketing Authorization Application for Avacincaptad Pegol (ACP) in the European Union

TOKYO, Oct 28, 2024 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Naoki Okamura, “Astellas”) today announced the company's decision to withdraw its marketing authorization application from the European Medicines...

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Oct 21, 2024

Astellas’ VYLOY^TM (zolbetuximab-clzb) Approved by U.S. FDA for Treatment of Advanced Gastric and GEJ Cancer

- VYLOY is the first and only CLDN18.2-targeted treatment approved in the U.S. for adults with advanced gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancer whose tumors are CLDN18.2 positive -

TOKYO, Oct. 18, 2024 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Naoki Okamura, “Astellas”) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved VYLOY™ (zolbetuximab-clzb) in...

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Oct 10, 2024

Astellas to Present VEOZA^TM (fezolinetant) Data at IMS World Congress on Menopause

TOKYO, October 10, 2024 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Naoki Okamura, “Astellas”) announced that VEOZA™ (fezolinetant)*, its first-in-class treatment for moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms...

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Oct 8, 2024

Astellas and AviadoBio Announce Exclusive Option and License Agreement for Gene Therapy AVB-101 Targeting Frontotemporal Dementia and Other Indications

- Astellas receives an exclusive option to license AVB-101, an investigational, AAV-based gene therapy in Phase 1/2 development -

LONDON, and TOKYO, - Oct 8, 2024 – AviadoBio Ltd. (“AviadoBio”) and Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Naoki Okamura, “Astellas”) today announced an exclusive option and license agreement for AVB-101...

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Sep 24, 2024

Astellas Receives Approval from the European Commission for VYLOY^TM (zolbetuximab) in Combination with Chemotherapy for Advanced Gastric and Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer

- Zolbetuximab is currently the first and only therapy approved in the European Union to target claudin 18.2, a biomarker positively expressed by 38% of patients with advanced gastric cancer1,2 -

TOKYO, 20 September, 2024 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Naoki Okamura, “Astellas”) today announced that the European Commission (EC) has approved VYLOYTM (zolbetuximab) in combination with fluoropyrimidine- and platinum-containing chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of adult patients...

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Sep 24, 2024

Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Approves PADCEV^TM(enfortumab vedotin) with KEYTRUDA^® (pembrolizumab) for First-Line Treatment of Radically Unresectable Urothelial Carcinoma

- Approval based on the EV-302 trial where the treatment combination nearly doubled median overall survival and significantly extended progression free survival compared to platinum-containing chemotherapy, the current standard of care for first-line treatment of radically unresectable urothelial carcinoma1 -

TOKYO, September 24, 2024 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE:4503, President and CEO: Naoki Okamura, “Astellas”) today announced that Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has approved PADCEVTM (enfortumab vedotin [genetical recombination]) with...

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Sep 18, 2024

Astellas Announces FDA Listing of DIGITIVA^TM for the Management of Heart Failure

- New digital health solution for heart failure management puts patients at the center of their care by providing ability for at-home disease monitoring -

TOKYO, September 18, 2024 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Naoki Okamura, “Astellas”) today announced that DIGITIVA™, a non-invasive digital health solution for heart failure management, has been listed with...

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Sep 11, 2024

Astellas Presents Scientific Progress in Advanced and Hard-to-Treat Cancers at ESMO 2024

- Eight abstracts, including two oral presentations, feature new clinical data from Astellas’ oncology portfolio and two lead pipeline programs across a broad range of cancer types -

TOKYO, September 11, 2024 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Naoki Okamura, “Astellas”) will highlight new data from across its approved and investigational cancer therapies during the 2024 European Society...

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Sep 4, 2024

Astellas to Present VEOZAH^TM (fezolinetant) Data at 2024 Annual Meeting of The Menopause Society

- Pooled analyses from two SKYLIGHT™ studies highlight impact on sleep disturbance and impairment, relationship between improvements in the frequency or severity of hot flashes and mood -

TOKYO, September 4, 2024 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Naoki Okamura, “Astellas”) announced that VEOZAH™ (fezolinetant), its first-in-class treatment for moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms...

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Sep 3, 2024

Notice Regarding Issuance of Unsecured Bonds

TOKYO, September 3, 2024 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Naoki Okamura, “Astellas”) successfully priced a dual-tranche of series 5th and 6th JPY denominated unsecured bonds (”the Bonds”) as below. The issuance of the Bonds is intended...

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Aug 28, 2024

European Commission Approves Astellas’ PADCEV^TM (enfortumab vedotin) in Combination with KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) for First-Line Treatment of Advanced Urothelial Cancer

- First regimen approved in advanced urothelial cancer to demonstrate superiority to platinum-containing chemotherapy, the standard of care for nearly 40 years1 -

TOKYO, August 28, 2024 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Naoki Okamura, “Astellas”) today announced that the European Commission has granted Marketing Authorization for PADCEV™ (enfortumab vedotin, an antibody-drug conjugate [ADC])...

