Roche
Headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, Roche is a leader in research-focused healthcare with combined strengths in pharmaceuticals and diagnostics. Roche is the world’s largest biotech company, with truly differentiated medicines in oncology, immunology, infectious diseases, ophthalmology and neuroscience. Roche is also the world leader in in vitro diagnostics and tissue-based cancer diagnostics, and a frontrunner in diabetes management. Roche's personalised healthcare strategy aims at providing medicines and diagnostics that enable tangible improvements in the health, quality of life and survival of patients. Founded in 1896, Roche has been making important contributions to global health for more than a century. Twenty-nine medicines developed by Roche are included in the World Health Organization Model Lists of Essential Medicines, among them life-saving antibiotics, antimalarials and chemotherapy.
In 2014, the Roche Group employed 88,500 people worldwide, invested 8.9 billion Swiss francs in R&D and posted sales of 47.5 billion Swiss francs. Genentech, in the United States, is a wholly owned member of the Roche Group. Roche is the majority shareholder in Chugai Pharmaceutical, Japan.
Business & Industry
- GSK and Vir Biotechnology announce Joint Procurement Agreement with European Commission for COVID-19 treatment, sotrovimab
- Vaxzevria and mRNA COVID-19 vaccines showed similar and favourable safety profiles in a population-based cohort study of over a million people
- Pfizer and BioNTech to provide U.S. government with an additional 200 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
- AstraZeneca and Regeneron to research, develop and commercialise new small molecule medicines for obesity
- Japan becomes first country to approve Ronapreve (casirivimab and imdevimab) for the treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19
Research & Development
- Thinking impaired in 60% of COVID-19 survivors
- Advantages of intranasal vaccination against SARS-CoV-2
- Antibiotics may help to treat melanoma
- Take your best shot: Which SARS-CoV-2 vaccine should I get, if any?
- Study shows why second dose of COVID-19 vaccine shouldn't be skipped
- Are silver nanoparticles a silver bullet against microbes?
- One shot of the Sputnik V vaccine triggers strong antibody responses
Conferences & Events
- Novartis, Bayer and Boehringer Ingelheim to showcase their commitment to a reimagined pharma industry
- Scientists urge for investment now in highly potent vaccines to prevent the next pandemic
- CPhI Worldwide to return in 2021
- Reuters Events' Cell & Gene Therapy USA
- Total health: Build a better healthcare system
- Don't fall for the 'next best action' trap
- Locking down shape-shifting spike protein aids development of COVID-19 vaccine
Regulatory Affairs
- FDA approves first interchangeable biosimilar insulin product for treatment of diabetes
- FDA approves first oral blood thinning medication for children
- FDA grants accelerated approval for Alzheimer's drug
- FDA approves new drug treatment for chronic weight management, first since 2014
- FDA authorizes additional monoclonal antibody for treatment of COVID-19