Above all we create successful new medicines and shape future therapies through outstanding people and science

Pharma Research creates safe and efficacious new medicines which will help people live longer and healthier lives through outstanding people and science.About 5,000 scientists around the world are committed to developing new healthcare solutions in areas of unmet medical need.

Structure

Pharma Research has research sites in Basel (Switzerland), Nutley (USA), Penzberg (Germany) and Palo Alto (USA) and has also developed synergies with Genentech (USA) and Chugai (Japan). Roche has committed itself is establishing a fifth research center in Shanghai (China).

Roche Group pharmaceutical research is focused on seven Therapy Areas:

• Central Nervous System
• Genito-urinary Diseases
• Inflammatory and Autoimmune Diseases
• Metabolic Diseases
• Viral Diseases

Technology Platforms

• Discovery chemistry
• Synthesis and screening (ultra high throughput screening)
• Molecular modelling
• Proteomics
• Bioinformatics

Pharma Research is also supported by the Roche Center for Medical Genomics (RCMG) as well as Global Research Informatics.