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Aug 27, 2024

Astellas Initiates Phase 3 Clinical Study of Fezolinetant for VMS in Women with Breast Cancer Receiving Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy

- HIGHLIGHT 1™ study to evaluate fezolinetant for treatment of moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms in women with stage 0-3 hormone receptor positive breast cancer receiving adjuvant endocrine therapy -

TOKYO, August 27, 2024 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Naoki Okamura, “Astellas”) today announced dosing of the first patient in the HIGHLIGHT 1™ Phase 3 pivotal study for fezolinetant, an investigational...

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Aug 20, 2024

China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) Approves PADCEV^TM (enfortumab vedotin) for Treatment of Locally Advanced or Metastatic Urothelial Cancer

- Approval based on the global EV-301 and China EV-203 trials, where enfortumab vedotin signficantly improved overall survival (OS) and objective response rate (ORR) respectively in patients following prior treatment with platinum-based chemotherapy and PD-1/L1 inhibitors1,2

TOKYO, August 20, 2024 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE:4503, President and CEO: Naoki Okamura, “Astellas”) today announced that the Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) of China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has...

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Aug 1, 2024

Notice Regarding Change in fair value of contingent consideration

TOKYO, August 1, 2024 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Naoki Okamura, “Astellas”) today announced that it booked ¥5.5 billion in the first quarter of fiscal year 2024 for change in the fair value of contingent...

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Jul 29, 2024

Astellas Receives Positive CHMP Opinion for PADCEV^TM (enfortumab vedotin) in combination with KEYTRUDA^® (pembrolizumab) for First-Line Treatment of Advanced Bladder Cancer

- If approved, enfortumab vedotin in combination with pembrolizumab will be the first and only treatment to offer an alternative to platinum-containing chemotherapy, the current standard of care for those with unresectable or metastatic urothelial cancer

TOKYO, July 26, 2024 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Naoki Okamura, “Astellas”) today announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency...

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Jul 26, 2024

Astellas Receives Positive CHMP Opinion for Zolbetuximab in Combination with Chemotherapy for Treatment of Advanced Gastric and Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer

- If approved by the European Commission, zolbetuximab would become the first and only CLDN18.2-targeted therapy approved in the European Union

TOKYO, July 26, 2024 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Naoki Okamura, “Astellas”) today announced that on July 26, 2024, the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European...

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Jul 22, 2024

Astellas and Graduate School of Medicine / Faculty of Medicine, Osaka University Enter into Research Collaboration to Develop Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cartilage Organoid Cell Therapy

- Collaborative Research on Innovative Cartilage Organoid Cell Therapy for Intervertebral Disc Degenerative Disease using Astellas’ Universal Donor Cell Technology -

TOKYO and Osaka, July 22, 2024 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Naoki Okamura, “Astellas”) and Graduate School of Medicine / Faculty of Medicine, Osaka University (President: Shojiro Nishio “Osaka University”) today announced...

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Jul 2, 2024

China’s National Medical Products Administration Approves XTANDI^® (enzalutamide) in Metastatic Hormone-Sensitive Prostate Cancer

- Approval marks XTANDI’s third indication for advanced prostate cancer in China -

TOKYO, July 2, 2024 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Naoki Okamura, “Astellas”) today announced that the Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) of the China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has approved...

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May 30, 2024

U.S. FDA ACKNOWLEDGES ASTELLAS’ RESUBMISSION OF BIOLOGICS LICENSE APPLICATION FOR ZOLBETUXIMAB AND SETS NEW ACTION DATE

If approved, the investigational therapy would offer a new treatment option for patients with advanced gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancers as the first and only CLDN18.2-targeted therapy in the U.S.

TOKYO, May 30, 2024 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Naoki Okamura, “Astellas”) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has acknowledged the company’s resubmission of the Biologics License Application (BLA) for zolbetuximab...

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May 21, 2024

Astellas Announces a Collaboration with YASKAWA to Create an Innovative Cell Therapy Ecosystem through the Integration of Pharmaceutical and Robotics Technologies

- Focuses on digitizing cell manufacturing processes through robotics technology

TOKYO, May 21, 2024 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Naoki Okamura, “Astellas”) today announced that it signed a memorandum of understanding with YASKAWA Electric Corporation (YASKAWA) to begin...

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May 15, 2024

Notice Regarding Continuation of the Performance-linked Stock Compensation Scheme

TOKYO, May 15, 2024– Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Naoki Okamura, “the Company”) today announced that at the meeting of the Board of Directors held today, a resolution...

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