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TOKYO and Berkeley, CA., September 13, 2019 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, Ph.D., “Astellas” ) and iota Biosciences, Inc. (Co-founders and Co-CEOs: Michel Maharbiz, Ph.D. and Jose Carmena, Ph.D., “iota”) today announced a joint research and development agreement to explore new biosensing and treatment measures using ultra-small implantable medical devices....

Saitama and Tokyo, September 2, 2019 - RIKEN (President: Hiroshi Matsumoto, Ph.D.) and Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, Ph.D., “Astellas”) announced today that they have entered into a worldwide licensing agreement for the research, development and commercialization of cell therapy formulations applying RIKEN’s artificial adjuvant vector cell (“aAVC”) technology...

XTANDI Supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) Seeks to Add an Indication for Men with Prostate Cancer that Has Spread but Is Sensitive to Hormone Therapy TOKYO and NEW YORK, August 21, 2019 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, Ph.D., "Astellas") and Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review...

TOKYO, August 9, 2019 - Yokohama City University (Kanagawa, Chairperson of the Board of Trustees and CEO: Yoshiyuki Futami, “YCU”) , Tokyo University of the Arts (Tokyo, President: Kazuki Sawa, “TUA”) and Astellas Pharma Inc. (Tokyo, President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, Ph.D., “Astellas” ) today announced that they have launched “Health Mock Lab.” as a virtual framework for industry-academia...

TOKYO, August 6, 2019 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, Ph.D., “Astellas”) today announced dosing of the first patient in the SKYLIGHT 1™ Phase 3 pivotal trial for fezolinetant, an investigational oral, non-hormonal compound being studied for the treatment of moderate-to-severe vasomotor symptoms (VMS) – i.e., hot flashes and night sweats associated with...