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FDA fast-tracks Roche lung cancer drug

February 2, 2015
Sales and Marketing Cancer, FDA, MPDL3280A, Roche, bladder, lung, oncology, pdl1

Roche will be celebrating after its investigational cancer drug MPDL3280A has been fast-tracked by the FDA for the second time. …

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Government spending on Tamfilu is justified

January 30, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BMJ, Lancet, Roche, Tamiflu, alltrials, oseltamivir, transparency

The most thorough analysis of Roche’s Tamiflu to date suggests that the controversial treatment can shorten the duration of flu …

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Roche oncology sales shine but profits dip

January 29, 2015
Sales and Marketing Kadcyla, Perjeta, Roche, avastin, fourth quarter, oncology, q4

Roche has posted a mixed bag of financial results complemented only by strong growth in its oncology and immunology divisions. …

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Roche buys French biotech for €470 million

January 19, 2015
Sales and Marketing Foundation, Genentech, Orphan, Roche, TRO19622, olesoxime, sma, trophos

Roche is buying France-based biotech Trophos in a deal worth up to €470 million in order to gain access to …

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Roche teams up to tackle antibiotics resistance

January 13, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Antibiotics, Fedora, Meiji, OP0595, Roche, Teixobactin

Roche is to collaborate with Japan-based pharma firm Meiji and Canadian Fedora – two companies specialising in the production of …

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Roche stakes $1 billion in cancer gene research firm

January 12, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Foundation Medicine, Genentech, Roche, genomics, jp morgan

Roche has announced a huge billion-dollar investment in the cancer genomics research firm Foundation Medicine. Timed with the beginning of …

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Genentech makes $10m gene testing outlay

January 8, 2015
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing 23andME, DNA, Genentech, MHRA, Pfizer, Roche

Genentech has thrown its weight behind the contentious DNA testing company 23andMe, by agreeing a deal to buy the genomic …

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Roche dealt with two late-stage blows

December 19, 2014
Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, Alzheimer’s, Cancer, Kadcyla, Perjeta, Roche, Xeloda, trastuzumab emtansine

Swiss giant Roche’s breast cancer treatment Kadcyla has failed to meet its primary endpoint and its investigational Alzheimer’s treatment trial …

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Roche adds two to its board

December 18, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bernard Poussot, Richard Lift, Roche, Sanofi

Roche intends to grow at its March annual general meeting via the election of Bernard Poussot and Richard Lift who …

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Roche wins drug discovery award for Gazyvaro

December 18, 2014
Sales and Marketing BPS, British Pharmacological Society, GSK, Gazyvaro, Roche, mekinist

Roche has been named the winner of the 2015 Drug Discover of the Year award by the British Pharmacological Society …

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Big pharma spent $112 billion on R&D in 2013

December 17, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Merck, Pfizer, R&D, Roche, data, global data, research

The top 30 pharma companies spent a combined total of $112 billion on research and development last year. Calculated to …

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Roche submits melanoma drug to FDA

December 15, 2014
Sales and Marketing Cobimeinib, FDA, Roche, Zelboraf, mekinist, melanoma, taflinlar, vemurafenib

Roche has submitted its melanoma drug cobimeinib for review with the FDA as it confirms the results of its Phase …

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‘Postcode lottery’ still cause of many lung cancer deaths

December 3, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing DoH, Roche, astranzeneca, lung cancer, nlca, oncology, pd-1

Patients are still pointlessly dying of lung cancer due to a ‘postcode lottery’ of services according to new results from …

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Roche buys Ariosa Diagnostics

December 2, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing IPF, IQuum, InterMune, Roche, ariosa, cfdna, diabetes, genia, seragon

Roche has purchased the privately-held US company Ariosa Diagnostics for an undisclosed fee as it looks to expand further into …

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NICE U-turn on Roche leukaemia drug

December 2, 2014
Sales and Marketing Gazyvaro, MabThera, NHS, NICE, Roche, leukaemia, obinutuzumab

NICE has reversed its decision on Roche’s chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) drug Gazyvaro only two months after rejecting the drug. …

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