Takeda to Start Internship Program for Tsinghua University of China

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Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (“Takeda”) announced today that it will start an internship program with Tsinghua University, one of the outstanding universities in China.

Osaka, Japan, June 15, 2011 – Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (“Takeda”) announced today that it will start an internship program with Tsinghua University, one of the outstanding universities in China. This program will bring to Takeda the first opportunity to receive students from abroad under its internship program.

Takeda started an internship program for Japanese students in 2004, and the accumulated number of students to date is approximately 600, who have gained work experience at the R&D or Sales functions of the company, and the participants highly appreciate the opportunity as they are able to recognize the challenges in drug discovery and the importance of providing the information related to the pharmaceutical products to healthcare providers through the activities of sales representatives.

The internship program for students of Tsinghua University is expected to encourage the students from China, which is now in the midst of the rapidly growing economy, understand more about a Japanese company’s business activities, and at the same time, to give Takeda’s employees an opportunity to learn ideas from the Chinese students that would be new for the company.

“Many Chinese students are interested in engaging in global business, and I believe that this internship program will provide such students with a good opportunity to learn about the business activities of a Japanese company and to gain valuable experiences,” said Yasuchika Hasegawa, President & CEO of Takeda. “I expect that this would serve for broadening the exchanges between young generation talents in China and Japan in the near future.”

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About Takeda

Located in Osaka, Japan, Takeda is a research-based global company with its main focus on pharmaceuticals. As the largest pharmaceutical company in Japan and one of the global leaders of the industry, Takeda is committed to strive towards better health for patients worldwide through leading innovation in medicine. Additional information about Takeda is available through its corporate website,www.takeda.com.

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