The US operation of Japanese drug company Astellas is bringing in PhRMA VP of communications and PA Karl Uhlendorf to work Washington.
Uhlendorf, who is slated to join the DC office of Northbrook, Ill.-based Astellas US on July 28, will direct communications and advocacy for the company.
Astellas said he is the final piece of its months-long construction of a new corporation communications team under SVP Jeff Winton, who moved to the company in November after three years at Eli Lilly.
Uhlendorf spent seven years at the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America after editor posts at healthcare news publisher Elsevier/FDC Reports.
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