Astellas Announces Personnel Changes

May 14, 2014

Tokyo, Japan, May 14, 2014 - Astellas Pharma Inc. ("Astellas"; headquarters: Tokyo;
President and CEO: Yoshihiko Hatanaka) announced the personnel changes as below.
1.
Appointment of Corporate Executive of Astellas effective on July 1, 2014

(current title)

Executive Vice President, Head of Japan Development, Global Development

(Corporate Vice President, Licensing & Alliances)

Chihiro Yokota
Resignation of Corporate Executive of Astellas effective on June 30, 2014
Executive Vice President, Head of Japan Development, Global Development Haruhisa Hirosaki
2.
Personnel changes effective on July 1, 2014

(current title)

Corporate Vice President, Licensing & Alliances

(SVP*1, CSTO*2, EMEA*3 Operations [Astellas Pharma Europe Ltd.] )

SVP, CSTO, EMEA Operations [Astellas Pharma Europe Ltd.]

(VP*4, Business and Commercial Development, EMEA Operations [Astellas Pharma Europe Ltd.] )

Naoki Okamura
Simon Dew

*1 Senior Vice President

*2 Chief Strategy Officer

*3 Europe, Middle East and Africa

*4 Vice President

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Contacts for inquiries or additional information

Astellas Pharma Inc. Corporate Communications

Tel: +81-3-3244-3201 Fax: +81-3-5201-7473 http://www.astellas.com/en/


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