BUSINESS
Takeda’s FY2020 Profits Jump on Non-Core Divestitures, Post-Shire Cost Synergies
Takeda Pharmaceutical enjoyed an 8.5-fold leap in net profit in the year through March 2021 as it yielded gains on a series of non-core asset divestitures and booked lower expenses related to the Shire acquisition made in January 2019, the…
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