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*	***Revenue Growth of +13.4% at Actual Exchange Rates (AER); +5.0% at Constant Exchange Rate (CER) Driven by Continued Advancement of Growth & Launch Products (+18.7% at CER)***
*	***Core Operating Profit Increase of +12.9% at CER; Core Operating Profit Margin of 30.2%***
*	***Double-Digit Revenue Growth of ENTYVIO® at CER Driven by Launch of ENTYVIO® Pen in the U.S***. 
*	***Geographical Expansion with Approvals of ADZYNMA® in EU and FRUZAQLA® in Japan ***
*	***Late-Stage Pipeline Advances with the Start of Phase 3 Trial of TAK-861 in Narcolepsy Type 1***
*	***Company will Hold R&D Day for Investors and Media on December 12 (Eastern) / 13 (Japan) ***


**OSAKA, Japan, October 31, 2024** – Takeda ([TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK](https://www.takeda.com/investors/stock-information/)) today announced earnings results for the first half of fiscal year 2024 (six months ended September 30, 2024), with continued momentum in its Growth & Launch Products driving growth. The company has upgraded its full year forecasts and Management Guidance to reflect stronger than anticipated first-half performance (including milder than anticipated generic erosion of VYVANSE® in the U.S.) and revised foreign exchange assumptions.

The strong performance of Takeda’s Growth and Launch Product portfolio, which grew 18.7% at CER and represented 47% of total revenue, reinforces the company’s confidence in returning to sustainable revenue and profit growth. 

The initiation of TAK-861’s Phase 3 trial in August for narcolepsy type 1 demonstrates Takeda’s strength in advancing its promising late-stage pipeline to develop life-transforming treatments. More details on the company’s R&D strategy and pipeline updates, including commercial prospects, will be presented at Takeda’s R&D Day taking place on December 12 (EST) / 13 (JST), 2024.  

**Takeda chief executive officer, Christophe Weber, commented:**

“In the first half of fiscal year 2024, we made further progress in advancing our pipeline, including the initiation of our TAK-861 Phase 3 trial for narcolepsy type 1. Our late-stage programs continue to advance, with several in Phase 3 development this fiscal year, and have the potential to transform the lives of patients around the world.

“Our commercial execution has positioned us for sustainable growth despite a dynamic and competitive environment. Bolstered by the continued strong performance of our Growth & Launch Products, including a return to double-digit growth of ENTYVIO®, lifecycle management approvals and successful launches of new products such as FRUZAQLA® in our oncology portfolio, our business and long-term outlook remains strong.”

**Takeda chief financial officer, Milano Furuta, commented:**

“We are upgrading our FY2024 full year outlook, reflecting stronger than anticipated first half performance as well as updated foreign exchange assumptions for the year. Full year guidance reflects our intention to increase R&D investment in the second half to support our late-stage pipeline. 

“We remain confident in delivering sustainable growth with our Growth & Launch Products and promising late-stage pipeline. Implementation of our multi-year program to improve our efficiency through organizational agility, procurement savings and data, digital and technology is progressing as planned. We continue to drive these initiatives to improve our Core Operating Profit Margin from FY2025 towards our low-to-mid 30s% target.”

Takeda announced strong earnings results for the first half of fiscal year 2024, with continued momentum in its Growth & Launch Products and advancements in its promising late-stage pipeline.

Takeda Announces Strong First Half FY2024 Results and Raises Full Year Outlook

**OSAKA, Japan, October 31, 2024** – Takeda ([TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK](/investors/overview/)) today announced the revised forecast of the full year consolidated financials for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025 (FY2024), as below.

1. Revised Forecast for Full Year Consolidated Financials for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2025

OSAKA, Japan, October 31, 2024 – Takeda (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) today announced the revised forecast of the full year consolidated financials for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025 (FY2024), as below.

Notice of the Revised Forecast of Consolidated Financials for FY2024 (IFRS)

**OSAKA, Japan, and CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, October 17, 2024** – Takeda ([TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK](https://www.takeda.com/investors/)) today announced that it will host its earnings call on Thursday, October 31, 2024, to present its 1st half results for fiscal year 2024. Details below:

**Date/Time**: Thursday, October 31, 19:00-20:15 (JST) / 10:00-11:15 (GMT) / 06:00-07:15 (EDT)

**Participants (planned):**

* Christophe Weber, President and Chief Executive Officer
* Milano Furuta, Chief Financial Officer
* Andy Plump, President, Research & Development
* Other executive leadership

**Content:** Presentation, Q&A session - presented in English and Japanese with simultaneous interpretation.

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**Presentation material:** Presentation material will become available on [Takeda’s website](https://www.takeda.com/investors/financial-results/quarterly-results/) at 15:00 (JST) / 6:00 (GMT) / 2:00 (EDT) on Thursday, October 31st.

