Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd. is a research-based global company with its main focus on pharmaceuticals. As the largest pharmaceutical company in Japan and one of the industry's leaders worldwide, Takeda's management mission is "to strive toward better health for individuals and progress in medicine by developing superior pharmaceutical products." Takeda is engaged in activities spanning research and development, manufacturing, and sales and marketing on a world-wide level. Under the current management vision to become an R&D oriented world-class pharmaceutical company, Takeda is taking all possible measures to enhance its R&D pipeline through promotion of its own R&D, in-licensing/alliances and life-cycle management of existing products. In addition, Takeda aims to be "a company that grows together with its stakeholders." Takeda is actively engaged in social contribution activities aiming to become a good corporate citizen in the world.