Takeda

Takeda expands to Peru

Friday, August 23, 2013 12:22 PM

Zurich-based Takeda Pharmaceuticals International has further expanded its presence in Latin America with the launch of a wholly-owned subsidiary in Peru. Takeda Peru S.R.L. will be headquartered in Lima and will be responsible for the sales and marketing of Takeda's products in Peru.

More... »

Former Millennium CEO Deborah Dunsire joins EnVivo as president and CEO

Friday, July 12, 2013 01:57 PM

EnVivo Pharmaceuticals, developing a range of novel therapies for central nervous system (CNS) diseases, has named Deborah Dunsire, M.D., president and chief executive officer. She also joins the company's board of directors. Dunsire brings more than 25 years of scientific, clinical, operational and commercial experience and biological and pharmaceutical industry leadership to EnVivo.

More... »

Japan screening massive drug compound libraries for new treatments

Wednesday, June 5, 2013 01:32 PM

The Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT Fund), a public-private partnership focused on Japanese R&D related to infectious disease, will make a series of agreements to screen compound libraries at Japanese pharmaceutical companies and research institutes for new treatments for malaria, tuberculosis and other afflictions.

More... »

Takeda to acquire Inviragen

Thursday, May 9, 2013 10:38 AM

Takeda Pharmaceutical has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Inviragen for an upfront payment of $35 million, and future payments of up to $215 million linked to the progress of clinical development and achievement of key commercial milestones.

More... »

Japan establishes global fund for R&D of new medicines, vaccines, diagnostics

Wednesday, April 10, 2013 10:15 AM

Japan’s first public-private partnership to advance the development of new health technologies for the developing world The Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT Fund) has officially launched. The GHIT Fund has been established to advance the R&D of new medicines, vaccines and diagnostics to fight infectious diseases in the developing world.

More... »

Scripps Research, Takeda expand research collaboration

Wednesday, March 20, 2013 09:11 AM

The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), an independent, not-for-profit organization focusing on research in the biomedical sciences, and Takeda Pharmaceutical, a research-based global pharmaceutical company, plan to expand their recent research collaboration to search for new drug targets for a variety of diseases.

More... »

Takeda sells non-Colcrys URL Pharma to Sun Pharmaceutical

Tuesday, December 18, 2012 10:13 AM

Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A. has entered into a definitive agreement to sell the non-Colcrys (colchicine, USP) URL Pharma generic business to Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries.

More... »

Takeda to acquire Envoy Therapeutics

Wednesday, November 7, 2012 11:24 AM

Takeda America Holdings, a subsidiary of Japanese, research-based company Takeda Pharmaceutical, has agreed to acquire Envoy Therapeutics, a privately-held drug discovery company based in Jupiter, Fla. Takeda's corporate venture arm, Takeda Ventures, participated in Envoy's series A financing in October 2009.

More... »

Takeda to acquire LigoCyte Pharmaceuticals

Friday, October 5, 2012 02:31 PM

Osaka, Japan-based Takeda Pharmaceutical’s wholly-owned subsidiary Takeda America Holdings will acquire LigoCyte Pharmaceuticals of Bozeman, Mont., for an upfront payment of $60 million, with future contingent consideration based on the progress of development projects.

More... »

Takeda, Advinus initiated multi-year drugs discovery collaboration

Thursday, October 4, 2012 02:19 PM

Takeda Pharmaceutical, a Japanese research-based pharmaceutical company, and Advinus Therapeutics, a privately held research-based pharmaceutical company based in India, have entered into an agreement to initiate a three-year discovery collaboration focused on novel targets for major therapeutic areas, including inflammation, CNS and metabolic diseases.

More... »