Hoffmann-La Roche AG, commonly known as Roche, is a Swiss multinational healthcare company that operates worldwide under two divisions: Pharmaceuticals and Diagnostics.
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Hoffmann-La Roche AG, commonly known as Roche, is a Swiss multinational healthcare company that operates worldwide under two divisions: Pharmaceuticals and Diagnostics.
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Hoffman-La Roche is the fifth largest pharmaceutical company in the world by revenue, and the leading provider of cancer treatments globally.
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Hoffman-La Roche is one of the few companies increasing their dividend every year, for 2020 as the 34th consecutive year.
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Hoffmann-La Hoffman-La Roche is a full member of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations.
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That year Hoffmann-La Hoffman-La Roche then merged it with all of its laboratories, and incorporated the merged company as Hoffman-La Roche Biomedical Laboratories, Inc in Burlington.
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Hoffman-La Roche acquired Syntex in 1994 and Chugai Pharmaceuticals in 2002.
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Hoffman-La Roche is the only drug company authorized to manufacture the drug, which was discovered by Gilead Sciences.
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On 20 October 2005 Hoffmann-La Hoffman-La Roche decided to license other companies to manufacture Oseltamivir.
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Also in 2005 Hoffman-La Roche acquired the Swiss company GlycArt Biotechnology in order to acquire technology to afucosylate antibodies; one of its products in development was obinutuzumab, which gained FDA approval in November 2013 for the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
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On 12 March 2009 Hoffman-La Roche agreed to fully acquire Genentech, in which it had held a majority stake since 1990, after eight months of negotiations.
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Hoffman-La Roche began vacating the NJ site in 2012, and sold it off in 2016.
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In March 2011, Hoffman-La Roche acquired PVT Probenverteiltechnik GmbH for up to €85 million.
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In July 2010, Hoffman-La Roche acquired mtm laboratories AG for up to 190 million EUR.
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In July 2013, Hoffman-La Roche Diagnostics acquired blood diagnostics company Constitution Medical Inc for $220 million.
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On 7 April 2014, Hoffman-La Roche announced its intention to acquire IQuum for up to $450 million, as well as the rights to an experimental drug from Spanish company Oryzon Genomics for $21 million and up to $500 million in milestone payments.
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In February 2018, Hoffman-La Roche announced it would acquire Flatiron Health, a business specialising in US cancer data analytics, for $1.
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In March 2021, Hoffman-La Roche announced it would acquire GenMark Diagnostics for $1.
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Hoffmann-La Hoffman-La Roche family is Switzerland's richest and one of the most secretive families.
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All business areas except Hoffman-La Roche Applied Science focus on health care applications, targeting either physicians, hospitals and clinics, or consumers.
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Hoffmann-La Hoffman-La Roche develops drugs used for cancer treatment, against virus diseases and for treatment of metabolic diseases.
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Hoffman-La Roche was fined accordingly, but a bungle on the part of the EEC allowed the company to discover that it was Adams who had blown the whistle.
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Hoffman-La Roche's wife, having learnt that he might face decades in jail, committed suicide.
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Hoffmann-La Hoffman-La Roche paid $500 million in criminal fines to the United States.
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Hoffman-La Roche is expanding its activities in joint research projects within the framework of the Innovative Medicines Initiative of EFPIA and the European Commission.
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