Takeda to Start Sales and Marketing Operation in Portugal, Takeda Italy

Release Date: 2009-05-11

Osaka, Japan & London, United Kingdom, May 7, 2009 – Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (Osaka, Japan, “Takeda”) and its wholly-owned UK-based subsidiary for overseeing pan-European sales & marketing, Takeda Pharmaceutical Europe Limited (London, UK, “TPEU”) have jointly announced the start of their own wholly owned sales and marketing operation in Portugal, Takeda Farmacêuticos Portugal, Unipessoal, Lda (Lisbon, Portugal, “Takeda Portugal”). This represents the latest move in Takeda’s initiative to enhance its business infrastructure in Europe.

Takeda Portugal started to provide Glustin® (generic name: pioglitazone HCl, known in Japan, U.S. and other European markets as Actos™) via wholesalers on a demand-only basis in September last year, and now plans to start its sales and marketing operations within the next few months.

“We are delighted to be expanding into Portugal, and along with the countries where we already have our own sales and marketing operations, we will be now be directly covering most of Western Europe, namely France, UK, Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain and the Republic of Ireland,” said Eric Brunn, CEO of TPEU. “We will actively introduce products from our portfolio, so that they will help many more patients suffering from a variety of diseases in Portugal.”

“The establishment of Takeda Portugal’s operations represents the fourth geographic expansion for Takeda this year, following Canada, Spain and the Republic of Ireland,” said Alan MacKenzie, Executive Vice President (EVP) International Operations, Takeda Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. “Takeda’s expansion efforts in the Americas, Europe and Asia will play a significant role in helping us realize our vision of becoming a leading pharmaceutical company with highly integrated global operations.”
About Takeda Farmacêuticos Portugal, Unipessoal, Lda
Name: Takeda Farmacêuticos Portugal, Unipessoal, Lda
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Established: August 2008
Capital Stock: Euro 2.5 million (as of May 7, 2009)
Type: NORMAL
Company: Takeda Italy
Country: 意大利
 
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