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Astellas Pharma EMEA appoints new chief financial officer
September 17, 2015Sales 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 …
Diary of a decade – Ten years in Europe, the Middle East and Africa
July 13, 2015Medical 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 …
NICE rejects Otelza but SMC recommends it
June 11, 2015Sales 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Draft guidance issued by NICE has seen rejections for products including Celgene’s Otelza and Astellas Pharma’s Xtandi, and a call …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, 2015Sales 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 …
Pfizer launches cardiovascular research competition
April 10, 2015Research 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, 2015Sales 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 …
Precision medicine: the future of cancer treatment?
March 2, 2015Manufacturing 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, 2015Manufacturing 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, 2015Medical 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 …
Cello Health Consulting hires Astellas head
January 29, 2015Manufacturing 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 …
Astellas takes senior head from AstraZeneca
January 19, 2015Manufacturing 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 …
Mixed bag for Novartis and Astellas in breast cancer
December 15, 2014Research 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, 2014Medical 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, 2014Medical 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, 2014Research 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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