Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. CEO Out as Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. Reorganizes, Cuts Costs

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Deborah Dunsire, the CEO who led Millennium Pharmaceuticals to prominence in cancer treatment, is leaving the company in an abrupt departure five years after it was acquired by Japan-based Takeda Pharmaceuticals. Dunsire exits as the company is seeking to merge operations around the globe and cut costs as it braces for a sales decline. Anna Protopapas, a Takeda executive vice president of business development who has been with the company since 1997, will replace Dunsire as president of Takeda’s Cambridge, MA-based cancer operation, effective immediately. Dunsire will also depart from Takeda’s board of directors at next month’s board meeting, just one year after she joined the board.

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