Q3 2006 Takeda Chemical Industries Earnings Conference Call - Final.

Original Source: FD (FAIR DISCLOSURE) WIRE

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HIROFUMI INOUE, IR, TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED: (technical difficulty) Conference call of third-quarter financial results for fiscal year ending March 2006 of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited. My name is Hirofumi Inoue, Senior Manager, Public Relations, Investor Relations of Corporate Communications Department of Takeda.

Please let me introduce today's participants from Takeda -- Mr. Hiroshi Takahara, General Manager of Finance and the Accounting Department; Mr. Kazuaki Ikeya, General Manager of Strategic Product Planning Department; Mr. Yasuhiko Yamanaka, General Manager of Corporate Strategy and Planning Department.