Takeda CEO succession confirmed as Weber plans retirement

Takeda's long-serving chief executive Christophe Weber has said he will retire next year, after 12 years at the Japanese drugmaker.

Weber – who was briefly chief operating officer of Takeda before rising to the CEO role and was the first non-Japanese person to lead the 243-year-old company – will be replaced by Julie Kim, who is currently head of Takeda's US business unit.