Roche Follow-On Development Strategy Highlighted By Strong 1H Results

Top oncology specialist Roche’s second quarter saw robust sales growth with new breast cancer medicines Perjeta and Kadcyla selling well, highlighting and further validating its strategy to develop follow-on drugs to replace or renew older treatments while expanding into new disease areas.

Roche extended its strong run into the second quarter of 2013, driven by its existing portfolio of cancer drugs like Avastin (bevacizumab), Lucentis (ranibizumab) and Herceptin (trastuzumab), recently launched cancer medicines Perjeta (pertuzumab) and Kadcyla (ado-trastuzumab emtansine) and continued growth in the group’s clinical laboratory business, CEO Severin Schwan told an investor call July 25.

He promised Roche will keep coming up with new cutting-edge products, adding: “We will continue to focus on innovation with...

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