Takeda, Astellas and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Announce Master Agreement to Establish Joint Venture Company for Incubation of Early Drug Discovery Programs

TOKYO, April 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE: 4502/NYSE: TAK, President and CEO; Christophe Weber, “Takeda”), Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Naoki Okamura, “Astellas”), and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (President & CEO:…