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Takeda Completes Divestment of Consumer Healthcare Unit to Blackstone
Takeda Pharmaceutical said on March 31 that it has completed the sale of its consumer healthcare unit, Takeda Consumer Healthcare (TCHC), to US private equity firm Blackstone Group for 242 billion yen. The equity transaction value of 242 billion yen…
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