Mike Crooks has been named general manager of Astellas Pharma Ltd. (APL), the UK affiliate of Astellas Pharma Europe Ltd. (APEL), itself a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Astellas Pharma Inc. Mr. Crooks will be responsible for managing and expanding Astellas’ UK business with a focus on the company’s therapeutic areas: transplantation, urology, dermatology, anti-infectives, pain management and oncology. Mr. Crooks joined APL in 2007 as a marketing director and was later appointed sales an...