**On-demand Replay:** An on-demand replay will be made available on [Takeda’s website](https://www.takeda.com/investors/financial-results/quarterly-results/) after the conclusion of the event.

**Notes:** For optimal performance of simultaneous interpretation and raise-hand functions, please upgrade your Zoom application to the latest version [here](https://zoom.us/support/download).

## About Takeda

Takeda is focused on creating better health for people and a brighter future for the world. We aim to discover and deliver life-transforming treatments in our core therapeutic and business areas, including gastrointestinal and inflammation, rare diseases, plasma-derived therapies, oncology, neuroscience and vaccines. Together with our partners, we aim to improve the patient experience and advance a new frontier of treatment options through our dynamic and diverse pipeline. As a leading values-based, R&D-driven biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Japan, we are guided by our commitment to patients, our people and the planet. Our employees in approximately 80 countries and regions are driven by our purpose and are grounded in the values that have defined us for more than two centuries. For more information, visit [www.takeda.com](http://www.takeda.com/).

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Takeda today announced that it will host its earnings call on Thursday, October 31, 2024, to present its 1st half financial results for fiscal year 2024.

 Takeda to Hold Earnings Call for Fiscal Year 2024 1st Half on October 31

*   ***Approval Based on Results from Positive, Global, Phase 3 FRESCO-2 Trial***

*   ***FRUZAQLA (fruquintinib) is the First Novel Targeted Therapy in Japan for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer (mCRC) Regardless of Biomarker Status in Over a Decade***

**OSAKA, Japan and CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, September 24, 2024** – Takeda ([TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK](https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink\&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.takeda.com%2Finvestors%2F\&esheet=52286207\&newsitemid=20200915005224\&lan=en-US\&anchor=TSE%3A4502%2FNYSE%3ATAK\&index=2\&md5=b7076f2bbb02ad331cdf76657f8aa07f)) today announced that it has received approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare to manufacture and market FRUZAQLA Capsules 1mg/5mg (generic name: fruquintinib), a selective oral inhibitor of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR) -1, -2 and -3, for the treatment of advanced or recurrent colorectal cancer (CRC) that is neither curable nor resectable and that has progressed after chemotherapy.

The approval is based primarily on the results of the FRESCO-2 trial, a global Phase 3 clinical trial conducted in the United States, Europe, Japan and Australia. The trial compared FRUZAQLA plus best supportive care (BSC) with placebo plus BSC in patients with previously treated metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). The FRESCO-2 trial met all primary and key secondary efficacy endpoints and demonstrated consistent benefits in patients who received FRUZAQLA, regardless of the types of therapy the patients had previously received. FRUZAQLA demonstrated a manageable safety profile in the FRESCO-2 trial, with the incidence of adverse events leading to discontinuation being 21% in the placebo plus BSC arm compared to 20% in the FRUZAQLA plus BSC arm.<sup>1</sup> The data from the FRESCO-2 trial were [published](https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736\(23\)00772-9/abstract) in The Lancet in June 2023.

Dr. Takayuki Yoshino, deputy director of hospital, head, Division for the Promotion of Drug and Diagnostic Development, and chief, Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology at the National Cancer Center Hospital East, who served on the FRESCO-2 study Steering Committee, said, “Although the mortality rate of colorectal cancer has been going down in recent years due to early screening and advances in treatment, the 5-year survival rate for metastatic colorectal cancer remains low and new treatment options are much in need. The approval of FRUZAQLA in Japan offers new hope for patients and families of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer, as well as for healthcare personnel involved in colorectal cancer treatment. I feel that it is of great clinical significance.”

“For more than a decade, Takeda has been a leader in advancing the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer in Japan. With this approval of FRUZAQLA, we are able to further support patients living with this debilitating disease,” said Teresa Bitetti, president of the Global Oncology Business Unit at Takeda. “FRUZAQLA is now approved in the U.S., European Union, Japan and a number of other countries around the world, and we remain committed to bringing this treatment to additional patients with metastatic colorectal cancer around the world who urgently need new therapeutic options.”

