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Takeda April-June Sales Up 3%, but Operating Profit Logs Double-Digit Fall
Takeda Pharmaceutical’s first quarter group sales advanced 3.0% year on year to 410,302 million yen, as expanding sales of new portfolios, coupled with the falling yen, offset the steep sales decline of its diabetes drug Actos (pioglitazone), which saw generic…
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