Astellas CEO Yasukawa On Gene Therapy Challenges, Deal Strategies

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Despite facing two clinical holds for its gene therapy candidates, Astellas is committed to proceeding with R&D projects in this modality. Outgoing CEO Kenji Yasukawa says technical challenges have motivated the firm's recent deals with academia and bioventures, and also provided updates on other key pipeline assets in the second part of this exclusive interview with Scrip.

Astellas has a clinical hold on its candidate AT845 lifted by FDA recently
Astellas has a clinical hold on its candidate AT845 lifted by FDA recently • Source: Shutterstock

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