GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ Title Achieved for Organ Donor Registrations

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Astellas, Donate Life America and World Transplant Games Federation Celebrate Achievements for Global Transplant Community at History-making Rugby Match

TOKYO and CHICAGO, Nov. 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, collectively with its subsidiaries "Astellas"), Donate Life America and the World Transplant Games Federation today announced that Astellas and Donate Life America registered thousands of new organ donors and tripled the previous GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title for online organ donor registrations in an eight-hour period. During the same day, a record crowd for a rugby match held in America joined as Astellas provided a $175,000 USD contribution to the World Transplant Games Federation during a halftime celebration featuring transplant recipients from around the world.

"We are very pleased with the response and want to sincerely thank everyone who showed their commitment to this cause by registering to become an organ donor," said Yoshihiko Hatanaka, president and CEO, Astellas Pharma Inc. "This achievement reflects our more than 20-year commitment to the transplant community and continued collaboration with partner organizations to address unmet medical needs." Continue reading 

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from Donate Life Organ and Tissue Donation Blog℠ http://donatelife-organdonation.blogspot.com/2016/11/guinness-world-records-title-achieved.html