Takeda's patients

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. is trying to incorporate patient input throughout the drug development continuum, from early stage candidate selection to clinical trial design. While the pharma is hopeful that FDA will provide clarity on how it plans to integrate patient perspectives into drug reviews, Takeda isn't letting regulatory uncertainty slow down its efforts.

The pharma believes increased patient engagement will result in faster clinical trial recruitment and produce treatments that patients actually want and need...