Takeda Pharma posts surprise profit, expects earnings to triple
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd booked a surprise operating profit and forecast income would triple this business year as hefty acquisition costs related to last year's $59 billion takeover of Shire Plc recede.Japan's largest drugmaker said it expects to make 355 billion yen ($3.3 billion) in operating profit for the year to March. That compares with 100 billion yen for the year just ended - a result that beat its own estimate of a 10 billion yen profit and a consensus prediction..