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TOKYO, December 14, 2018 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, Ph.D., “Astellas”) today announced that it exercised, and closed on its exclusive option to acquire Potenza Therapeutics, Inc. (“Potenza”) on December 13, 2018, U.S. Eastern Time. This acquisition marks the successful outcome of a collaboration agreement entered into in 2015 to build a portfolio of novel...

TOKYO – December 11, 2018 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, Ph.D. “Astellas”) today announced that XOSPATA® (generic name: gilteritinib) is now available for prescription in the United States for the treatment of adult patients who have relapsed or refractory (resistant to treatment) Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) with a FLT3 mutation as detected by an FDA...

TOKYO – December 3, 2018 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, Ph.D. “Astellas”) today announced updated results from a Phase 1 study of gilteritinib in combination with induction and consolidation chemotherapy in patients newly diagnosed with FLT3 mutation-positive (FLT3mut+) Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). The data were presented today in an oral presentation (Abstr...

TOKYO, December 3, 2018 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, Ph.D., “Astellas” ) today announced the launch of the FLT3 (FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3) inhibitor XOSPATA® Tablet 40 mg (generic name: gilteritinib fumarate, “XOSPATA®”) in Japan for the indication of relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with FLT3 mutations. AML is a cancer that impacts...