Roche

F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, commonly known as Roche, is a Swiss multinational healthcare company that operates worldwide under two divisions: Pharmaceuticals and Diagnostics. Its holding company, Roche Holding AG, has shares listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. The company headquarters are located in Basel. Roche is the fifth-largest pharmaceutical company in the world by revenue and the leading provider of cancer treatments globally.

Roche Holding AG
Company typeAktiengesellschaft
SIX: ROG
ISINCH0012032048
IndustryPharmaceuticals
PredecessorHoffmann, Traub & Co. (1894)
Founded1 October 1896 (1896-10-01)
FounderFritz Hoffmann-La Roche
HeadquartersBasel, Switzerland
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
ProductsPharmaceuticals and diagnostics (List of products)
Revenue SFr 66.43 billion (2022)
SFr 17.48 billion (2022)
SFr 13.53 billion (2022)
Total assets SFr 88.15 billion (2022)
Total equity SFr 32.02 billion (2022)
Number of employees
103,613 (2022)
Subsidiaries
Websitewww.roche.com
Footnotes / references

The company controls the American biotechnology company Genentech, which is a wholly owned affiliate, and the Japanese biotechnology company Chugai Pharmaceuticals, as well as the United States-based companies Ventana and Foundation Medicine. Roche's revenues during fiscal year 2020, were 58.32 billion Swiss francs. Descendants of the founding Hoffmann and Oeri families own slightly over half of the bearer shares with voting rights (a pool of family shareholders 45%, and Maja Oeri a further 5% apart), with Swiss pharma firm Novartis owning a further third of its shares until 2021. Roche is one of the few companies increasing their dividend every year, for 2020 as the 34th consecutive year.

F. Hoffmann-La Roche is a full member of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA).47.558624°N 7.606018°E / 47.558624; 7.606018

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