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Roche touts Swiss-led R&D unit after years in Genentech's shadow

Published Tue, Dec 19, 2017 · 09:50 PM
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ROCHE is touting prospective new drugs from its long-underperforming Swiss-led research unit after years of leaning on its California-based Genentech arm to restock its medicine cabinet.

This year, the Swiss drugmaker - the top global spender in pharmaceutical research and development (R&D) - has been talking up several medicines being trialled by Roche Pharma Research & Early Development, or "pRED", as potential stars.

Its pRED unit operates independe…

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