Takeda’s Founding Family To Resign From Company Board
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
Japan's largest drug maker Takeda Pharmaceutical announced that one of the company's founding family members Kunio Takede will resign from his current position as chairman June 25. The position will be vacant for the time being. Kunio Takeda is the third son of the sixth generation of the Chobei Takeda family. Entering the company in 1962, Kunio Takeda was the only remaining Takeda family member sitting on the company's board. His resignation signals that the company is taking a decisively new business direction. (Click here for more - Japanese language