Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited has announced the establishment of a new organization, Ethical Marketing Management Department, under Pharmaceutical Marketing Division.

The company announced that Iwaaki Taniguchi, was appointed as senior vice president, corporate finance & controlling department, Junichi Handa was appointed as senior vice president, human resources department, Akihiro Aoyagi was appointed as senior vice president, administrative management department pharmaceuticals affairs and Youji Ishii was appointed as vice president, pharmaceutical production division. The company has appointed Toshihiro Yamanaka as vice president, pharmaceutical marketing division, Shinji Imahara as vice president, ethical marketing management department, pharmaceutical marketing division, Akihiko Bandou as vice president, ethical product management department, pharmaceutical marketing division, Masato Iwasaki as director, senior vice president, pharmaceutical marketing division and vice president, HR management department, pharmaceutical marketing division. The company has also appointed the following members as vice president's of pharmaceutical marketing division for the following branches. Ikuo Koide for Tohoku branch, Tomoaki Takahashi for Tokyo branch, Seizou Miyata for Kitakanto branch, Masahiko Higuchi for Koshin-etsu branch, Hitoshi Yokoyama for Nagoya branch, Yoshihiro Hosokawa for Osaka branch, Makoto Takimoto for Kobe branch, Tadashi Fukui for Kyoto branch, Youichi Kanayama for Shikoku branch and Hisatsugu Asada for Chugoku branch.

In addition, the company also announced change of the name of the two departments under Pharmaceutical Marketing Division, 'Ethical Products Marketing Department' to 'Ethical Product Management Department', and also 'Training Personnel Development Department' to 'HR Management Department' with its extended function.