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Kunio Takeda, Former CEO of Takeda Pharmaceutical, Dies at 84

June 18, 2024
Kunio Takeda, former president and CEO of Takeda Pharmaceutical and a member of the company’s founding family, died of old age at a hospital in Kobe, western Japan, on June 8. He was 84. Born in Hyogo Prefecture, Kunio joined…

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