Takeda undertakes major management reshuffle

Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical has carried out a major management reshuffle. Under the reorganization: Shigenori Ohkawa will become  chief  scientific officer and his role as general manager of the pharmaceutical  research division will be assumed by Hiroyuki Odaka; former chief  executive of Takeda North America Alan MacKenzie is now executive vice  president of international operations and will be replaced by Shinji  Honda; Tetsuo Miwa was promoted to general manager of the company's  chemistry manufacturing controls center; and Nancy Joseph-Ridge takes  over from Masaomi Miyamoto as general manager of the pharmaceutical  development division. Additionally, the firm is to appoint a chief  administrative officer at a later date.