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Roche Announces Retirement of Head of Pharma Partnering and Successor Appointment

(IN BRIEF) Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) reveals the retirement of James Sabry, the Head of Roche Pharma Partnering, after fourteen years of service. Effective 1 July 2024, Boris Zaïtra, currently Head of Group Business Development, will take on … Read the full press release

Roche Achieves Top Sustainability Rankings in Pharmaceuticals Index for 15th Consecutive Year

(IN BRIEF) Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) has once again secured its position as one of the leading sustainable companies in the Pharmaceuticals sector within the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI). In the latest rankings, Roche secured the third … Read the full press release

Roche to Acquire Carmot Therapeutics for USD 2.7 Billion, Expanding Its Portfolio in Obesity Treatment

(IN BRIEF) Roche, a leading pharmaceutical company, has announced its definitive merger agreement to acquire Carmot Therapeutics, a privately owned US-based company specializing in obesity treatment and related metabolic diseases. The acquisition includes Carmot’s portfolio of clinical stage subcutaneous and … Read the full press release

Roche Diagnostics: Globally, up to 75 percent of people living with Alzheimer’s disease have not been diagnosed

The company announces FDA clearance for its Alzheimer’s disease Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) assays The Elecsys® Alzheimer’s disease (AD) CSF assays will be available on the cobas fully automated immunoassay analyzers, enabling patients to get broad access to high quality testing in a timely … Read the full press release

Roche Diagnostics: a nivel mundial, hasta el 75 por ciento de las personas que viven con la enfermedad de Alzheimer no han sido diagnosticadas

La compañía anuncia la aprobación de la FDA para sus ensayos de líquido cefalorraquídeo (LCR) para la enfermedad de Alzheimer Los ensayos Elecsys® para la enfermedad de Alzheimer (EA) en LCR estarán disponibles en los analizadores de inmunoensayo totalmente automatizados … Read the full press release

Roche announces a regulatory milestone for its cobas SARS-CoV-2 Qualitative PCR test for use on the fully automated cobas 6800 and 8800 analyzer systems

The cobas SARS-CoV-2 Qualitative test is one of the first COVID-19 PCR tests performed on an automated, high throughput platform to receive FDA 510(k) clearance. This FDA clearance will ensure that the healthcare community has access to timely, reliable and accurate COVID-19 PCR testing … Read the full press release

Roche annonce une étape réglementaire importante pour son test PCR qualitatif cobas SARS-CoV-2 à utiliser sur les systèmes d’analyseurs cobas 6800 et 8800 entièrement automatisés

Le test qualitatif cobas SARS-CoV-2 est l’un des premiers tests PCR COVID-19 effectués sur une plateforme automatisée à haut débit à recevoir l’autorisation FDA 510(k). Cette autorisation de la FDA garantira que la communauté des soins de santé a accès … Read the full press release

Roche announces a further progress in its strategy to advance sequencing technologies

Next-generation sequencing (NGS) enables a better understanding of genetic mechanisms linked to specific diseases and is helping drive personalised healthcare Preparing DNA for sequencing libraries is complex and prone to human error, which can interfere with accurate sequencing results The new AVENIO … Read the full press release

Roche unveils new Anti-SARS-CoV-2 serology test to quantitatively measure antibodies in people exposed to SARS-CoV-2

The new Elecsys Anti-SARS-CoV-2 S test can quantitatively measure the level of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in patients who have been exposed to the virus. The test  targets antibodies against the spike protein. This is the focus of vaccines in development … Read the full press release

Roche unveils automated digital pathology algorithm to aid non-small cell lung cancer diagnosis

uPath PD-L1 (SP263) image analysis uses automated pre-computing and one-click scoring to enable quicker and accurate detection and measurement of tumour cell staining positivity Roche advances personalised healthcare with development of image analysis algorithms using artificial intelligence Faster, more accurate … Read the full press release