The same year Tamiflu, an influenza drug it codeveloped with marketing partner Roche, got FDA approval.
Roche 's Xenical, which prevents the body from digesting fat, causes diarrhea in some patients.
Roche hoped to raise a huge endowment quickly and let the school do the lending.
Founded in 1844, Hillsdale was wobbling in 1971 when Roche, then 36, arrived as president.
And the Xenical sold by Roche stalled over gastrointestinal side effects, such as orange undies.
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Novartis is closing in on the number five spot, while Roche is number nine.
The new Roche drug, being developed by its Genentech unit, inhibits a molecule called PD-L1.
Roche Holding is a pharmaceutical company with distribution in Europe, the U.S., Asia and Latin America.
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His two largest adds are Roche Holding ( RHHBY) and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries ( TEVA).
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The principal, Doris Roche-Hicks, had made no secret of her prior opposition to charter schools.
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Roche Holding (38% of its revenue comes from North America) was up 0.9% in Zurich.
Drug giants including Roche, Pfizer, and AstraZeneca have taken their own steps toward embracing stem-cell-based research.
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One panel member, Laura Roche, said there was no way she would support reopening the school.
Eprex, Roche's NeoRecormon and Amgen's Epogen are all versions of the same hormone, erythropoietin, or EPO.
Moreover, there is still a significant chance that neither torcetrapib nor Roche's JTT-705 will prove effective.
Merck and Roche have already followed this route with their purchases of Banyu and Chugai, respectively.
The catalyst for Roche is the launching of new products over the next six months.
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The project puts Basel, Switzerland-based Novartis on a collision course with rivals Pfizer and Roche.
But with Roche in close pursuit, Pfizer could win that battle and still lose the war.
Roche, for its part, is facing generic competition on Accutane, one of its best-selling acne drugs.
Roche is developing a similar, long-acting GLP-1 drug, and it might face similar problems.
Besides Diadexus, Abbott Laboratories, Roche Holding and Millennium Pharmaceuticals are pursuing new diagnostic tests.
Roche also presented positive results for its hepatitis C polymerase inhibitor at the Boston meeting.
But led by U.S. Chief George Abercrombie, Roche has gone all out to sell its product.
Roche's 2, 000-strong U.S. sales force is tiny compared with the 11, 000 people fielded by Pfizer.
Knowles says Roche can deliver as many as ten new drugs over the next five years.
"From what we've seen, this is a superior drug, " says Roche's cancer-testing chief, Kapil Dhingra.
Antifat drugs like Roche's Xenical and Abbott's Meridia have been held back by side effects.
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