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Dr. Rajeev Venkayya joined Takeda in 2012, to launch the company’s global vaccine business. Since then, he has helped develop vaccines that tackle four infectious diseases: dengue, polio, norovirus and Zika. Additionally, through a partnership with the Japanese government, Dr. Venkayya is leading an effort to protect the population of Japan by supplying an influenza vaccine that will help guard against a pandemic outbreak.