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Roche Ends 2015 On Brighter Emerging Markets Note

 
• By Ian Haydock

Despite caution over emerging markets turmoil and a possible slowdown at the time of its third quarter results, in the end 2015 turned out well for Roche, with its pharma sales in key market China regaining momentum on the back of product expansions and oncology access schemes.

Concerns over the impact on the pharma sector of the broad economic slowdown in China appear to have receded from the previous quarter, judging from the lack of questions on the issue at Roche's full-year results briefing in London.

The state of China, and indeed emerging markets in general, escaped analysts’ questions, which focused instead on other issues around the Swiss

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