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Innovating For Patients People And The Planet Takeda is an innovative pharmaceutical company focused on improving patients’ lived experiences and revolutionising the way diseases are treated around the whole world, including Serbia
MILENA ARGIROVIĆ, MD, Takeda Country Head for Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, North Macedonia, Kosovo
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he entire Serbian team works tirelessly to provide better health and a brighter future for people living in this region, says Takeda Managing director Milena Argirovic with pride. It was 10 years ago that Takeda brought its values – of integrity, fairness, honesty and perseverance – from Japan and implemented them in Serbia. What Serbian values has Takeda adopted? It’s already been ten years since we started taking care of patients in Serbia. And 24
240 years since Takeda founder Chobei I established Takeda in Osaka, Japan. While our company is evolving continuously, we haven’t lost touch with our rich heritage. “Takeda-ism”, Patient-Trust-Reputation-Business, always in that order, define our values and guide all actions taken by the company and its employees every day. Returning to your question, I would say that Takeda has adopted not only Serbian values, but also values of the entire region for which our Belgrade office is responsible. We respect diversity and capitalise on similarities among our markets, including both
external stakeholders and employees. We enjoy the privilege of working with different nationalities, languages and religions, and we strive to connect the neighbouring markets in order to bring sustainable values to societies across the region. The unique advantage of the people of the region that I’m pleased to lead is their incredible agility, courage for innovation and commitment to persevere and not give up. And this is so much in line with the global values of Takeda that it enables us to take action locally while building the global Takeda mindset. This is why our activities aren’t limited to healthcare. We do our best to bring value to societies as a whole. Globally, Takeda has defined three strategic priorities related to environmental protection – water stewardship, carbon neutrality and waste minimisation – all with very ambitious goals and timelines. Our local team is fully committed to following the Takeda strategy to protect our planet and we are proud to be the leading team in planet-related activities among all European teams. Your corporate philosophy can be boiled down to providing better health for people and a brighter future for the world. Where do you focus? We focus on therapeutic areas where there is a greatest need for patients. With our
