Corporate
Strategic Plan

Astellas scientists examine samples under a microscope, reflecting the company’s research-driven mission.
Astellas scientists examine samples under a microscope, reflecting the company’s research-driven mission.

Corporate Strategic Plan 2021 (CSP2021) maps our journey to realize our VISION of standing on the forefront of healthcare change to turn innovative science into VALUE for patients. How does Astellas define VALUE? Find out more below.

CSP2021 is focused on accomplishing three sets of goals:

1. Strategic Goals

VALUE creation and delivery will be maximized by pursuing these 4 goals:

This reflects our commitment towards maximizing:

This reflects our commitment towards maximizing:

  1. Sustainable patient access to our portfolio
  2. Outcomes that those patients achieve as a consequence
Taking our execution of the Focus Area approach to the next level by

Taking our execution of the Focus Area approach to the next level by: 

  1. Accelerating proof of VALUE and expansion of our Primary Focuses
  2. Effective exploration of the cutting-edge of biopharmaceutical innovation
We continue to pursue this groundbreaking path to turn innovative science into VALUE for patients.

We continue to pursue this groundbreaking path to turn innovative science into VALUE for patients.

The Rx+® business will commercialize multiple solutions during this CSP period while building and accelerating its pipeline.

We recognize the importance of our commitment to sustainability; maximizing positive societal impact and being recognized for it.

We recognize the importance of our commitment to sustainability; maximizing positive societal impact and being recognized for it.

2. Organizational Health Goals

We have adopted three Organizational Health Goals (OHG) to foster an internal environment where exceptional execution and performance are cultivated and sustained over time:

People are empowered to take appropriate risks and supported to be ‘outcome-driven’ and ‘innovation-focused.’

People are empowered to take appropriate risks and supported to be ‘outcome-driven’ and ‘innovation-focused.’

Purposeful talent management with a consistent leadership style that enables the desired mindset and behaviors.

Purposeful talent management with a consistent leadership style that enables the desired mindset and behaviors.

People co-operate effectively, with robust and coordinated execution, to achieve common goals.

People co-operate effectively, with robust and coordinated execution, to achieve common goals.

3. Performance Goals

Performance Goals enable us to measure successful execution of CSP2021 and indicate our aspirations in financial terms. We define our targets in three key aspects:

At least 1.2 trillion yen in sales of XTANDI and Strategic Brands* in fiscal year 2025

At least 1.2 trillion yen in sales of XTANDI and Strategic Brands* in fiscal year 2025

*As of FY2025: PADCEV, IZERVAY, VEOZA(H), VYLOY, and XOSPATA

Expected sales from Focus Area assets of more than 500 billion yen in fiscal year 2030

Expected sales from Focus Area assets of more than 500 billion yen in fiscal year 2030

More than 30% core operating profit margin in fiscal year 2025

More than 30% core operating profit margin in fiscal year 2025

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Our Three Enterprise Priorities

To meet our CSP2021 goals, Astellas is pursuing Three Enterprise Priorities:


Sustainable Margin Transformation:
A long-term, continuous approach to improving our organizational effectiveness, costs, and ways of working across the company, setting Astellas up for future growth and transformation

Growth Strategy:
New operating model by brand level to maximize brand performance; Agile ways of working to promote faster decision-making

BOLD Ambition:
Agile R&D model to accelerate from discovery to Proof of Concept (PoC), acquiring new assets, etc.; Strengthening in-house capabilities for clinical trial execution and data-driven decision making

How we define VALUE

For Astellas to realize our VISION, we work with a ‘Common Definition of VALUE’ to communicate and share our aspirations with diverse stakeholders.

How we define VALUE

With 'outcomes that matter to patients,' Astellas is committed beyond the safety and efficacy of treatments. We seek to understand and optimize our products, and their subsequent use, to maximize improvements in quality of life (QOL) and to minimize the burdens they create. For 'costs to the healthcare system of delivering those outcomes,' we are looking at the individual costs borne by the patient, the healthcare costs borne by insurance companies and public institutions, as well as the indirect costs and burdens imposed on the patient’s family and care givers. 

 

For example, if a drug proves effective in treating a disease that has conventionally required surgery, the outcome for the patient will be significant. It will not only lessen the physical burden on the patient, but also the mental and lifestyle burdens generally experienced by patients. 

 

These benefits are not limited to the patients alone. They will ripple out across society, from the patient’s families and friends to medical institutions as a whole. With lower hospitalizations and surgeries, these institutions can care for a higher number of patients. Therefore, reducing the denominator in our Common Definition of VALUE equation can affect a positive change across society. 

 

We believe that by placing this concept at the core of our business and adapting it to all divisions and regions, Astellas will be able to make a greater contribution to healthcare. 

 

Corporate Strategic Plan 2021 (CSP2021) is based on this 'VALUE' equation, with an overall aim to increase VALUE for patients and realize our VISION.

*Adapted from “What Is Value in HealthCare?” Porter, M.E. (2010). New England Journal of Medicine