OSAKA, Japan & CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 23, 2024--Takeda (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) today presented positive results from its Phase 2b, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study evaluating the safety, tolerability and efficacy of mezagitamab (TAK-079) in patients with persistent or chronic primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), a rare immune-mediated bleeding disorder. ITP is characterized by the accelerated destruction of platelets in blood, resulting in a decreased platelet count and an increa
OSAKA, Japan & CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 21, 2024--Takeda (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) today announced that the European Commission (EC) approved FRUZAQLA (fruquintinib) as a monotherapy indicated for the treatment of adult patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) who have been previously treated with available standard therapies, including fluoropyrimidine-, oxaliplatin-, and irinotecan-based chemotherapies, anti-VEGF agents, and anti-EGFR agents, and who have progressed on or are intolerant to tr
— Approval for previously treated metastatic colorectal cancer based on results from positive, global, Phase III FRESCO-2 Trial — — FRUZAQLA® (fruquintinib) is the first novel targeted therapy in the EU for metastatic colorectal cancer regardless of biomarker status in over a decade — HONG KONG, SHANGHAI and FLORHAM PARK, N.J., June 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HUTCHMED (China) Limited (“HUTCHMED”) (Nasdaq/AIM:HCM; HKEX:13) today announces that its partner Takeda (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) has receive