## About FRUZAQLA (fruquintinib)

FRUZAQLA is a selective oral inhibitor of all three VEGF receptors (-1, -2 and -3). VEGFR inhibitors play a pivotal role in blocking tumor angiogenesis. FRUZAQLA was designed to have enhanced selectivity that limits off-target kinase activity, allowing for drug exposure achieving sustained target inhibition and flexibility for potential use as part of combination therapy.

Takeda has the exclusive worldwide license to further develop, commercialize, and manufacture fruquintinib outside of mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau. FRUZAQLA was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in November 2023 and by the European Commission (EC) in June 2024. Fruquintinib is developed and marketed in China by HUTCHMED. Fruquintinib was approved for marketing by the China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) in September 2018 and commercially launched in China in November 2018 under the brand name ELUNATE®.

## JAPAN IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION

Please consult the FRUZAQLA (fruquintinib) Japan package insert (J-PI) before prescribing.

**WARNING:** FRUZAQLA should be administered only to patients for whom the use of FRUZAQLA is considered appropriate under the supervision of a physician with sufficient knowledge of and experience in cancer chemotherapy at a medical institution where adequate emergency care can be provided. Prior to treatment initiation, the efficacy and risks should be fully explained to the patient and/or his/her family and informed consent should be obtained; Severe gastrointestinal hemorrhage, including fatal cases, has been reported. Patients should be carefully monitored, and if any abnormalities are observed, administration of FRUZAQLA should be withheld and appropriate measures should be taken. If severe hemorrhage occurs, FRUZAQLA should not be re-administered; Gastrointestinal perforation has been reported with some fatal cases. Patients should be carefully monitored, and if any abnormalities are observed, administration of FRUZAQLA should be withheld and appropriate measures should be taken. If gastrointestinal perforation occurs, FRUZAQLA should not be re-administered.

**CONTRAINDICATIONS:** Patients with a history of hypersensitivity to any of the ingredients of FRUZAQLA.

**IMPORTANT PRECAUTIONS:** Hypertension, including hypertensive crisis, may occur. Blood pressure should be measured prior to the initiation of FRUZAQLA treatment and periodically during this treatment; Proteinuria may occur. Urinary protein should be monitored prior to the initiation of FRUZAQLA treatment and periodically during this treatment; If a surgical procedure is to be performed, patients are recommended to withhold FRUZAQLA before the surgery because wound healing may be delayed. Treatment resumption after the surgical procedure should be determined depending on the patient's condition upon confirmation of adequate wound healing.

**PRECAUTIONS CONCERNING PATIENTS WITH SPECIFIC BACKGROUNDS: Patients with hypertension:** Hypertension may worsen; **Patients with bleeding diathesis or abnormal coagulation system:** Hemorrhagic events may occur; **Patients with hemorrhage such as gastrointestinal hemorrhage:** Hemorrhage may be enhanced; **Patients with a complication of intra-abdominal inflammation in the gastrointestinal tract, etc.:** Gastrointestinal perforation may occur; **Patients with current or a history of thromboembolism:** Transient ischaemic attack, thrombotic microangiopathy, pulmonary embolism, portal vein thrombosis, deep vein thrombosis, etc. may occur; **Patients with severe hepatic impairment (Child-Pugh Class C):** Since FRUZAQLA is metabolized mainly in the liver, blood concentrations may be increased. There have been no clinical studies conducted in patients with severe hepatic impairment; **Patients with Reproductive Potential:** Women of childbearing potential should be advised to use adequate contraception during treatment with FRUZAQLA and for 2 weeks after the last dose; **Pregnant Women:** FRUZAQLA can be administered to women who are or may be pregnant only if the expected therapeutic benefits outweigh the possible risks associated with this treatment. In a rat embryo-fetal toxicity study, fetal abnormalities and teratogenic effects consisting of fetal external, visceral, and skeletal malformations and visceral and skeletal variations were observed at exposure levels approximately 0.05 times the exposure level (AUC) of FRUZAQLA at the maximum clinical dose (5 mg/day); **Breast-feeding Women:** It is advisable not to breastfeed. FRUZAQLA may pass into breast milk, and infants may experience serious adverse reactions if they are ingested through breast milk; **Pediatric Use:** There have been no clinical studies conducted in pediatric patients.

## ADVERSE REACTIONS:

Any of the adverse reactions listed below may occur. Patients should be closely monitored, and if any such abnormalities are observed, appropriate measures should be taken, including treatment discontinuation. Clinically Significant Adverse Reactions are follows.

