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Astellas Pharma Inc.

Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan
Year Founded: 2005
Status: Public
Industry Sector: HealthTechnology
CEO: Naoki Okamura
Number Of Employees: 14,754
Enterprise Value: $23,970,201,923
PE Ratio: -39.61
Exchange/Ticker 1: Tokyo:4503
Exchange/Ticker 2: N/A
Latest Market Cap: $15,911,258,158

BioCentury | Apr 7, 2025
Deals

Latest capsid deal gives a lifeline to Sangamo: Deals Report

Plus: Sanofi gains license to another Nurix program; Allakos takes Tang/Concentra buyout offer
BioCentury | Feb 7, 2025
Editor's Commentary

Has interest in ADCs peaked? — a Perspective

Pfizer’s drop of a late-stage ADC this week may signal the ADC frenzy is cooling
BioCentury | Feb 5, 2025
Management Tracks

Management changes at Astellas

Plus: Lundbeck board planning to elect Dorothea Wenzel chair, and updates from PacBio and Uvax Bio
BioCentury | Jan 18, 2025
Politics, Policy & Law

Diabetes, cancer drugs dominate CMS’s new price negotiation list

Ozempic tops list of 15 drugs whose negotiated prices will take effect in 2027
BioCentury | Jan 6, 2025
Regulation

2024 Approvals: Where are the new modalities?

Last year’s new drug approvals by FDA reflect the continued focus on best-in-class drug development
BioCentury | Dec 5, 2024
Product Development

Stem cell therapy companies take different roads to reproducibility

But they agree that creating a reliable product is necessary for scalability
BioCentury | Dec 5, 2024
Discovery & Translation

Science Spotlight: Advances in RSV and hMVP vaccines 

BioCentury’s roundup of translational innovation also features a kinase degrader for breast cancer, and half a dozen papers on product candidates
BioCentury | Nov 26, 2024
Deals

Roche rewards Poseida’s shareholders with high premium in $1B takeout

If fulfilled, CVR tied to pipeline programs would drive deal’s value even further
BioCentury | Nov 25, 2024
Product Development

Elevidys isn’t slowing innovation in DMD gene therapy

Two gene therapies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy advance to Phase III as a preclinical program attracts pharma acquisition
BioCentury | Nov 16, 2024
Data Byte

EMA’s CHMP finds path to Leqembi nod, backs three other new drugs

Eleven label expansions also among committee’s November recommendations
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