https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed While the focus in Switzerland, and elsewhere, has been primarily on vaccines in the past few months, a new medication may also offer hope in the fight against Covid-19. This is what we know about this drug. https://www.thelocal.ch/20210420/explained-what-is-the-new-swiss-coronavirus-drug-and-how-does-it-work Tue, 20 Apr 2021 14:08:10 +0200 explained-what-is-the-new-swiss-coronavirus-drug-and-how-does-it-work US biotech firm Regeneron and its Swiss partner Roche unveiled promising clinical trial results Monday indicating that an antibody treatment used to treat Covid-19 patients also helps prevent infections. https://www.thelocal.ch/20210412/swiss-american-antibody-drug-effective-at-preventing-covid-infection Mon, 12 Apr 2021 19:07:38 +0200 swiss-american-antibody-drug-effective-at-preventing-covid-infection Swiss pharma giant Roche announced Tuesday "positive" results from clinical trials of an anti-Covid cocktail developed with US biotech firm Regeneron. https://www.thelocal.ch/20210323/switzerlands-roche-reports-promising-results-from-anti-covid-cocktail Tue, 23 Mar 2021 09:46:24 +0100 switzerlands-roche-reports-promising-results-from-anti-covid-cocktail Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche on Friday said it has completed its acquisition of US oncology data leader Flatiron Health, a tech upstart that has runs a huge platform of cancer patient records. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180406/roche-seals-takeover-of-cancer-data-upstart-flatiron Fri, 06 Apr 2018 11:31:05 +0200 roche-seals-takeover-of-cancer-data-upstart-flatiron Roche, the world's top cancer drug maker, announced on Friday it had agreed to buy US firm Ignyta, which is developing a treatment against some tumours, for $1.7 billion (1.4 billion euros). https://www.thelocal.ch/20171222/swiss-pharma-buys-us-firm-fighting-rare-tumours Fri, 22 Dec 2017 10:04:55 +0100 swiss-pharma-buys-us-firm-fighting-rare-tumours The US Food and Drug Administration has given the green light to Roche for its FoundationOne CDx personalized diagnostic cancer test, the Swiss group said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20171204/us-approves-new-cancer-test-developed-by-swiss-group-roche Mon, 04 Dec 2017 12:43:19 +0100 us-approves-new-cancer-test-developed-by-swiss-group-roche Switzerland made more European patent applications per capita in 2016 than any other country, confirming its long-held status as a world-leading innovator. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170307/swiss-are-european-patent-champions-once-again Tue, 07 Mar 2017 12:31:03 +0100 swiss-are-european-patent-champions-once-again Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche said on Monday that US regulators had issued emergency authorization to use its not-yet-approved diagnostic test for detecting the Zika virus in certain ircumstances. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160829/swiss-companys-zika-test-to-be-used-in-us Mon, 29 Aug 2016 13:44:48 +0200 swiss-companys-zika-test-to-be-used-in-us The city of Basel has approved a plan by pharmaceutical company Roche to build the country’s highest tower. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160609/basel-approves-tallest-building-in-switzerland Thu, 09 Jun 2016 13:20:46 +0200 basel-approves-tallest-building-in-switzerland Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche on Thursday reported a five-percent drop in net profits in 2015 as a strong Swiss franc ate into its robust sales of diagnostics and cancer medications. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160128/roche-profits-fall-on-strong-swiss-franc Thu, 28 Jan 2016 15:49:19 +0100 roche-profits-fall-on-strong-swiss-franc Biogen, an international biotechnology company, announced on Tuesday plans to invest one billion francs ($1.06 billion) for a new drug manufacturing plant in Luterbach in the canton of Solothurn. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150630/biogen-announces-billion-franc-drugs-plant Tue, 30 Jun 2015 23:03:14 +0200 biogen-announces-billion-franc-drugs-plant Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche reported a three percent rise in first quarter sales despite a strong Swiss franc, and said it was on track to meet this year's targets. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150422/roche Wed, 22 Apr 2015 12:55:31 +0200 roche Basel-based pharmaceutical giant Roche on Tuesday announced it had acquired a majority stake in US molecular and genomic analysis business Foundation Medicine for an undisclosed sum. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150414/roche-acquires Tue, 14 Apr 2015 14:19:55 +0200 roche-acquires Global restructuring costs ate into profits as Swiss drugs giant Roche on Wednesday recorded a 16 percent drop in net income to 9.5 billion francs ($10.5 billion) for 2014. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150128/restructuring-costs-reduce-roche-profit-for-2014 Wed, 28 Jan 2015 10:06:00 +0100 restructuring-costs-reduce-roche-profit-for-2014 Basel-based pharmaceutical giant Roche says it will pay up to $750 million for rights to a new molecule which boosts the capacity of antibiotics to fight increasingly resistant superbugs. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150113/roche-to-buy-molecule-to-boost-antiobiotics Tue, 13 Jan 2015 15:39:41 +0100 roche-to-buy-molecule-to-boost-antiobiotics Basel-based pharmaceuticals giant Roche says it is acquiring a majority stake in US firm Foundation Medicine Inc. (FMI), a high-tech specialist in molecular information about cancer, for more than a billion dollars. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150112/roche-invests-in-us-specialist-cancer-firm Mon, 12 Jan 2015 11:44:00 +0100 roche-invests-in-us-specialist-cancer-firm US authorities have approved a test developed by Swiss pharmaceutical firm Roche that can detect both HIV and hepatitis viruses, the Basel-based company said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150109/us-approves-roche-test-for-hiv-and-hepatitus Fri, 09 Jan 2015 16:01:03 +0100 us-approves-roche-test-for-hiv-and-hepatitus Swiss pharmaceutical group Roche hopes to obtain fast-track US approval for a rapid diagnostic test for Ebola, its director general said in an interview published Sunday, amid the worst-ever outbreak of the killer disease. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141026/roche-seeks-fast-track-for-ebola-virus-test Sun, 26 Oct 2014 18:47:00 +0100 roche-seeks-fast-track-for-ebola-virus-test Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche is to invest three billion francs ($3.14 billion) in its Basel headquarters over the course of the next ten years in a massive redevelopment project which includes the construction of the tallest building in Switzerland. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141023/towering-plans-for-roche-at-basel-site Thu, 23 Oct 2014 13:17:00 +0200 towering-plans-for-roche-at-basel-site A drug developed by Swiss giant Roche to treat an aggressive form of breast cancer has been shown to extend patients' lives by almost 16 months, researchers say. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140929/roche-touts-new-breast-cancer-drug Mon, 29 Sep 2014 12:23:00 +0200 roche-touts-new-breast-cancer-drug