Basel, 23 June 2017 FDA approves Rituxan Hycela (rituximab and hyaluronidase human) for subcutaneous injection in certain blood cancers Treatment can be administered in five to seven minutes, compared to 1.5 hours or more for intravenous Rituxan* Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Rituxan... Read more
Basel, 23 June 2017 New data at EAN show Roche’s OCREVUS™ (ocrelizumab) significantly reduced multiple measures of disease progression in relapsing and primary progressive multiple sclerosis OCREVUS increased the number of patients with relapsing MS (RMS) and primary progressive MS (PPMS) who maintained No Evidence of Progression or Active Disease (NEPAD) versus Rebif (interferon beta-1a)... Read more
Basel, 14 June 2017 Roche’s employee-driven philanthropic campaign sets new record 145 company sites unite for Roche Children’s Walk to raise funds for children’s projects around the world Children’s Walk exemplifies Roche’s commitment to sustainable, philanthropic projects Money raised goes to initiatives in more than 90 communities for efforts related to education and health initiatives... Read more
Basel, 06 June 2017 Save the date: Roche Analyst Event on Diagnostics Division at AACC 2017 Tuesday, 1st August 2017 We are pleased to invite you to an analyst event on Tuesday, 1st August 2017 to discuss Roche’s Diagnostics Division, in conjunction with the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) Annual Meeting and Clinical Lab... Read more
Basel, 05 June 2017 Phase III study showed Roche’s Alecensa (alectinib) reduced the risk of disease progression or death by more than half versus crizotinib as first-line treatment in a specific type of lung cancer Second positive phase III head-to-head study to show Alecensa was superior to crizotinib in people with ALK-positive lung cancer Alecensa... Read more
Basel, 05 June 2017 Phase III study showed Roche’s Alecensa (alectinib) reduced the risk of disease progression or death by more than half versus crizotinib as first-line treatment in a specific type of lung cancer Second positive phase III head-to-head study to show Alecensa was superior to crizotinib in people with ALK-positive lung cancer Alecensa... Read more
Basel, 05 June 2017 APHINITY study shows Roche’s Perjeta-based regimen reduced the risk of invasive cancer returning compared to Herceptin and chemotherapy in HER2-positive early breast cancer Phase III study confirms benefit of the Perjeta-based regimen over the current standard of care The study was positive in the overall population, with greatest risk reduction in... Read more
Basel, 03 June 2017 Roche presents new data for TECENTRIQ® (atezolizumab) and updates from across its cancer immunotherapy development programme at ASCO 2017 Data evaluated TECENTRIQ in novel combinations across a broad range of tumours including lung, kidney and melanoma Promising Phase II combination data with TECENTRIQ plus Avastin (bevacizumab) in advanced kidney cancer First... Read more
Basel, 24 May 2017 New data at ATS add to the body of evidence for Roche’s Esbriet (pirfenidone) in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) In new post hoc analyses of phase III data, Esbriet reduced the risk of death in patients with more advanced lung function impairment and the risk of respiratory-related hospitalisations as a first... Read more
Basel, 24 May 2017 New data at ATS add to the body of evidence for Roche’s Esbriet (pirfenidone) in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) In new post hoc analyses of phase III data, Esbriet reduced the risk of death in patients with more advanced lung function impairment and the risk of respiratory-related hospitalisations as a first... Read more