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Takeda Pharmaceutical’s research collaboration deal on iPS cells with a Kyoto University institute led by Nobel laureate Shinya Yamanaka could change the way drug research is conducted, company executives said on April 17. Takeda Pharmaceutical announced on the same day…
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