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US Jury Orders Takeda to Pay US$6 Billion in Punitive Damages
A US federal jury has ordered Takeda Pharmaceutical to pay to the tune of US$6 billion in punitive damages as it held that the company hid cancer risks of its diabetes drug Actos (pioglitazone), sending its share briefly tumbling to…
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