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Vabysmo Is Bright Spot For Roche In Bumpy Q3

Anticipation Grows On Alzheimer’s Result

 
• By Andrew McConaghie

Roche's pharma revenues declined in the third quarter, but the Swiss major is hoping that Tecentriq in adjuvant settings can boost future revenues – and that, just maybe, it will have a win from its Alzheimer’s candidate too.  

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Roche got a big boost from its COVID-19 therapies last year, but does not expect further sales spikes, despite the unpredictability of SARS-CoV2. • Source: Shutterstock

Roche saw its pharma revenues go into reverse as COVID-19 therapies Actemra (tocilizumab) and Ronapreve (casirivimab/imdevimab) fell in the third quarter, but its new eye therapy, Vabysmo (faricimab-svoa), provided the good news with an exceptional lift-off in sales.

Pharma division revenues dropped by 6% to CHF10.84bn ($10.90bn) compared with the same period last year, with the COVID-19 therapies' decline exacerbated by a continued shrinkage in its biosimilar-besieged older...

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