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Astellas Pharma India Pvt. Ltd. When Astellas announced to expand its presence in India in 2009, you were already speaking of the company’s long commitment and solid relationship with India. Can you elaborate on these historical ties and how important it was to set up your India operations at that time? Since the former Fujisawa…

Astellas Pharma Ltd. South Africa The South African affiliate was established in June 2003. Could you come back on the main milestones in the company’s development from 2003 onwards? Yamanouchi as an entity was an agency in South Africa under Pharmaplan from 1996. In 1997 I joined Pharmaplan as the Managing Director and ran the…

Astellas Ukraine Since the establishment of Astellas’ predecessor Brocade in Russia in 1992, what has been Astellas’ evolution in Ukraine? Astellas has been present in Ukraine for 16 years, first as Yamanouchi and then later as Astellas once the merger was complete. Since then, the company has been quite active with a…

Astellas Russia When our team interviewed Amit Makwana at Astellas’ European Headquarters in the UK, he noted that the Russian affiliate is experiencing a huge growth rate that is very difficult for the rest of the European business to keep up with. All eyes are on you. Do you feel the envy…

Astellas Pharma Ltd. Astellas’s European headquarters is based in the UK. What does the UK market represent for the company? Speaking from a global perspective, 60% of Astellas’ business is based in Japan and Asia. Approximately 20% is in the U.S.; and approximately 20% is in Europe. So Europe still represents a vast—and…

Astellas Pharma Germany Astellas has been present in the German market for almost two decades through Yamanouchi and Fujisawa. But since 2005 it gained a new identity thanks to the merger of the two companies. Could you describe their integration process in Germany and which were the main synergies in the local market?…