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Takeda’s Japan Earnings Bottomed Out, Now on Pace to Growth from FY2025: Head

By Hayate Horiguchi April 23, 2025
Takeda Pharmaceutical’s domestic earnings hit the bottom in FY2024. After a few years of sluggishness amid the Azilva (azilsartan) patent cliff and other factors, the company will get back to a growth track beginning this fiscal year, driven by a…

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