Nate Crisel has been promoted to vice president, Real World Informatics & Analytics (RWI), Astellas. He reports to Chikashi Takeda, chief financial officer.
 
Mr. Crisel will be responsible for overseeing the RWI division, a central function accountable for expanding efficient, effective and compliant use of healthcare data across the entire Astellas value chain. 
 
Prior to joining the company in 2008, Crisel served as an analytical chemist and pharmaceutical development project manager at Eli Lilly and Co. After Lilly, he held roles ranging from business development and executive leadership at biotech start-ups, including Embedded Concepts, LLC, and Tracera, LLC.
 
“Nate’s background at Astellas includes roles in New Product Analysis and nearly four years at our Tokyo headquarters in Product and Portfolio Strategy and Corporate Planning divisions,” said Mr. Takeda. “It was in his role in Corporate Planning where he initiated the idea of having the RWI Center of Excellence. He then proceeded to build the organization from scratch to its current state.”