ASTELLAS: Receives U.S. FDA Fast Track Designation for ASP5354, an Investigational Near-Infrared Fluorescence Imaging Agent
Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, Ph.D., "Astellas" ) announced today that the United States ("U.S.") Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation based on nonclinical and clinical data for the development of ASP5354, an imaging agent being investigated for intraoperative ureter visualization in patients undergoing minimally invasive and open abdominopelvic surgeries.