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TOKYO, April 24, 2018 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, Ph.D., “Astellas” ) today announced that it submitted on March 23, 2018, a new drug application (NDA) for marketing approval of gilteritinib (generic name) in Japan for the treatment of adult patients with FLT3 mutation-positive (FLT3mut+) relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Astellas also s...

TOKYO, April 18, 2018 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, “Astellas” ) and Kite, a Gilead Company (Nasdaq: GILD, President and CEO: John Milligan, “Kite”) today announced that an agreement has been completed for the transfer of certain Agensys research facilities in Santa Monica, California, USA, to Kite. The asset transfer was completed on April 12, 2018. Additio...

Tokyo, March 29, 2018 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (President and CEO: Yoshihiko Hatanaka, “Astellas”) today announced an agreement for collaborative research with the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative1 (DNDi) and seven other pharmaceutical companies2 in a consortium called Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Drug Discovery Booster. The consortium is supported by funding from the Global Health Innov...

TOKYO and BOTHELL, Wash., – March 26, 2018 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Yoshihiko Hatanaka, “Astellas”) and Seattle Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ: SGEN) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation to enfortumab vedotin, an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC), for patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial ca...