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Astellas Pharma EMEA appoints new chief financial officer

September 17, 2015
Sales and Marketing Astellas, Eugene Van Rensburg

Astellas Pharma Europe, Middle East and Africa has appointed Eugene Van Rensburg to the position of chief financial officer, from …

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Diary of a decade – Ten years in Europe, the Middle East and Africa

July 13, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Astellas, Ken Jones

It’s hard to imagine how much a company can change in a decade.When Astellas Pharma Europe was launched 10 years …

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NICE rejects Otelza but SMC recommends it

June 11, 2015
Sales and Marketing Astellas, Celgene, NHS, NICE, SMC, Xtandi, otezla

Draft guidance issued by NICE has seen rejections for products including Celgene’s Otelza and Astellas Pharma’s Xtandi, and a call …

Astellas spending $760m on autoimmune tie-up

June 4, 2015
Sales and Marketing Astellas, anokion, brett wells, kanyos

Astellas Pharma and Anokion are to collaborate and develop new treatments for type 1 diabetes and celiac disease in a deal that could net …

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Pfizer launches cardiovascular research competition

April 10, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Amgen, Astellas, LDL, PCSK9, Pfizer, bococizumab, inhibitors

Pfizer is funding a new competitive grants programme to support research projects in the burgeoning, competitive area of cholesterol-lowering PCSK9 …

FDA approves new anti-fungal treatment

March 9, 2015
Sales and Marketing Astellas, Basilea, FDA, US, cresemba, isavuconazonium sulfate, zygomycosis

The FDA has given the OK to Astellas and Basilea for their new treatment in adults with a rare but …

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Precision medicine: the future of cancer treatment?

March 2, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Astellas, Cancer, Celgene, Precision, melanoma, oncology, underwood

There are plenty of advances in oncology treatments to be excited about – from immunotherapy to cancer vaccines and monoclonal …

Big Data has yet to hit the big time

February 16, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Astellas, Big Data, chris poole, data, development, mark thornton

Big data has taken quite a knocking over the past year. First, from some sceptics who have warned big data …

Patients lack data confidence in NHS

January 30, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Astellas, NHS, care data, data, online, privacy

A recent pharma survey has found that a majority of Britons lack confidence in the NHS to keep their personal …

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Cello Health Consulting hires Astellas head

January 29, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Astellas, Cello, cello health, jon gilbert

Healthcare marketing consultancy Cello Health Consulting has appointed pharma marketer Jon Gilbert as a senior consultant. Gilbert joins the agency …

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Astellas takes senior head from AstraZeneca

January 19, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Astellas, AstraZeneca, eric Terhaerdt

Eric Terhaerdt has been named as the senior vice president of global development operations at Astellas Pharma. Terhaerdt, who joins the …

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Mixed bag for Novartis and Astellas in breast cancer

December 15, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Afinitor, Astellas, Novartis, Xtandi, enzalutamide, everolimus

Preliminary results from a Phase II trial of Astellas’ Xtandi (enzalutamide) show positive benefits for the prostate cancer drug when …

Astellas ‘app challenge’ aims to inspire future talent

December 4, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Astellas, CDF, CRUK, Ken Jones, app, my jar, stem

Last week Astellas announced the winner of its Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) skills Innovation Challenge competition at an …

Creston Health rebrands as Health Unlimited

November 18, 2014
Medical Communications Astellas, Creston, Red Door, health unlimited, warne

Marketing communications group Creston has announced that its Creston Health arm will now be rebranded as Health Unlimited. Under the …

Astellas teams up with Proteostasis against protein defects

November 4, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Astellas, Biogen IDEC, Protein, Proteostasis, upr

Astellas has announced it will collaborate with Proteostasis Therapeutics to develop drugs for diseases caused by protein defects, using the …

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