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# Astellas Pharma
- URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/astellas-pharma/
- Published: 1999-01-02T10:54:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-01-08T19:37:55.000Z
- Author: Liam Sturgess
- Tags: Profiles, #docs, #organization

**Astellas Pharma Inc.** is a Japanese pharmaceutical company based in Tokyo.

## History

In September 2021, Astellas paused its ASPIRO clinical trial of AT132, a gene therapy for patients with X-linked myotubular myopathy, after two participants died and a third experienced a serious adverse event.[\[1\]](#fn1)

## Organization

Astellas has been a client of [Antibody Healthcare Communications](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Antibody-Healthcare-Communications),[\[2\]](#fn2) Atlas Content Studio,[\[3\]](#fn3) energiPR,[\[4\]](#fn4) FCB Health Canada,[\[5\]](#fn5) [Gene Worldwide](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Gene-Worldwide),[\[6\]](#fn6) Snell Medical Communication[\[7\]](#fn7) and STI Technologies.[\[8\]](#fn8)

### Personnel

| Name           | Position                                                     | Notes                              |
| -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------- |
| Susanne Gronen | Senior Vice President and Head of Data Sciences[\[9\]](#fn9) | Drug Information Association (DIA) |

### Partnerships

Astellas a member or partner of:

- [Alliance for a Stronger FDA](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Alliance-for-a-Stronger-FDA)[\[10\]](#fn10)
- [Alliance for Regenerative Medicine](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Alliance-for-Regenerative-Medicine)[\[11\]](#fn11)
- Decentralized Trials & Research Alliance (DTRA)[\[12\]](#fn12)
- Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi)[\[13\]](#fn13)
- Health Products Stewardship Association[\[14\]](#fn14)
- [Innovative Medicines Canada](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Innovative-Medicines-Canada)[\[15\]](#fn15)
- Institute for Gene Therapies (IGT)[\[16\]](#fn16)
- International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA)[\[17\]](#fn17)
- Kauffman Fellows[\[18\]](#fn18)
- [National Health Council](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/National-Health-Council)[\[19\]](#fn19)
- [Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Pharmaceutical-Research-and-Manufacturers-of-America) (PhRMA)[\[20\]](#fn20)
- [Prostate Cancer Foundation](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Prostate-Cancer-Foundation)[\[21\]](#fn21)
- Radcliffe Cardiology[\[22\]](#fn22)
- Research!America[\[23\]](#fn23)

### Subsidiaries

- Astellas Global Health Foundation
- Astellas USA Foundation
- Astellas Venture Management

## Activities

Astellas has provided notable funding to:

- Alberta Kidney Days[\[24\]](#fn24)
- [Alliance for Aging Research](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Alliance-for-Aging-Research)[\[25\]](#fn25)
- [Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Alliance-for-Continuing-Education-in-the-Health-Professions) (ACEHP)[\[26\]](#fn26)
- [American Association for Cancer Research](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/American-Association-for-Cancer-Research)[\[27\]](#fn27)
- [American Society of Hematology](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/American-Society-of-Hematology)[\[28\]](#fn28)
- Canadian Urological Association[\[29\]](#fn29)
- [CDC Foundation](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/CDC-Foundation)[\[30\]](#fn30)
- [Coleman Rotstein](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Coleman-Rotstein)[\[31\]](#fn31)
- CSHP Foundation[\[32\]](#fn32)
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute[\[33\]](#fn33)
- Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH)[\[34\]](#fn34)
- Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHITF)[\[35\]](#fn35)
- [Global Liver Institute](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Global-Liver-Institute)[\[36\]](#fn36)
- International Society for Stem Cell Research[\[37\]](#fn37)
- John Conly[\[38\]](#fn38)
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)[\[39\]](#fn39)
- [PhRMA Foundation](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/PhRMA-Foundation)[\[40\]](#fn40)
- Pinnacle Research Group[\[41\]](#fn41)
- Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation[\[42\]](#fn42)
- SickKids Foundation[\[43\]](#fn43)
- Sunnybrook Foundation[\[44\]](#fn44)
- [United Nations Foundation](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/United-Nations-Foundation)[\[45\]](#fn45)
- University Health Network Foundation[\[46\]](#fn46)
- University Hospital Foundation (UHF)[\[47\]](#fn47)
- University of Toronto[\[48\]](#fn48)
- VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation[\[49\]](#fn49)
- Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars[\[50\]](#fn50)

## External links

- [Campfire Wiki](https://www.campfire.wiki/doku.php?id=pharmaceutical%5Fcompanies:astellas)
- [SourceWatch](https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Astellas%5FPharma)
- [Website](https://www.astellas.com/en/)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astellas%5FPharma)

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