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Roche
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Roche is a Swiss-headquartered global drug and medical services company with sales of CHF$46.1 billion in 2007. (US$45.47 billion). Of this, CHF$36.8 billion came from the company's pharmaceutical division.[1] The company was founded in 1986 by Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche. While the company name is officially known as Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd it is most commonly referred to simply as Roche.
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Animal testing
Roche does animal testing.
Animals by species, numbers & locations (United States)
- Nutley, New Jersey [2]
- Palo Alto, CA [3]
For links to copies of this facility's U.S. Department of Agriculture reports indicating species, number of animals used and other information visit Stop Animal Experimentation Now Facility Reports and Information, U.S. Department of Agriculture-Animal Plant Health Inspection reports. This Web site lists each of the 50 states; each state's name links to biomedical research facilities in that state, and to PDF copies of government documents where the facilities must report their animal usage.
Contract testing
Roche contract tests out to Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS). [4] Huntingdon Life Sciences is the 3rd largest Contract Research Organization (CRO) in the world and the largest animal testing facility in all of Europe. Firms hire HLS to conduct animal toxicity tests for agrochemicals, petrochemicals, household products, pharmaceutical drugs and toxins. [5] HLS has a long history of gross animal welfare violations. See also Huntingdon Life Sciences, sections 2 & 3.
Case Studies
- Roche's $ 65,000 Dinner For Australian Doctors
- Roche Supplies Xenical Weight Loss Drug to UK Diet Clinic
Roche Company Products
Lobbying
Cancer United is a pharmaceutical industry front group established by the Weber Shandwick public relations firm. It is funded entirely by Roche. [6]
Contact details
F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd
Roche Group Media Office
Corporate Communications
CH-4070 Basel
Switzerland
Telephone +41-61-688 8888
Telefax +41-61-688 2775
Web: http://www.roche.com/home.html
Articles & Sources
SourceWatch resources
- Animal testing
- Huntingdon Life Sciences
- Medical Industrial Complex
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Patient Groups
- International Association for the Study of Obesity
- International Obesity Task Force
- War on Cancer
References
- ↑ "Record operating results for Roche again in 2007", Media Release, January 30, 2008.
- ↑ Humane Society of the U.S. Nutley, NJ, Research Facilities, accessed February 2009
- ↑ HSUS Palo Alto, CA, Research Facilities, accessed February 2009
- ↑ Inside Huntingdon Life Sciences Inside Customers, accessed December 2008
- ↑ Inside HLS Frequently Asked Questions About Huntingdon Life Sciences, accessed February 2009
- ↑ Sarah Boseley, Concern over cancer group's link to drug firm, Guardian (United Kingdom), October 2006
External articles
- Ray Moynihan, "Drug giant 'forks out $65K for doctors' meals'", The Australian, July 21, 2006.
- Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, "Company Suspended From ABPI Membership Over Breaches Of Code Of Practice", Media Release, July 14, 2008.
