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Open-Sourcing health

Effective and purposeful collaborations will allow us to do much more together, to be much smarter together, than we can be alone.

Live well, work well

Fostering a culture of health and wellbeing among employees

Finding her way

Born with hepatitis, Adeline chose to face her diagnosis and define her future.

Having it all at Roche

Roche understands that when an employee has children, the ability to balance work responsibilities with family needs is a top concern.

The patient as partner

Empowered patients are redefining the healthcare environment on their own terms.

Diversity is personal

Diversity and inclusion means something different for each employee.

Trailblazing women at Roche

Discover how Roche has been advancing gender equality since 1896: There have always been women who inspired us by questioning the status quo.

Reverse mentoring: it’s a two-way street

Scratch the surface and everyone has something to learn and teach.

Staying cool thanks to solar energy

In 2010 Roche set Group-wide energy targets for 2020.

Why Roche’s approach to climate change is working

Roche on top list for its work on protecting the environment.

Roche signs agreement with Ghana to improve breast cancer and hepatitis care

World Water Day: A day to reflect, change and prepare

Water is one of our most valuable resources. However, the Earth’s drinking water reserves are limited, with parts of the world facing a true water crisis.

Our commitment to data sharing

How we make clinical study reports available to qualified researchers for further scientific study.

Focussing our energy: how we’re reducing our environmental impact

Improving access to hepatitis and breast cancer medicines in the Cote d'Ivoire

Roche launches a new strategy in Africa

Roche implements new strategy to make a real difference in lives of patients on the continent

Treatment for CMV retinitis in HIV-patients in developing countries

Increasing access to treatment for CMV retinitis in HIV-patients, a major cause of blindness in developing countries

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.

World Ovarian Cancer Day: action, awareness, solidarity

On May 8th 2015, ovarian cancer organizations worldwide are uniting to educate their communities about ovarian cancer and its symptoms.

Things you may not know about skin cancer

From the origins of the word melanoma to the worrying statistics today, these are some of the interesting facts about skin cancer everyone one needs to know.

Expansion of Roche Shanghai site

China’s economic rise is not a hidden secret. As the world’s second-largest economy it has taken giant steps in all areas of activity from manufacturing to research, and its impact is felt the world over.

Roche at the American Association for Cancer Research

If cancer is cancer, why don’t we have a single cure yet to combat this vicious disease? The word ‘cancer’ is generally used to describe one disease, but the term actually refers to a family of more than 250 different diseases.

'Sanitation Solutions' for Aboaboso, Ghana

In 2012, Lynda Barton, who currently works with Group Risk Advisory in Basel, along with experts in Europe and Africa, set up 'Sanitation Solutions', a non-governmental organization that aims to improve sanitation in the developing world.

Leading by example

With support from Roche Diagnostics, universities in the United States, Ireland and New Zealand are helping transform education in medical laboratory science.

A pioneer of industrial architecture

“What a city has to say must find expression in its architecture.” This statement by Walter Wallmann, the former Lord Mayor of Frankfurt/Main, is equally true of corporate architecture.

World Cancer Day : Not beyond us

As a leading provider of cancer treatment and diagnostics, Roche are proud to join the global community in support of World Cancer Day

Key qualities that can turn a company into a great place to work

Robert Levering, the co-founder of the Great Place to Work Institute and a pioneer in the field of employee engagement surveys, talked to Roche about some of the key qualities that can turn a company into a great workplace.

"Sustainability is part of everything we do."

Employees drive sustainability

"Medical treatment is just one part of the solution."

Understanding the wider implications of mental illness

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.

Roche LATAM's first social and environmental report

It is a story that is worth telling, yet not told till now. The released first Social and Environmental Report 20122013 of Roche Latin America, makes a very compelling case for the value of Roches social responsibility efforts across this vast region.

Making hepatitis a public health priority in Lebanon

It is an effort to break the silence on a major public health problem. A few weeks ago Roche Lebanon announced a partnership with the Ministry of Public Health and other professional bodies to launch the 2014 National Hepatitis Awareness campaign.

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 signs agreement to work with Côte d'Ivoire government

Roche announced on December 15 that it signed an agreement with the Côte dIvoire Ministry of Health to facilitate improved access to innovative treatments for hepatitis B, C and D and breast cancer.

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).

UNESCO World Library of Science

Roche donation supports launch of World Library of Science, a free online education resource for a global community of users, in partnership with UNESCO and Nature Education.

Living and learning: A German university program

Christoph Schiek is a university student from Germany.

Let's live better

Roche Argentina program aims to bring about balance and well-being in lives of employees.

Partnering with patients in drug development

A new collaboration between Genentech and PatientsLikeMe will help give patients a stronger voice in drug discovery and development.

Evolving treatment landscape in breast cancer: leaps and hurdles

Since the first known description of breast cancer was written in an Ancient Egyptian text over 3,500 years ago and until the modern age, breast cancer has been known as a disease with no cure.

Breast cancer: Know more

Despite the significant progress made over the last few decades in patient outcomes, breast cancer is still the most common cancer affecting women.

Capturing free energy in a plastic bottle

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

Animating employees with art

Cornelia Dietschi has been Head of the Art Service and Art Collection at Roche for the past ten years. Her work is as full of challenges, changes and surprises as ever.

Learning to be leaders

Developing leaders doesnt happen easily. But with the right effort and motivation it can.

Working together to get new medicines to market quickly

Getting new medicines to patients as quickly as possible is a priority for Roche and the industry. It is therefore a very positive development that new regulatory pathways have been put in place in both the US and the EU that aim to address this need.

Rising to the global challenge of Alzheimer's Disease

Alzheimers disease, the most common form of dementia, can destroy memory and thinking skills as the condition progresses.

