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WE INNOVATE HEALTHCARE

As a leading research-driven healthcare company, Roche is working on ways to preserve and restore health. We develop innovative therapeutic and diagnostic products and services aimed at addressing significant unmet medical needs. This is our contribution to improving the lives of millions of patients worldwide. And we have been doing it day after day for over a century.

MORE THAN THE SUM OF ITS PARTS

Today Roche is the global market leader in diagnostics and, as a leading supplier of prescription medicines in selected therapeuticareas such as oncology, virology and transplantation, one of the top ten pharmaceutical companies. Not only are our pharmaceuticals and diagnostics businesses each successful in their own right, they also work together - pooling or exchanging know-how, technologies and other resources - whenever a joint approach makes sound medical, health economic and business sense. Besides giving Roche a decisive long-term market edge, the resulting synergies ultimately translate into benefits for the patients, doctors and laboratories we serve.

TWO HIGH-TECH HEALTHCARE PILLARS

At Roche our focus is on the diagnosis and treatment of disease - the two cornerstones of healthcare. High technology is our core competency, and we use it to create innovative products covering the whole healthcare spectrum. In the future genetic tests will make it possible to identify people who are predisposed to particular diseases. This information will then help guide measures aimed at delaying or even preventing the onset of disease. Screening tests for high-risk groups will help health professionals to detect and treat common diseases at an early stage. Diagnostic tests will be used to identify the most appropriate therapy for a particular patient, monitor treatment response and tell the physician whether a change in therapeutic strategy is needed. This will lead to true managed care.

SAFETY & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Roche has long been aware that only a financially successful company can be active in environmental and social areas and that financial success only results if it acts in an environmentally and socially responsible manner. In this context, we consider sustainable development to mean a long-term process designed to meet the needs of current and future generations. Safety and environmental protection are two important invariables amid changing values. Thus, the assurance of safety and environmental protection is not only required by law but constitutes an obligation and at the same time a key success factor in all our business dealings.

OUR SOCIAL COMMITMENT

At Roche we strive to be good corporate citizens in every country where we do business. We want to maintain the highest standards of responsible business practice wherever our activities impact on the environment or on local, national or international communities.

Spanning the sciences, humanitarian aid, the arts and education, our contributions to society and the communities we serve take many forms. Just as societies differ, so do local needs. Therefore, our approach to corporate citizenship, social responsibility and community relations is largely defined and implemented at the local level by the Group's affiliates.

Social responsibility at Roche is all about taking obligations seriously. It means acting on convictions and values. Our Corporate Principles state that 'We want to maintain high ethical standards in our business dealings and in our efforts to protect the environment. 'And we think our actions speak even louder than words.