Joint Venture Company Established for Incubation of Early Drug Discovery Programs; Investment from Takeda, Astellas and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking

TOKYO, Oct. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Ciconia Bioventures Inc. (Representative Director, Founder CEO: Toshio Fujimoto, "Ciconia") today announced its establishment as a joint venture company based on a master agreement signed on April 22, 2024 by Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE: 4502/NYSE: TAK, President and CEO, Christophe Weber, "Takeda"), Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Naoki Okamura, "Astellas"), and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (President & CEO: Akihiro Fukutome, "SMBC"). (News release regarding the master agreement is here.)