Roche is a research-based healthcare company involved in the discovery, development and manufacture of pharmaceuticals and diagnostic systems. The company claims to be a leader in in-vitro diagnostics and drugs for cancer and transplantation, virology and active in other major therapeutic areas.
Roche's major divestments over the last several years have been aimed at focusing the group's energies into its two divisions: Pharmaceuticals and Diagnostics.
Roche’s pharmaceutical division addresses “unmet” medical needs in therapeutic areas such as oncology, virology, transplantation medicine and anaemia with one of its major goals to be the leader in every area that it serves. Taking the development of anticancer drugs to a new level is one of the core missions of its global research organisation.
Roche claims to be the only diagnostics company that supplies all market segments, from research institutions right through to consumers. To maintain faster-than-average growth, it is pioneering developments in new areas that promise significant medical benefit.
Headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, Roche has around 80,080 employees in more than 150 countries and had sales of Swfr46bn in 2008.
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Key Personnel
Chairman: Franz Humer
Vice chairman and lead director: Bruno Gehrig
Vice chairman: Andre Hoffmann
Director: Pius Baschera
Director: John Bell
Director: Peter Brabeck-Letmathe
Director: Lodewijk de Vink
Director: Walter Frey
Director: DeAnne Julius
Director: Andreas Oeri
Director: Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer
Director: Horst Teltschik
Director: Beatrice Weder di Mauro
(Updated October 2009)
Contacts
F Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd
Grenzacherstrasse 124
CH-4070 Basel
Switzerland
Tel: +41 61 688 1111
Fax: +41 61 691 9391
www.roche.com
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Company Structure
Roche is one of the world's largest research-based healthcare groups. The company is involved in the discovery, development and manufacture of pharmaceuticals and diagnostic systems. The Roche group was founded in 1896.
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Strategy & Financial Highlights
Roche’s outlook is to achieve above-market sales growth, with double-digit increases for the Roche Group and the Pharmaceuticals division; and core earnings per share (eps) growth target in line with sales growth. (Edited from annual report and company website). ICIS also provides you with key financial data listed in table form.
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