Astex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Strategic SWOT Analysis Review

Astex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Strategic SWOT Analysis Review provides a comprehensive insight into the company’s history, corporate strategy, business structure and operations. The report contains a detailed SWOT analysis, information on the company’s key employees, key competitors and major products and services.

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Scope

- Business description – A detailed description of the company’s operations and business divisions.
- Corporate strategy – GlobalData’s summarization of the company’s business strategy.
- SWOT analysis – A detailed analysis of the company’s strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats.
- Company history – Progression of key events associated with the company.
- Major products and services – A list of major products, services and brands of the company.
- Key competitors – A list of key competitors to the company.
- Key employees – A list of the key executives of the company.
- Executive biographies – A brief summary of the executives’ employment history.
- Key operational heads – A list of personnel heading key departments/functions.
- Important locations and subsidiaries – A list of key locations and subsidiaries of the company, including contact details.
- Key manufacturing facilities – A list of key manufacturing facilities of the company.

Highlights

Astex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Astex Pharmaceuticals), formerly SuperGen, Inc., is a novel drug discovery and development company, especially for cancer and central nervous system diseases. It discovers and develops small molecule treatments. The company’s lead product, Dacogen (indicated for the treatment of myelodysplastic syndromes), is marketed by Otsuka in the US and by Janssen in the rest of the world. It established a strong pipeline of small molecule and molecularly-targeted drugs for treating hematologic malignancies, solid tumors, melanoma and myelodysplastic syndromes. Astex Pharmaceuticals is also advancing several of its compounds into clinical trials in collaboration with Novartis, AstraZeneca, GSK and Janssen. Astex Pharmaceuticals is a subsidiary of Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. and is headquartered in Pleasanton, California, the US.

Astex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Key Recent Developments

Feb 15, 2016: Shionogi announces its participation in an innovative new joint research initiative, The Cambridge Therapeutics Consortium
Jul 29, 2015: Otsuka Pharmaceutical’s Subsidiary Astex Enters New Consortium for Drug Discovery Research at the University of Cambridge

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