Japan shares end near three-decade high after Trump signs stimulus billThe Nikkei 225 Index ended up 0.74% at 26,854.03, just shy of a 30-year high hit last week. The broader Topix rose 0.54% to 1,788.04.
28 Dec, 2020, 01.43 PM IST
Chief of Asia's largest pharmaceutical company urges transparency in virus vaccine rolloutTakeda, one of the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies, is not developing its own vaccine but has contracts with several firms to dist...
20 Dec, 2020, 10.12 AM IST
Japan shares close at 29-year high on GDP rebound, vaccine raceThe Nikkei 225 Index ended 2.05% firmer at 25,906.93, its highest close since June 1991. The broader Topix gained 1.68% to 1,731.81.
16 Nov, 2020, 02.36 PM IST
Japan stocks fall as risks on several fronts unsettle investorsThe biggest underperformers among the top 30 core Topix names were venture capitalist SoftBank Group Corp, down 2.08%, followed by drugs ma...
15 Oct, 2020, 02.44 PM IST
Pharma sector needs global collaboration: Industry leaders, government officialsAhead of the 14th edition of the annual BioPharma and Healthcare Summit, that bring stakeholders from India and the United States on one pl...
31 Aug, 2020, 08.49 AM IST
Nikkei drops tracking Wall Street losses on Powell's dour growth viewThe benchmark Nikkei average declined 1.7 per cent to 19,914.78, moving away from a two-month high hit earlier this week.
14 May, 2020, 02.07 PM IST
Nikkei falls to 15-month low as Fed outlook knocks sentimentTakeda had sunk to a six-year low of 3,498 yen on Wednesday after a ratings downgrade by Moody's.
20 Dec, 2018, 01.39 PM IST
Valeant to sell $2.1 billion in assets to pay down debtSkincare is the largest category in the cosmetics industry, accounting for more than one-third of the global market, according to data trac...
11 Jan, 2017, 01.15 AM IST
Japanese companies make cautious return to Indian pharma marketOther drug companies whose acquisition went southwards included Mitsui & Co, which acquired a significant stake in Arch Pharma.
04 Jan, 2017, 12.11 AM IST
Rashmi Barbhaiya, co-founder of Advinus Therapeutics resigns from the post of managing directorRashmi Barbhaiya, who co-founded Tata group-promoted pharmaceutical research company Advinus Therapeutics, has stepped down from the post o...
30 May, 2016, 05.45 AM IST
Nikkei rebounds as Wall St gains, retreat in yen helps sentimentThe Nikkei share average rose 1% to 19,226.92 points by midmorning, but looked set to fall 1.2% for the week.
11 Dec, 2015, 09.58 AM IST
- Sun Pharma arm to buy Takeda's US-based generics subsidiary URL Pharma
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries today said its arm Caraco Pharma will buy Japanese drug maker Takeda Pharmaceuticals' US-based generics subsi...
17 Dec, 2012, 09.51 PM IST
- Japan's Takeda eyes Lupin, Cipla pharma business; shares surge in morning trade
Shares of drug firms Cipla and Lupin surged after news reports surfaced that Takeda Pharmaceutical Co, is in talks to buy either of their p...
24 Aug, 2011, 11.06 AM IST
- Cipla, Lupin shares surge in morning trade on bourses
Shares of drug firms Cipla and Lupin surged after news reports surfaced that Takeda Pharmaceutical Co, is in talks to buy either of their p...
24 Aug, 2011, 11.03 AM IST
- Japan's Takeda eyes Lupin, Cipla pharma business
Takeda, Japan's largest pharmaceutical firm, has begun talks with two of India's biggest companies for purchasing either of their pharma bu...
24 Aug, 2011, 06.24 AM IST
- Takeda joins Toshiba in $16 bn cross-border deals to overcome slump
Takeda and Toshiba to buy Nycomed and Landis+Gyr for $13.7 billion and $2.3 billion, respectively.
20 May, 2011, 06.19 AM IST
- Japan's Takeda in $8.8 billion bid for US biotech firm
Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical Co has agreed to pay about $8.8 billion for US biotech company Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc, the two firms ...
10 Apr, 2008, 02.12 PM IST