Astellas Named National Presenting Sponsor of the National Kidney Foundation Kidney Walk


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TO HEALTH, AND NATIONAL EDITORS:

Astellas Named National Presenting Sponsor of the National Kidney

Foundation Kidney Walk

NEW YORK, April 15, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National

Kidney Foundation (NKF) announced today, during National Donate Life

Month, that Astellas Pharma US, Inc. was named the first-ever National

Presenting Sponsor for the Kidney Walk. Through this partnership,

Astellas will support more than 85 Kidney Walk events being held in

major cities across the country.

"Our partnership with NKF exemplifies what Astellas and these walks

are all about - enabling patients to be their own advocates and

promoting a healthy, active lifestyle pre- and post-transplantation,"

said Jim Robinson, President, Astellas Pharma US, Inc. "We are proud

to work with NKF to raise awareness about the transplant journey and

provide patients with a supportive community."

The Kidney Walk is the country's largest walk to fight kidney disease.

The nationwide series of community events call attention to kidney

disease, risk factors and the need for organ donation. More than

100,000 walkers, 6,000 teams and 300,000 donors raise more than $8

million dollars annually to support the NKF's awareness, prevention

and treatment programs.

"The Kidney Walk is not only a fundraiser, but a platform to generate

awareness and drive prevention and organ donation in major cities and

communities throughout the U.S.," said Krystn Kuckelman, the National

Walk Program Director. "Astellas' support will help us reach millions

with these life-saving messages."

One in three American adults - 73 million - is at risk due to high

blood pressure, diabetes or a family history of kidney failure. Nearly

100,000 Americans currently await a life-saving kidney transplant and

14 will die each day while waiting.

Kidney and Transplant Facts:

-- One organ donor can save the lives of up to eight people.

-- Acceptable organ donors can range in age from newborn to 65 years

or more.

-- Nearly 2,500 new patients are added to the kidney transplant

waiting list each month.

-- More than 26 million people in the U.S. already have kidney disease

and most don't know it.

-- More than 430,000 people in the United States depend on dialysis

treatment to survive.

The National Kidney Foundation is the leading organization in the U.S.

dedicated to the awareness, prevention and treatment of kidney disease

for hundreds of thousands of healthcare professionals, millions of

patients and their families, and tens of millions of Americans at

risk. For more information, visit www.kidney.org.

Astellas Pharma US, Inc., located in Northbrook, Illinois, is a U.S.

affiliate of Tokyo-based Astellas Pharma Inc. Astellas is a

pharmaceutical company dedicated to improving the health of people

around the world through the provision of innovative and reliable

pharmaceutical products. For more information about Astellas, please

visit www.astellas.us.

Facebook.com, Twitter: @NKF, www.kidney.org

SOURCE National Kidney Foundation

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/CONTACT: Name: Ellie Schlam, Phone: 212-889-2210 ext.143, ellies@kidney.org

/Web Site: http://www.kidney.org

CO: National Kidney Foundation; Astellas Pharma US, Inc.

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