2023 Will Be A Year Of Partnerships And Acquisitions For Astellas

Astellas’ Mike Luther sees 2023 as a year of growing assets and creating partnerships. The global head of search and evaluation business development told In Vivo about the company's focus on gene and cell therapy and what he thinks makes for a successful business deal.

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Sentiments around the 2023 biopharma dealmaking environment may be mixed, but Mike Luther, the global head of search and evaluation business development at Astellas Pharma, Inc., hopes the coming year will be defined by handshakes and signatures for the Japanese pharma.

“This year, as I see it, it will be 'execute, execute, execute,' to pull in the deals and the investments...

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