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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...