Media Releases
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Roche announced today that the FDA Commissioner is revoking the approval of Avastin® (bevacizumab) for the treatment of mBC in the United States. Read More |
| 14 September 2011 | ||||||
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“I remember it just like yesterday when the doctor broke the news to us. In my heart I yelled out to the Lord, asking why me?. I was achieving good grades at school, had just been elected as Deputy Head Boy. Something I had always dreamt about, then it all came crashing down, all my hopes were dashed and my dreams had to wait“. This was 15-year old Kagiso Itumeleng Nkuna’s, personal story that he shared at the South African Lymphoma Media Awareness Breakfast that took place at the Protea Wanderers Hotel on the 14th of September 2011. Read More
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| 02 June 2011 | ||
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Roche today announced that it has entered into a clinical collaboration agreement with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company to investigate the combination of vemurafenib with Bristol-Myers Squibb’s ipilimumab in patients with BRAF-mutated metastatic melanoma. Read More |
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| 12 May 2011 | ||
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A regulation making the registration of cancer diagnoses compulsory has been welcomed by Roche Products (Pty) Ltd, (a member of the Roche Group) the world leader in innovative cancer drugs. Read More |
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| 18 November 2010 | ||
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November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, a global initiative to: reduce the stigma surrounding lung cancer, help educate and empower people suffering from the disease, encourage more research into new therapies and highlight the fact that early and appropriate treatment results in better clinical outcomes. Read More |
| 31 August 2010 | ||
| The Transnet Foundation and pharmaceutical group F Hoffman-La Roche Ltd today unveiled a revamped health clinic aboard the Phelophepa (which, literally translated means good, clean health) Healthcare train, a primary health facility on rails considered one of the world’s great corporate social responsibility initiatives. The Transnet owned train provides primary healthcare services to South Africa’s most remote rural areas, including eye and dental care as well as health education programmes. Read More |
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Events
Phelophepa Healthcare train
The Transnet Phelophepa Healthcare train, which is co-sponsored by Roche, will be visiting Kareno near Nelspruit, Mpumalanga from 06 to 10 June 2011. And from 08 August to 12 August 2011, it will be providing services to communities in Swellendam, West Cape. For more information on how Roche and the Transnet Phelophepa Healthcare train are reaching those in dire need of medical help, click here.
Children's walk
On the 16th June each year, coinciding with the International Day of the African Child, Roche employeesparticipate in a 5km walk at individual sites worldwide. Employees are encouraged to obtain sponsorship for walking and funds raised are matched by the Company. The money is used to help support HIV/ AIDS orphaned children in Malawi and South Africa.
On Wednesday, 15 June 2011, Roche South Africa staff members will walk around the Illovo complex, as part of the global commitment to eradicate poverty and provide much needed support through projects run by Roche's partner organizations- the European Coalition of Positive People (ECPP) and UNICEF Switzerland. The Walk, which is an annual event for many Roche sites globally, will support children in Orange Farm, Johannesburg and in Malawi. Click here for more information.
Publications
From time to time, Roche publishes articles and policy papers on key issues related to our products, the therapeutic areas we operate in and the health sector in general. Where appropriate, we will make these publications available.
Here are some important documents on Roche:
- Roche Annual Reports
- Roche Sustainability Report
- Corporate publications
- Roche milestones
- Key figures and figures
- Code of conduct
- Company structure
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