Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc. has entered into a multi-year contract with Accenture for a range of information technology (IT) services under a strategic outsourcing contract. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Accenture will provide application and infrastructure outsourcing services that include development, testing, and maintenance of all applications supporting Takeda’s operations. Infrastructure outsourcing services include service desk management, data center management, server and storage management, end-user computing, and network management.

“Increasing global demands and expanding geographically require a different business model, and working with Accenture will enable us to have worldwide reach,” said Lee Voight, vice president, IT, Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc. “Through this new IT model, Takeda will meet its global technology needs, allowing us to continue the important work of helping patients.”

“Bundling application and infrastructure services will help Takeda to achieve even greater IT standardization and synergies and to reduce operating costs,” said Nathan Hansen, executive partner in Accenture’s Life Sciences practice. “We look forward to delivering outsourcing services to Takeda to enable continued high customer service levels.”