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Blackstone Setting Sights on IPO of Takeda Consumer Healthcare Within 5-10 Years
The US private equity firm Blackstone Group, which will acquire Takeda Pharmaceutical’s consumer healthcare subsidiary, will invest in the growth of the OTC company with the goal of taking it public in five to 10 years, the investment firm’s Japan…
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