Takeda sells 5 prescription drugs to China's Hasten for $322m

Blood pressure treatment Ebrantil part of Japanese company's latest asset sale

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Japan's Takeda will sell off prescription drugs available in China, including the Ebrantil blood pressure reducer. (Photo by Nobuyoshi Shioda)

Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Takeda Pharmaceutical will sell five prescription products to China's Hasten Biopharmaceutic in a $322 million deal as Japan's top drugmaker continues to slash debt from its acquisition of Ireland-based peer Shire.

The transaction is slated to close by the end of June and covers cardiovascular and metabolism treatments sold in mainland China, including the Ebrantil blood pressure reducer.

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