Headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, Roche is one of the world's leading research-focused healthcare groups in the fields of pharmaceuticals and diagnostics. As the world's biggest biotech company and an innovator of products and services for the early detection, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases, the Group contributes on a broad range of fronts to improving people's health and quality of life. Roche is the world leader in in-vitro diagnostics and drugs for cancer and transplantation, and is a market leader in virology. It is also active in other major therapeutic areas such as autoimmune diseases, inflammatory and metabolic disorders and diseases of the central nervous system. In 2007 sales by the Pharmaceuticals Division totalled 36.8 billion Swiss francs, and the Diagnostics Division posted sales of 9.3 billion francs. Roche has R&D agreements and strategic alliances with numerous partners, including majority ownership interests in Genentech and Chugai, and invested over 8 billion Swiss francs in R&D in 2007. Worldwide, the Group employs about 80,000 people. Additional information is available on the Internet at http://www.roche.com.
About The Royal Marsden
The Royal Marsden Hospital was the first hospital in the world dedicated to cancer treatment and research into the causes of cancer. Today the hospital with its academic partner, The Institute of Cancer Research, forms the largest comprehensive cancer centre in Europe with over 40,000 patients from the UK and abroad seen each year. It provides inpatient, day care and outpatient services for all areas of cancer treatment. For further information please contact: Catherine O'Mara on +44(0)207-808-2605 or catherine.omara@rmh.nhs.uk
http://www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk
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References:
1. Meta-analysis of the REAL 2 and ML17032 Trials Comparing Capecitabine with 5-FU in Advanced Gastroesophageal Cancer. Presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology, 2008. Poster no. 513PD
2. Word Health Organisation: Cancer Fact Sheet No. 297. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheet... Accessed July 2008
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For further information please contact: Catherine O'Mara on +44(0)20-7808-2605 or catherine.omara@rmh.nhs.uk; Julia Pipe, International Communications Manager - Xeloda, F.Hoffmann-La Roche, Mob: +41-79-263-9715, Email: julia.pipe@roche.com; Nerea Hinzpeter, OgilvyHealthPR, Tel: +1-646-407-9015, Email: nerea.hinzpeter@ohpr.com
