Takeda to further cement presence in Cambridge, MA biopharma hub with 600,000-square-foot R&D center

In the nearly eight years since Christophe Weber tapped Andy Plump as the new R&D chief at Takeda, the two top execs have been on a mission to elevate the company into a top-15 global giant, with a pipeline to match. And now they’ve set out to create a sprawling, 600,000 square-foot R&D and office HQ to complement this vision and fly their multinational flag over the heart of the Cambridge, MA biotech hub.