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5 unusual facts about Astellas Pharma


Linaclotide

Distribution rights in the United States will be shared with Forest Laboratories, with Almirall distributing linaclotide in Europe and Astellas Pharma in Asia.

Micafungin

Micafungin (trade name Mycamine) is an echinocandin antifungal drug developed by Astellas Pharma.

Romidepsin

Romidepsin was first reported in the scientific literature in 1994, by a team of researchers from Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Company (now Astellas Pharma) in Tsukuba, Japan, who isolated it in a culture of Chromobacterium violaceum from a soil sample obtained in Yamagata Prefecture.

Scanport

In 2011, Astellas Pharma and Scandinavian Business Seating established in the area.

Tamsulosin

Tamsulosin was developed by Yamanouchi Pharmaceuticals (now part of Astellas Pharma) and was first marketed in 1996 under the trade name Flomax.



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