Astellas Broadens Commitment to Clinical Trial Data Transparency
TOKYO, Feb. 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Astellas Pharma Inc. (Tokyo: 4503, "Astellas") announced today that the company will now make trial data available through
"Transparency in the conduct of clinical trials is an important issue for the scientific and medical community today," said Sef Kurstjens, M.D., Ph.D., chief medical officer of Astellas Pharma, Inc. "By making our clinical trial data more widely available, we further its potential to increase understanding of disease and, ultimately, to address the unmet needs of patients around the globe."
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In addition, Astellas also recently revised and expanded its Global Policy on Clinical Trial Data Disclosure, which details the company's principles regarding registration of clinical trials, posting and publication of trial results and scientific community access to trial data. The policy is available at
About Astellas
Astellas Pharma Inc., located in Tokyo, Japan, is a pharmaceutical company dedicated to improving the health of people around the world through the provision of innovative and reliable pharmaceuticals. Astellas has approximately 18,000 employees worldwide. The organization is committed to becoming a global category leader in Urology, Immunology (including Transplantation) and Infectious diseases, Oncology, Neuroscience and Diabetes Mellitus (DM) Complications and Kidney diseases. For more information on Astellas Pharma Inc., please visit the company Web site at
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