Awareness building exhibits on cancer

Its an outreach program that aims to give people with cancer the opportunity to be diagnosed at the earliest and make treatment available in the shortest possible period.

Multiple sclerosis: My story

At 29, I was ready to start the next chapter in my life with my fiancé. Little did I know that the new chapter was not as a healthy, happily married man.

Marathon man raises funds for charity

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

Green Information Technology: Reuse and benefit

Green IT is neither a buzzword nor a project that is doing the rounds within Roche IT.

Let the leadership journey begin

Henna Saarialho's first leadership role came with big responsibilities. As a sales manager for an American pharmaceutical company, she went from having no direct reporting staff to managing a team of 14 sales representatives plus four field secretaries.

Making a very real difference

For a country grappling with a faltering economy this Roche gesture couldnt have come at a better time. For patients, unemployed and uninsured, this couldnt have come a day too soon.

PharmaVOICE 100 announced

Congratulations to Michelle and Pablo to be honoured by PharmaVOICE 100 as "some of the most inspiring, motivating, innovative, and outstanding leaders in the life-science industry today"!

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.

A warm feeling in Israel

Having undergone radiation therapy daily for five weeks, a breast cancer patient in Jerusalem made a request to her nurse.

The nose knows

At the kick-off event held at Roche Pharma UK offices in Welwyn Garden City, employees had the opportunity to meet some of the lifesaving dogs and learn more about their work.

Making a lasting impact

Roche Latvia has been instrumental in the launch of an official postage stamp to support breast cancer awareness.

A blood screening centre that raised the bar

Donated blood should be screened for infections that can be transmitted through transfusions. Learn how we're helping blood banks keep a safe blood supply.

A long life entirely devoted to science

Every single seat in the large auditorium in Building 71 was occupied at 10.30 a.m. on 22 January, as Nobel laureate Susumu Tonegawa took the podium to give a lecture on the Neuroscience of Memory.

The oncology challenge keeps growing

These numbers are getting to be a huge challenge and the world needs to find ways to tackle the disease.

Walking the catwalk to raise breast cancer awareness

Montevideos Mercado Agricola (agricultural marketMAM) was an unusual venue for a high-flying event organized by Roche Pharma teams to spread the word about breast cancer and the importance of early detection and prevention.

Investing in tomorrow's leading scientists

The world is facing a general shortfall in oncology scientists and clinicians in the future, and the Academic Relations & Collaborations (ARC) group at Roche is investing in the future careers of the next generation of medical professionals.

What's the prognosis for diagnostic testing in lung cancer?

Being able to test biopsy tissue for all of the targeted therapies being developed is rapidly becoming a significant practical challenge - Roche Group is working on innovative solutions.

Keeping cancer immunotherapy personal

Fighting cancer using patients own immune system is a concept that has been around for a long time, and real advances in our understanding about how to do this have been made over the last 10-15 years.

Open and proud of it!

The Out Proud and Equal Network (OPEN), was launched at the Basel Diversity Leadership Summit held in 2012.

Pioneering healthcare site for those with lung cancer

When people connect online they are able to explore the very latest developments in cancer care and treatment. And for many people with advanced lung cancer, this exchange can offer a sense of comfort and reassurance.

Genentech facility's solar panels tap into ever present energy source for power

It is almost always sunny in California. And to make sure that the suns power is harnessed in the right way Genentechs Dixon, California, facility has recently installed solar panels on its parking lot to tap into this free source of renewable energy.

Talking about organ donation and transplantation at Roche

Head of Swisstransplant Dr. Franz Immer and Roche General Counsel Dr. Gottlieb Keller talking about organ donation and transplantation.

First ever International School of Biomedical Diagnostics launched

Arizona State University (ASU) and Dublin City University (DCU), Dublin, Ireland are joining forces to create the new International School of Biomedical Diagnostics, which will offer the first degree program of its kind. The initiative is at the cutting edge of establishing diagnostics as an independent discipline.

Personalised healthcare inconceivable without biomarkers

In addition to promoting an exchange of expertise, the main goal of the Oncology Biomarker Symposium was to grow a network across functions, divisions and geographic sites. Biomarker tests can only parallel drug development and, ideally, be launched alongside treatments if Pharmaceuticals and Diagnostics work closely together.

Support for young cancer patients and their families in Austria

For many patients, a cancer diagnosis triggers an emotional crisis and a great deal of stress for family and relatives. The situation is particularly difficult when children or teenagers and their families are involved.

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.

Woman of substance tells us about working in Tehran

Of the 30 employees in the Roche office at Tehran, a majority are women. One of them is Nazanin Parsanejad who works in the medical team as Clinical Research Associate. And this is not a surprise either for her or other women working at Roche or in the pharmaceutical business in Iran.

Small efforts make a difference in the fight against cancer

February 4 was World Cancer Day. Just another day in the calendar! Not really, if you consider that it is a reminder of the fact that an estimated 13 million plus new cases occur every year

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.

Supporting World Cancer Day 2014

Established by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), the purpose of World Cancer Day (WCD) is to raise awareness about cancer to encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment.

Going beyond medical care in Colombia

It is a well-known fact that the burden of disease reaches well beyond its medical and therapeutic aspects. For a better quality of life during treatment, it is important that people receive attention and empathy, but also that they have a purpose, an objective to help them look to the future with confidence.

Book aims to demystify cancer for children

Naama Zweig is a grandmother. She has three granddaughters and lives in Israel. But she was not content with fading away into retirement. Instead she decided to write a picture book featuring her grandchildren and herself, to explain to children how cancer as an illness impacts an individual (in this case she herself) and how one can be more understanding of their condition even at a very young and impressionable age.