TOKYO (Reuters) - Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd <4502.T> on Wednesday raised its annual operating profit outlook to 268.9 billion yen.(1.87 billion pounds)
That compares with an earlier company estimate of 201 billion yen and an average Refinitiv estimate of 222.7 billion yen from eight analysts.
Japan's biggest drugmaker reported a 85.6 percent rise in second-quarter operating profit, due to strong global sales of its drugs for bowel disease and multiple myeloma.
Operating profit was 73.1 billion yen ($645.5 million) for the three months through September, compared with 39.4 billion yen a year earlier.
Takeda is working to close a $62 billion acquisition of London-listed Shire <SHP.L> as it looks to strengthen its late-stage pipeline.
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(Reporting by Takashi Umekawa; Editing by Edwina Gibbs)
