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Astellas Pharma’s new life sciences center houses its first U.S.-based SakuLab, an incubator space for external partners, as well as its engineered small molecules unit.

Astellas Pharma Inc. Chief Commercial Officer Claus Zieler has named Michael Petroutsas as Head, United States Commercial, leading the Astellas Pharma US Inc. organization.

Invenra Inc., an innovative leader in bispecific antibody technology, is pleased to announce a strategic research agreement with Astellas Pharma, a global pharmaceutical company with a vision to turn innovative science into value for patients.

Vivtex Corporation announces that it has entered a research collaboration with Astellas Pharma Inc. (“Astellas”), a global pharmaceutical company.

Astellas Pharma US, Inc. (“Astellas”) announced today the company has entered into a sponsored research agreement with the UMass Chan Medical School to proceed with research for an adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector mediated gene therapy for the treatment of Alexander disease, a fatal, ultra-rare disease for which the only current treatment option is supportive care.

Astellas Pharma Inc. announced that the U.S. FDA has acknowledged the company’s resubmission of the BLA for zolbetuximab, a first-in-class investigational claudin 18.2-targeted monoclonal antibody, for the first-line treatment of adults with locally advanced unresectable or metastatic human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 -negative gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma whose tumors are CLDN18.2 positive.

The regulator’s approval on Friday of Vyloy for gastric or gastroesophageal junction cancer makes it the first and only claudin 18.2–targeted therapy approved in the U.S. for these indications, according to Astellas.

One patient developed elevated liver blood tests after receiving Astellas Pharma’s non-hormonal small molecule blocker, leading the regulator to add a warning to the drug’s label.