Takeda looks to new cancer treatments

Published: 10-May-2006

Japan\'s leading pharma company, Takeda Pharmaceutical, plans to increase efforts to develop cancer treatments, especially wide spectrum drugs.


Japan's leading pharma company, Takeda Pharmaceutical, plans to increase efforts to develop cancer treatments, especially wide spectrum drugs.

The only cancer treatment Takeda currently markets is Leuplin, to treat prostate cancer. The firm intends to develop agents to fight colon, pancreatic, ovarian, breast and non small cell lung cancer. A new treatment for prostate cancer will also be produced.

The planned drugs vary in their activities, including influencing hormone levels (Leuplin), antibody-based drugs and inhibiting growth of cancer cells at the molecular level. These molecular-target agents have fewer side-effects.

To accelerate its development programme, Takeda will actively collaborate with other drugmakers, and has already acquired exclusive access to key antibodies developed by Canadian firm Arius Research.

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