Takeda Pharmaceutical

TAK

Market cap $54.8B

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (NYSE:TAK) on Friday revealed encouraging secondary data from two pivotal Phase 3 trials evaluating zasocitinib, its next-generation oral treatment for moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis.

OSAKA, Japan & CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Takeda (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) announced new data from the two pivotal Phase 3 studies of zasocitinib (TAK-279), a next-generation, highly selective and potent oral tyrosine kinase 2 (TYK2) inhibitor, in adults with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis (PsO).1 Presented at the 2026 American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) Innovation Academy, these secondary endpoint data show that zasocitinib demonstrated consistent and high rates of skin clearance acro.

OSAKA, Japan & CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & JAKARTA, Indonesia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Takeda (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) and the Indonesian Government (the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Investment and Downstream Industry/BKPM and the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs) today announced a groundbreaking collaboration aimed at strengthening Indonesia's plasma ecosystem and supporting more equitable access to lifesaving plasma-derived medicinal products (PDMPs) in Indonesia and around the world. Marked by a.

Partnership to leverage Pharma.AI platform for novel drug candidates across Takeda's therapeutic areas CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Insilico Medicine ("Insilico" HKEX:3696), a leader in clinical-stage generative AI for drug discovery, today announced a strategic collaboration agreement with Takeda to use its proprietary end-to-end platform, Pharma.AI, to advance drug candidates across the company's therapeutic areas.

Takeda is set to pay InSilico to use its proprietary Pharma. AI platform to advance drug candidates across several therapeutic areas, according to people familiar with the matter.

OSAKA, Japan & CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In the final step of its 18-month CEO transition, Takeda (TOKYO:4502/NYSE:TAK) today announced that Julie Kim was officially appointed Takeda's Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer. During the 150th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, which took place in Osaka, Japan, shareholders elected Julie as a new internal director to the Board of Directors. Following the vote and conclusion of the meeting, the Board of Direct.

OSAKA, Japan & CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Takeda (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) today presented additional results from two pivotal studies at SLEEP 2026, showing oveporexton (TAK-861), an oral orexin receptor 2 (OX2R)-selective agonist, improved daily functioning as well as cognitive and sleep-related symptoms associated with narcolepsy type 1 (NT1).1,2,3 Oveporexton is designed to address the underlying orexin deficiency that causes NT1 by restoring orexin signaling. These data, along with previ.

Takeda said Thursday its AI-designed psoriasis pill, zasocitinib, easily beat Bristol's Sotyktu in a head-to-head study.

Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical said on Thursday its experimental once-daily psoriasis pill, developed with the help of AI, outperformed Bristol Myers Squibb's approved ​drug Sotyktu in a late-stage head-to-head study.

OSAKA, Japan & CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Takeda (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) announced positive topline results for the Phase 3, randomized, multicenter, double-blind study comparing zasocitinib (TAK-279), an investigational, next-generation, highly selective and potent oral tyrosine kinase 2 (TYK2) inhibitor, to deucravacitinib in adults with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis (PsO). In the LATITUDE Atlas (TAK-279-PsO-3004) head-to-head study, zasocitinib demonstrated statistical superiority.