Shintaro Takeda | |
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Born | 1886 Kitaazumi District, Japan |
Died | 1957 (aged 70–71) Kyoto, Japan |
Nationality | Japanese |
Occupation | Painter |
Shintaro Takeda (1886 – 1957) was a Japanese painter. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics. [1]
The Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited is a Japanese multinational pharmaceutical company. It is the third largest pharmaceutical company in Asia, behind Sinopharm and Shanghai Pharmaceuticals, and one of the top 20 largest pharmaceutical companies in the world by revenue. The company has over 49,578 employees worldwide and achieved US$19.299 billion in revenue during the 2018 fiscal year. The company is focused on oncology, rare diseases, neuroscience, gastroenterology, plasma-derived therapies and vaccines. Its headquarters is located in Chuo-ku, Osaka, and it has an office in Nihonbashi, Chuo, Tokyo. In January 2012, Fortune Magazine ranked the Takeda Oncology Company as one of the 100 best companies to work for in the United States. As of 2015, Christophe Weber was appointed as the CEO and president of Takeda.
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Events in the year 1968 in Japan.
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