Roche

Swiss pharma giant

Roche is a massive Swiss pharmaceutical company, one of the world's largest, known for cancer drugs and diagnostic equipment.

The name appears in medical and business contexts: Roche developed the PCR test.

Separately, roche moutonnée is a geological term for bedrock sculpted by glaciers into smooth, asymmetrical mounds.

pharma

pharmaceuticals

Manufactured therapeutic substances

Hoffmann · drugmaker · oncology · Tamiflu · blockbuster · prescription · immunotherapy · biosimilars · pipeline · patents

geography

Basel

Swiss Rhine city

  • SwitzerlandAlpine republic, perpetually neutral
  • SwissOf a neutral alpine nation
  • RhineMajor Central European waterway

headquarters · campus · global · multinational · European

diagnostics

testing

Examining to evaluate

screening · PCR · pathology · specimen · results · detection · in-vitro · molecular · point-of-care · sequencing

research

scientists

Systematic knowledge seekers

data · methodology · protocol · findings · hypothesis · publication · laboratory · collaboration · evidence · R&D

Opposites
corporate nationality/origin

RocheBayer

German drug manufacturer

business model in healthcare

RocheUNICEF

Global youth relief organization

public health systems

Phrases
Family

rock, Afrocentrism

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G