Interview with Sophie Kornowski-Bonnet, President, France, Roche France
Roche has a long history in France and currently enjoys a higher position than its worldwide ranking. Can you elaborate on the importance of this market for the group overall?…
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Leading at the hospital, Roche is the 3rd largest pharmaceutical companies in France in 2008.
The Roche Group is present in France through two entities:
• Roche SAS, specializes in prescription drugs
• Roche Diagnostics, the French biological diagnostics
• Total turnover: € 1 654.2 million
• New investments: 30.5 million €
• R & D Spending: 26.1 M €
• Total staff: 1 767 people
Roche offers patients and the medical prescription drugs in particular therapeutic areas of Cancer
Anemia
Transplantation
Virology
Rheumatology
Autoimmune Diseases
Metabolism Disorders
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