Takeda will stop manufacturing its medication Natpara for a rare endocrine condition at the end of 2024 after failing to resolve longstanding production issues.
Worries about competition to Shire's bread-and-butter hemophilia franchise were clear even before Takeda bought it. That fear has become reality.
Enforcement Report - Week of October 2, 2019
Welcome to the FiercePharma political roundup, where each Monday we’ll highlight notable developments that could affect how drugmakers operate—and their public image, which, as we reported earlier this month, is already at an all-time low.
Takeda’s been looking for a buyer for Natpara to provide some debt relief, but it has just run into some complicating circumstances. It is having to recall the eye drug from the market, a move it says may be very challenging for patients.
Takeda Issues US Recall of NATPARA® (parathyroid hormone)
Nps Pharms's Biological Natpara(Parathyroid Hormone) Receives Approval in US
NPS Pharms' Biological Natpara (Parathyroid Hormone) Receives Approval in US
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. is weighing the sale of a Shire Plc eye care business once its $62 billion purchase of the U.K.-listed biotech firm is completed, as it seeks ways to cut the debt raised to fund the deal, people familiar with the matter said.
Sept 13 (Reuters) - Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical is considering selling Shire Plc's eye care business once it closes its $62 billion purchase of the London-listed drugmaker, as it looks to cut the debt raised to fund the deal, Bloomberg reported on Thursday.