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Roche: the Origins and People
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-four medicines developed by Roche are included in the World Health Organisation Model Lists of Essential Medicines, among them life-saving antibiotics, antimalarials and chemotherapy.
In 2013 the Roche Group employed over 85,000 people worldwide, invested 8.7 billion Swiss francs in R&D and posted sales of 46.8 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.
About Roche in Singapore
Roche in Singapore consists of Pharma, Diagnostics and Roche Singapore Technical Operations (RSTO), in Tuas – the first company in Singapore to produce licensed biotherapeutics using recombinant DNA technologies with two state-of-the-art facilities that employ different production technology platforms to manufacture biologic medicines, supported by approximately 430 highly skilled employees.
10 Interesting Facts
The founder of Roche, Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche, was a pioneering entrepreneur who was convinced that the future belonged to branded pharmaceutical products.
Roche ranked as most sustainable healthcare company in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices for six consecutive years.
Roche is the world’s largest biotech company.
Roche has consistently been recognised as one of the best places to work for around the world. For the twelfth consecutive year, Roche has been included in the FTSE4Good Index Series, which measures the performance of companies that meet globally recognised corporate responsibility standards.
Roche reached its diversity goal to increase the percentage of women in key positions by at least 50 percent by the end of 2013, one year ahead of schedule.
Roche has 88,509 employees in over 150 countries working together towards a shared set of values – integrity, courage and passion.
Founded in 1896, Roche has been making important contributions to global health for more than a century. Twenty-four medicines developed by Roche are included in the World Health Organisation Model Lists of Essential Medicines.
Roche inaugurated its first Asia Pacific biologics manufacturing site in Tuas Biomedical Park in 2009, marking Singapore’s first foray into high-value biologics manufacturing.
Roche has true Personalised Healthcare with both Pharma and Diagnostics. An example will be Zelboraf where the drug and companion diagnostics were developed concurrently and received approval by FDA for both.
Roche has a large representation here with R&D (both Roche and Chugai), Pharma (SG & Regional), Diagnostics (SG & Regional) and Manufacturing here.
