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
- Sanofi and Regeneron provide update on Kevzara® (sarilumab) Phase 3 U.S. trial in COVID-19 patients
- GSK and Medicago announce collaboration to develop a novel adjuvanted COVID-19 candidate vaccine
- Merck initiates first clinical trial of TLR7 and 8 inhibitor as a potential treatment for severe symptoms of COVID-19 infection
- Novartis resolves legacy litigation matters, finalizing settlement of speaker program litigation with Government in the US
- Pfizer and BioNTech announce early positive data from an ongoing Phase 1/2 study of mRNA-based vaccine candidate against SARS-CoV-2
Research & Development
- Researchers call for worldwide biosurveillance network to protect from diseases
- New study supports remdesivir as COVID-19 treatment
- Neutralizing antibodies in the battle against COVID-19
- Remdesivir can save more lives where ICUs are overwhelmed
- Using Epo against COVID-19
- Newer variant of COVID-19-causing virus dominates global infections
- Researchers identify multiple molecules that shut down SARS-Cov-2 polymerase reaction
Conferences & Events
- Wearable Injectors and Connected Devices Conference 2020
- Preparing for the new world of drug safety: Embracing cloud and AI
- Pre-filled Syringes San Francisco Conference 2020
- Oligonucleotide Therapeutics and Delivery Conference 2020
- Pre-Filled Syringes West Coast 2021
- Pre-Filled Syringes East Coast Conference 2020
- SMi's 4th Annual Pharmaceutical Microbiology West Coast
Regulatory Affairs
- FDA Takes Action to Help Facilitate Timely Development of Safe, Effective COVID-19 Vaccines
- FDA announces first of its kind pilot program to communicate patient reported outcomes from cancer clinical trials
- FDA revokes emergency use authorization for chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine
- Global regulators commit to cooperate on observational research in the context of COVID-19
- FDA takes new actions to accelerate development of novel prevention, treatment options for COVID-19