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Tokyo, October 19, 2017 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Yoshihiko Hatanaka, “Astellas”) and Universal Cells, Inc. (CEO: Claudia Mitchell, “Universal Cells”) today announced that Astellas Institute for Regenerative Medicine (“AIRM”) and Universal Cells have entered into an exclusive worldwide license agreement to research, develop and commercialize a novel cell therapy for an...

Tokyo, October 18, 2017 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (President and CEO: Yoshihiko Hatanaka, “Astellas” ) today announced that it has entered into a new collaborative research agreement with TB Alliance, a non-profit organization dedicated to finding faster-acting and affordable drug regimens to fight tuberculosis (TB), for the exploration of new drugs against TB. This research program will be funded by...

TOKYO – October 11, 2017 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Yoshihiko Hatanaka, “Astellas”) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation for the development of gilteritinib for adult patients with FLT3 mutation-positive (FLT3+) relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Fast Track designation is designed to facilit...

Solid Tumor Antibody-Drug Conjugate (ADC) Enfortumab Vedotin to be Evaluated as a Monotherapy in Patients Previously Treated with a Checkpoint Inhibitor TOKYO and BOTHELL, Wash., October 10, 2017 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Yoshihiko Hatanaka, “Astellas”) and Seattle Genetics Inc., Inc., (NASDAQ: SGEN) today announced dosing of the first patient in EV-201, a registration...

- Three Japanese pharmaceutical companies collaborate in facilitating drug discovery in Japan through open innovation sharing of compounds developed by the companies- Tokyo and Osaka, October 11, 2017 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (President and CEO: Yoshihiko Hatanaka; Headquarters: Tokyo; TSE: 4503; “Astellas” ), Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation (President and CEO: Masayuki Mitsuka; Headquarters:...