Astellas Venture Management LLC

www.astellasventure.com

Astellas Venture Management LLC. (AVM, Los Altos, CA, USA) is the corporate venture capital arm of Astellas Pharma Inc., a global pharmaceutical company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, which was formed through the merger of Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. and Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. in April 2005. AVM’s investment objective is to find out a venture company with a proprietary technology and facilitate its growth by utilizing Astellas’ experience and network within biotechnology field. AVM’s ability to offer not only investment funds, but also the Astellas Group’s powerful combination of scientific and technical expertise, depth of drug development and marketing knowledge and long-term business perspective, can give entrepreneurs and investors the very best chance for their rapid growth and success. For more information on Astellas, please visit the company’s website at www.astellas.com.