JAPAN'S TAKEDA PHARMA REPORTEDLY TO RAISE R&D SPENDING

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. plans to increase its spending on research to speed up the development of new drugs, with the patents on many of its existing products to end over the next few years, its president told the Yomiuri Shimbun.

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