Celebrating the Legacy of Excellence and Innovation

Business Wire India

• Both partners Zydus and Takeda to make the JV Company, Zydus Takeda Healthcare Private Limited’s (ZTHPL) plant at Vashi, a strategic site to support Takeda’s new products.
• The plant at Vashi to manufacture Takeda’s legacy small molecules for Europe and for rest of the world (U.S. excluded).
• Will explore manufacturing of key starting materials (KSMs) and key intermediates for other products of Takeda in the future.

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Zydus Takeda Healthcare Private Limited (ZTHPL), a joint venture company set up by Zydus Lifesciences Limited and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (Takeda) (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK), celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Vashi manufacturing plant in India. This milestone underscores the company's commitment to producing high-quality active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and intermediates for life-transforming treatments for patients in need globally.
 
Over the past 25 years, the manufacturing site at Vashi has emerged as a supplier of APIs and intermediates for Takeda’s markets in Europe, Japan, Brazil, and Korea. As a 100% export-oriented unit, it has consistently put safety and quality first. Reflecting on its journey, the site successfully executed capacity enhancements and multiple tech transfers for key Takeda small molecule products, and maintained competitiveness, making it an important manufacturing site within Takeda’s network.
 
Looking to the future, Zydus Takeda aims to elevate the site’s role within Takeda's strategic network. Key initiatives include expanding the product portfolio with new active pharmaceutical ingredients and key starting materials, enhancing kilo lab facilities, transitioning to renewable energy to support Takeda’s net-zero emissions goal, investing in digital automation technologies to improve efficiency and reducing waste. Additionally, the focus is on developing new supply chain strategies, strengthening global collaboration, driving employee engagement through continuous learning, and advancing initiatives focused on health and environmental sustainability.
 
“We are grateful for the successful partnership with Zydus, who share our values and commitment to better serving patients worldwide. Over the past 25 years, the Vashi colleagues have established the site as an integral part of the Takeda network. Their dedication to continuously improving the site will remain critical for the future success of the site, with a strong focus on safety, quality, and environmental sustainability,” said Thomas Wozniewski, Global Manufacturing and Supply Officer, Takeda and Chairman and Director on the Board of Zydus Takeda.
 
Pankaj R. Patel, Chairman Zydus Lifesciences and Director on the Board of Zydus Takeda, said, “At Zydus we have always believed in nurturing win-win partnerships and collaborations for growth. This marks a very special landmark in a partnership that has evolved over the decades. We continue to remain committed to high standards of quality and precision in manufacturing excellence with which the JV was founded and continues to be its cornerstone. As we continue this journey, we will explore new opportunities for growth and excellence.”
 
The 25th anniversary also celebrates the dedicated team at Vashi. Their expertise and adaptability have driven the site’s success, exemplifying the shared values of Zydus and Takeda which are patient centricity, trust, reputation, business, adaptability to change, excellence in execution, innovation, collaboration, respect, trust and integrity. The Zydus Takeda team, known for its professionalism, continues to uphold these values.

About Zydus

Zydus Lifesciences Ltd. with an overarching purpose of empowering people with freedom to live healthier and more fulfilled lives, is an innovative, global life sciences company that discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets a broad range of healthcare therapies. The group employs over 27,000 people worldwide, including 1,400 scientists engaged in R & D, and is driven by its mission to unlock new possibilities in life sciences through quality healthcare solutions that impact lives. The group aspires to transform lives through pathbreaking discoveries. For more details visit www.zyduslife.com

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 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. We serve patients in approximately 80 countries and regions 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.