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Strengthening communities

We are committed to building stronger communities and responding to natural disasters sustainably.

Transnet-Phelophepa healthcare train

The Transnet-Phelophepa trains are mobile healthcare clinics that travel nine months out of the year to areas of rural South Africa.

Philanthropic partnership with ETH Zurich

Roche partnered with ETH Zurich to enable PhD students and postdoctoral scientist from developing countries to attend the 14th ICOBTE held in Zurich.

Roche Commissions: our commitment to out of the ordinary music

Roche Continents celebrates 10th anniversary

LED by science

Curiosity, passion, determination and a touch of genius led three young Hong Kong students to design and produce a self-sanitising door handle, thereby winning the Roche Young Scientist Award (RYSA) and a round trip of Roche sites in Switzerland.

Science and art combine to innovate in first-of-its-kind youth music programme

Orchestral compositions by inaugural winners of 'Roche Young Commissions' premiered at Lucerne Festival

Supporting humanitarian and social development efforts

We direct the majority of our philanthropic donations to humanitarian and social development projects.

Supporting Japan's super-aged society

Over the past 30 years, Chugai, a member of the Roche Group, has donated more than 200 specially equipped vehicles to organisations that transport senior citizens and disabled people between their homes and medical and social welfare facilities.

Supporting innovation in arts

We support groundbreaking contemporary art, cultural projects and activities that explore the parallels between innovation in art and in science.

Investing in science and education

We are dedicated to programmes that promote scientific interest and provide educational opportunities for young people around the world.

Philanthropy

Engaging in innovative philanthropy that makes a sustainable difference for society and communities where we operate

Roche employee secondment programme

We offer a skills-based volunteering programme for employees to help non-profit organisations on health- and education-related projects.

A unique chance to share my skills and a life-changing experience.

Learning to overcome personal barriers

Saying thanks with a box in Dubai

From the tallest building in the world to the biggest shopping malls, Dubai has it all. But the city and its glitzy buildings owe a lot to poor, migrant labourers who toil in extreme desert conditions to build these edifices.

The Experio Roche school laboratory

How do I make the little Lego robot go where Id like it to, and perform the tasks I want it to? Programming and robotics can provide the answers. And true to the motto, Youre never too young to be a programmer, around 20 children between the ages of 10 and 14, equipped with a laptop, explored the Lego robots control system as part of a trial run for the new Experio Roche school laboratory.

Roche applauds efforts of charities in the United Arab Emirates

Roche recently partnered with the Emirates Gastroenterology Society to bring together over 20 charities and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

Capturing free energy in a plastic bottle

Innovative light-based technology helps solve energy poverty in the Philippines.

Marathon man raises funds for charity

NASA awards astronaut wings to those who have traveled above an altitude of 80 km (50 miles).

Nothing goes to waste

If re-used smartly, most things otherwise destined to be waste can come back as useful objects that could be of some value both at work and home. Colleagues at Roche Jordan put this to the test when they were moving to new office premises late last year.

Roche Biochemical Pathways

The Biochemical Pathways Wall Charts have enjoyed worldwide popularity as a standard reference for nearly 50 years.

Dedicated to a cause

Over 13 years with Roche, Lynda Barton has worked in different roles across five different departments ranging from New Medicines Strategy, Research Communications, Informatics, and Portfolio Management and is currently with the Group Risk Advisory team in Basel.

Photos of birds raise funds for children in Turkey

For long he took photographs of birds for himself. He loved nature and he loved the medium of photography. But now his photos are being used to raise funds for children in need. Nothing could be better as this combines very well with his love for people from around the world. Meet Roche Turkeys Levent Goksoy. Earlier this year, photographs of birds taken by him were used to raise funds for the Roche Childrens Walk event held.

Employee shares impressions from Malawi trip

Like a lot of people at Roche, I always thought that what we were walking for every June on the International Day of the African Child was to support some orphanages the company sponsors for poor kids in Malawi whose parents died of AIDS.