0001395064-21-000002.txt : 20210121 0001395064-21-000002.hdr.sgml : 20210121 20210121060809 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001395064-21-000002 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 6-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20210121 FILED AS OF DATE: 20210121 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20210121 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001395064 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 6-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-38757 FILM NUMBER: 21540313 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1-1, NIHONBASHI-HONCHO 2-CHOME, CHUO-KU CITY: TOKYO STATE: M0 ZIP: 103-8668 BUSINESS PHONE: 81332782111 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1-1, NIHONBASHI-HONCHO 2-CHOME, CHUO-KU CITY: TOKYO STATE: M0 ZIP: 103-8668 6-K 1 form6k-012121.htm FORM 6-K Document


FORM 6-K


U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549


Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of January 2021

 Commission File Number: 001-38757
TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

1-1, Nihonbashi-Honcho 2-Chome
Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-8668
Japan
(Address of principal executive offices)


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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED
Date: January 21, 2021By:
/s/ Christopher O'Reilly
Christopher O'Reilly
Global Head of Investor Relations




Statement



Start of a Japanese Clinical Study of TAK-919, Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate


- Administration of Moderna’s vaccine candidate to the first subject in a Japanese clinical study

Osaka, JAPAN, January 21, 2021 - Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) (“Takeda”) has initiated a clinical phase 1/2 study in Japan of TAK-919, Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate. TAK-919 is the Japanese development code for Moderna’s mRNA-1273 vaccine candidate. This study is a placebo-controlled study to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of the mRNA-1273 vaccine in 200 adult subjects. The first subject in the clinical study received the vaccine today.

More detailed information about this study is available at ClinicalTrials.gov (only available in English) and the Takeda website (only available in Japanese).

As announced on October 29, 2020, Takeda will import and distribute 50 million doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate, mRNA-1273 (TAK-919), starting in the first half of 2021, pending licensure in Japan.