NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE:4502) (the “Company or “Takeda”) announces that it has today, December 3, 2018 (London time), entered into a Loan Agreement with the Japan Bank for International Cooperation ( “JBIC”) for an aggregate principal amount of up to 3,700,000,000 U.S. d...