Astellas CEO Yasukawa On Gene Therapy Challenges, Deal Strategies
Keen Focus On Tech
Executive Summary
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.
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