title: Astellas' drug discovery strategy: focus on oncology.
abstract: Based on the goal of delivering innovative and reliable pharmaceutical products to cancer patients for whom no effective treatments exist, Astellas is focusing its efforts on a strategy of precision medicine in its drug discovery which is carried out at three research sites with diversity in their research platforms and research styles.
authors.affiliation: Astellas Pharma Inc., Tsukuba Research Center, 21 Miyukigaoka, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki 305-8585, Japan. yutaka.yanagita@astellas.com
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yanagita
authors.forename: Toichi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takenaka
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D015195:Drug Design; D055808:Drug Discovery; D004345:Drug Industry; D007564:Japan; D012106:Research
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents