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Deerfield To Go As Takeda Plans Realignment Of Post-Shire US Ops

 
• By Ian Haydock

Takeda is to close down and relocate one of its main US sites, with unspecified job losses, as it plans post-Shire restructuring, while in Japan vocal opposition to the acquisition rises.

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TAKEDA TO SHUT DEERFIELD SITE • Source: Shutterstock

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. is to close down one of its main sites in the US, relocating and rationalizing most functions, as it continues to implement restructuring around its planned $62.4bn acquisition of Shire PLC.

Activities at the Deerfield, Illinois site, which acts as the major Japanese firm's main US headquarters and currently employs nearly...

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