AM I NEXT? NO LOVE AT TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY

Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, has announced that it will be stopping its early-stage programs in gene therapy, as well as rare blood diseases, to concentrate its resources on drugs that are closer to commercialization, including a midstage psoriasis drug that it bought from Nimbus Therapeutics.

The reduction in force will impact 186 employees, including research associates, research scientists, and clinical operations teams in four Cambridge, Massachusetts facilities, beginning in July 2023, and potentially taking place through March 2024.

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