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Takeda’s OTC Unit to Be Renamed Alinamin with New Chief from Blackstone
Takeda Consumer Healthcare (TCHC), Takeda Pharmaceutical’s to-be-offloaded Japanese OTC business unit, will be renamed Alinamin Pharmaceutical on March 31, bearing the name of its iconic vitamin brand. The name change will come in conjunction with its scheduled transfer to US…
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