Company: TAK
Filing Date: 2025-06-25
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001395064-25-000095
Chunk: 10

Company: TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD
Filing Date: 2025-06-25
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 3
Chunk 10
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 at risk (i. e., prior to a judicial determination). If such a launch occurred prior to completion of court proceedings, a court may decline to grant a preliminary injunction. While we may be entitled to obtain damages subsequently, the amount we may ultimately be awarded and able to collect may be insufficient to compensate for the loss of sales and other harm caused to us. Furthermore, if we lose patent protection as a result of an adverse court decision or a settlement, in certain jurisdictions, we may face the risk that government and private third-party payers and purchasers of pharmaceutical products may claim damages alleging they have over-reimbursed or overpaid for a drug.

If our patent and other intellectual property rights are infringed by generic or biosimilar drug manufacturers or other third parties, we may not be able to take full advantage of the potential or existing demand for our products. The protection that we are able to obtain for our prescription drugs varies from product to product and country to country and may not always be sufficient because of local variations in issued patents, or differences in national law or legal systems, including inconsistency in the enforcement or application of law and limitations on the availability of meaningful legal remedies. In particular, patent protection in emerging markets is often less certain than in developed markets. Certain countries may also engage in compulsory licensing of pharmaceutical intellectual property to other manufacturers as a result of local political pressure. Furthermore, the attention of our management and other personnel could be diverted from their normal business activities if we decide to litigate against such infringement. The realization of any such risks could adversely and materially affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We may have difficulty maintaining the competitiveness of our products.

The pharmaceutical industry is highly competitive, and in order to maintain the competitiveness of our product portfolio, we are required to maintain ongoing, extensive research for technological innovations, including new compounds, to develop and commercialize existing pipeline products, to expand our product portfolio through acquisitions, partnerships and in-licensing, and to market our products effectively, including by communicating the efficacy, safety and value of our products to healthcare professionals. However, healthcare professionals and consumers may choose competitors’ products over ours, if they perceive these products to be safer, more reliable, more effective, easier to administer or less expensive. Sales of the rare disease portfolio are particularly concentrated among small groups of customers and we may be disproportionately affected by changes in their purchasing patterns, including if we are unable to maintain the competitiveness of our products.

The success of any product depends on our ability to effectively communicate with and educate healthcare professionals