Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. is a U.S. pharmaceuticals affiliate of F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, a global healthcare company founded in 1896 in Basel, Switzerland. Known simply as Roche, the company is a leading innovator of medicines and services that enhance peoples health, well-being and quality of life. Roche businesses include pharmaceuticals and diagnostics. The company operates in more than 60 countries, employing more than 68,000 people and selling products in over 150 countries. In 2005, Roche worldwide sales were 35.50 billion Swiss francs ($27.10 billion U.S.), with global pharmaceuticals sales accounting for over 75 percent of that total. The U.S. company, Roche Chemical Works, was established in lower Manhattan, NY in 1905, later moving to our current site in Nutley, NJ in 1928. The site currently houses about 3,000 employees on a 127 acre campus that serves as the center of U.S. Discovery, Development, Manufacturing, and Marketing and; Sales operations as well as the administrative ad technical functions that support them. Roche markets medicines for a wide range of diseases, including:infectious diseases, metabolic disease (including obesity and diabetes), neurology, oncology, transplantation and virology (including hepatitis C and HIV/AIDS). Most of our drugs are the top prescribed medicines in their therapeutic areas, including treatments for cancer, hepatitis C, transplant, flu and weight loss. (For more complete product information, click on the Products section above.)
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