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May 31, 2016

Astellas Announces Personnel Changes

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May 24, 2016

Thunderbolt Pharma, Inc., a Vitesse Biologics Company, Acquires Rights to BAFF/APRIL Dual Antagonist Program from Astellas Pharma Inc.

-First company established under Vitesse Biologics, an innovative collaboration formed by Baxalta, Mayo Clinic and Velocity Pharmaceutical Development

BANNOCKBURN, Ill., SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., and TOKYO, Japan, May 24, 2016 – Baxalta Incorporated (NYSE: BXLT), Velocity Pharmaceutical Development, LLC (VPD) and Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE:4503)...

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May 23, 2016

Astellas, Daiichi Sankyo, and Takeda Announce Research Collaboration on Establishing Biomarker Database on Healthy Adults

Tokyo and Osaka, Japan, May 23, 2016 ---Astellas Pharma Inc. (President and CEO: Yoshihiko Hatanaka; Headquarters: Tokyo; TSE: 4503; "Astellas"), Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited (President and...

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May 23, 2016

THE RESULTS FROM A ONE YEAR TREATMENT OF REPATHA PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE JAPAN DIABETES SOCIETY (JDS 2016)

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May 11, 2016

Astellas Announces Cancellation of Treasury Shares

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May 11, 2016

Notice Regarding the Continuation of a Performance-linked Stock Compensation Scheme

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Apr 27, 2016

Astellas Co-sponsors C3 Prize

Tokyo, April 27, 2016 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (President and CEO: Yoshihiko Hatanaka, “Astellas”) today announced that its subsidiary, Astellas US LLC is co-sponsoring the C3 (Changing Cancer...

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Apr 27, 2016

Astellas Announces Changes to Representative Director and Audit & Supervisory Board Member

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Apr 21, 2016

AMGEN ASTELLAS BIOPHARMA AND ASTELLAS INTRODUCE REPATHA® (EVOLOCUMAB) FOR THE TREATMENT OF HIGH CHOLESTEROL

FIrst PCSK9 Inhibitor in Japan

TOKYO (April 21, 2016) – Amgen Astellas BioPharma K.K. (Headquarters, Tokyo; General Manager and Representative Director: Eiichi Takahashi, “Amgen Astellas”) and Astellas Pharma Inc....

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Apr 18, 2016

Astellas Supports the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake Relief Efforts

Tokyo, April 18, 2016– Astellas Pharma Inc. (Headquarters: Tokyo; President and CEO: Yoshihiko Hatanaka, “Astellas”) would like to express our deepest sympathy to the victims of the 2016...

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Apr 8, 2016

Certain media coverage related to Astellas

Tokyo, April 8, 2016 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Yoshihiko Hatanaka, “Astellas”) announced that certain media coverage related to transfer of business of the...

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Apr 7, 2016

CHMP Issues Positive Opinion to Include New Data in European Label for XTANDI® (enzalutamide)

-- TERRAIN Trial Showed Statistically Significant PFS Improvement with Enzalutamide Versus Bicalutamide in Patients with Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer --

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Apr 1, 2016

Astellas Enters a New Collaborative Research Agreement with AIST to Discover Anti-protozoan Parasite Drugs for the Treatment of Chagas' disease, one of Neglected Tropical Diseases

Tokyo, April 1, 2016 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Yoshihiko Hatanaka, "Astellas") today announced that it has signed a new collaborative research agreement with the...

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Apr 1, 2016

Establishment and Start of Operations of Malaysia Subsidiary and Umbrella Organization Covering South East and South Asia Regions

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Apr 1, 2016

Astellas and LEO Pharma Close Transaction to Transfer Global Dermatology Business

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Mar 29, 2016

Astellas and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Execute Agreement for Share of Compound Libraries

Tokyo and Osaka, March 29, 2016 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (President and CEO: Yoshihiko Hatanaka, “Astellas”) and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation (President and Representative Director:...

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Mar 25, 2016

Pivotal Phase III Trial of enzalutamide Initiated in Metastatic Hormone Sensitive Prostate Cancer

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Mar 22, 2016

POSITIVE TOP-LINE RESULTS FROM PHASE 3 STUDY EVALUATING ROMOSOZUMAB IN MEN WITH OSTEOPOROSIS

BRIDGE Study Met Primary and All Secondary Endpoints

TOKYO (March 22, 2016) – Amgen Astellas BioPharma K.K. (Headquarters, Tokyo; General Manager and Representative Director: Eiichi Takahashi, “Amgen Astellas”) and Astellas Pharma Inc....

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Mar 16, 2016

Astellas Selected as a Nadeshiko Brand Component for Excellence in Providing Opportunities for Women

- First time for a Pharmaceutical Company to be named to both Diversity Management Selection 100 and Nadeshiko Brand -

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Mar 4, 2016

Astellas Announces Personnel Changes

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Mar 2, 2016

Notice of Completion of Acquisition of Own Shares

(Under the provision of its Articles of Incorporation in accordance with Article 165, paragraph 2 of the Companies Act)

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Mar 1, 2016

Astellas Announces Status of Acquisition of Own Shares

(Under the provision of its Articles of Incorporation in accordance with Article 165, paragraph 2 of the Companies Act)

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Mar 1, 2016

Astellas Announces Personnel Changes and Organizational Change

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Mar 1, 2016

Astellas Announces Management Structure Change

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Feb 29, 2016

Astellas Receives Approval for a Supplemental New Drug Application for Kiklin® Capsules, a Treatment for Hyperphosphatemia, in Japan

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