**Hypertension:** Hypertension or hypertensive crisis may occur. If an increase in blood pressure is observed, appropriate treatment such as antihypertensive drug administration should be given as necessary, and if necessary, the dose of fruquintinib should be reduced, or fruquintinib administration should be interrupted. If severe or persistent hypertension, or hypertension that cannot be controlled by routine antihypertensive therapy occurs or if a hypertensive crisis occurs, fruquintinib administration should be discontinued; **Skin disorder:** Skin disorder including palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia syndrome and rash may occur; **Hemorrhage:** Hemorrhage including epistaxis, hematuria, gastrointestinal hemorrhage and hemoptysis may occur. Fatal outcomes have been reported; **Gastrointestinal perforation:** Fatal outcomes have been reported; **Arterial thromboembolic events:** Arterial thromboembolic events including transient ischemic attack and thrombotic microangiopathy may occur; **Venous thromboembolism events:** Venous thromboembolism such as pulmonary embolism, portal vein thrombosis, and deep vein thrombosis may occur; **Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome:** If headaches, convulsions, lethargy, confusion, changes in mental function, blindness or other visual disturbances, or neurological impairment are observed, fruquintinib administration should be discontinued, and appropriate measures should be taken, including blood pressure control; **Arterial dissection:** Arterial dissection including aortic dissection may occur.

**For US Prescribing Information:** <https://www.fruzaqla.com/sites/default/files/resources/fruzaqla-prescribing-information.pdf>

**For European Union Summary of Product Characteristics:** <https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/fruzaqla>

## About the Phase 3 FRESCO-2 Trial

The FRESCO-2 study is a multi-regional clinical trial conducted in the U.S., Europe, Japan and Australia investigating FRUZAQLA plus BSC vs placebo plus BSC in patients with previously treated mCRC ([NCT04322539](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04322539)). The study met all of its primary and key secondary endpoints, demonstrating that treatment with FRUZAQLA resulted in statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in overall survival and progression-free survival. The safety profile of FRUZAQLA in FRESCO-2 was consistent with previously reported fruquintinib monotherapy studies. Results from the study were [presented](https://oncologypro.esmo.org/meeting-resources/esmo-congress-2022/fresco-2-a-global-phase-iii-multiregional-clinical-trial-mrct-evaluating-the-efficacy-and-safety-of-fruquintinib-in-patients-with-refractory-met) at ESMO in September 2022 and subsequently [published](https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736\(23\)00772-9/abstract) in *The Lancet* in June 2023.<sup>2,1</sup>

## Takeda’s Commitment to Colorectal Cancer in Japan

CRC is the most prevalent type of cancer in Japan, with an estimated 161,000 new cases and 54,000 deaths in 2023, according to the National Cancer Center’s statistics.<sup>3</sup> While early-stage CRC can be surgically resected, mCRC remains an area of high unmet need with patients awaiting new treatment options, given its poor prognosis and limited treatment options.<sup>4-8 </sup>For over a decade, we have contributed to the treatment of patients with late-stage CRC who have limited treatment options and to the advancement of personalized treatment through the provision of innovative medicines and the generation of relevant evidence. Moving forward, we will continue our work to treat patients with CRC and address their unmet needs.

## About Takeda

Takeda is focused on creating better health for people and a brighter future for the world. We aim to discover and deliver life-transforming treatments in our core therapeutic and business areas, including gastrointestinal and inflammation, rare diseases, plasma-derived therapies, oncology, neuroscience and vaccines. Together with our partners, we aim to improve the patient experience and advance a new frontier of treatment options through our dynamic and diverse pipeline. As a leading values-based, R\&D-driven biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Japan, we are guided by our commitment to patients, our people and the planet. Our employees in approximately 80 countries and regions are driven by our purpose and are grounded in the values that have defined us for more than two centuries. For more information, visit [www.takeda.com](http://www.takeda.com).

## Media Contacts:

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**U.S. and International Media**

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The companies in which Takeda directly and indirectly owns investments are separate entities. In this press release, “Takeda” is sometimes used for convenience where references are made to Takeda and its subsidiaries in general. Likewise, the words “we”, “us” and “our” are also used to refer to subsidiaries in general or to those who work for them. These expressions are also used where no useful purpose is served by identifying the particular company or companies.

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Takeda announces Japanese Ministry of Health approval for FRUZAQLA (fruquintinib) to treat unresectable advanced or recurrent colorectal cancer, based on positive Phase 3 FRESCO-2 trial results.

Takeda Receives Approval for FRUZAQLA (fruquintinib) in Japan for the Treatment of Unresectable Advanced or Recurrent Colorectal Cancer

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