Interview: Jon Neal – Managing Director, Takeda UK and Ireland
As all eyes are on Takeda these days after its announced acquisition of Shire, Jon Neal, managing director of the UK and Ireland operations of the Japanese player, looks back…
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Takeda is a research-based global pharmaceutical company. It is the largest pharmaceutical company in Japan, and one of the global leaders of the industry. Using their management philosophy, “Takeda-ism,” as the basis of business, Takeda is committed to striving towards better health for patients worldwide through leading innovation in medicine. Takeda is enhancing its R&D pipeline by concentrating its management resources.
Takeda’s in-house ethical drugs are marketed in around 90 countries worldwide. It has Research, Development, and Operations & Marketing Centers in the UK.
Ethical drugs are Takeda’s core business. Takeda provides ethical drugs across a range of therapeutic areas to meet the needs and expectations of medical professionals and patients around the world.
Their portfolio includes lansoprazole for the treatment of peptic ulcers, leuprolide acetate for the treatment of prostate cancer and endometriosis, pioglitazone hydrocholoride for the treatment of diabetes, and candesartan cilexetil for the treatment of hypertension.
These four drugs are designated as ‘international strategic products’ and Takeda is focusing on managing their product lifecycles to strengthen sales on a global level.
In addition, Takeda promotes enhancing its R&D pipeline, while concentrating its management resources to the four core therapeutic areas: lifestyle-related diseases, oncology and urological diseases, central nervous system disease and gastroenterological diseases.
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