The FINANCIAL — Astellas Pharma Inc. announced the launch of the Real World Informatics and Analytics (RWI) function, effective July 1, 2015. The RWI function is headquartered in Northbrook, Illinois, the United States, with employees located in all regions. Nathan R. Crisel, formerly Director, Corporate Strategy and Planning and SIM, Astellas US LLC, leads the new function and reports directly to Chief Strategy Officer, Kenji Yasukawa, Ph.D.
In the changing healthcare environment, the digitization of healthcare data – often referred to as “big data” in healthcare, but more precisely described as “real-world data” – is one of the major strategic issues across value chain through all phases of product lifecycle in the healthcare industry. In order to enable Astellas to fully realize opportunities in this field, the RWI function was launched, according to Astellas.
The mission of the RWI function is to better serve patients by maximizing the application, efficiency and effectiveness of real-world informatics and analytics in Astellas through dedicated internal resources. This will be a collaborative effort, leveraging internal and external resources to support business objectives and strategies while at the same time accounting for the diverse business, legal, privacy, regulatory and safety requirements across the globe to ensure efficiency, consistency and compliance.
In the new Astellas VISION, the company aims to turn innovative science into value for patients on the forefront of healthcare change. The establishment of the RWI function is a part of initiatives adopting the VISION and Astellas will leverage this function as its new capability.
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