Roche
Biopharmaceuticals and diagnostics · Switzerland
Roche makes prescription medicines, mainly for cancer, nerve and eye disease, and the lab tests that diagnose patients.
What makes it different
Founder families still control Roche through a 1948 voting pact.
64.97%Of voting shares held by the founder-family poolFY2025
A pooling agreement keeps votes together, so outside investors hold a minority of voting shares.
How big it is
How big is Roche?
CHF 61.5BGroup salesFY2025
112,774EmployeesFY2025
31BTests deliveredFY2025
How it makes money FY2025
Cancer medicines and diagnostics bring in most sales.
- Oncology and haematology39%CHF 23.9B
- Diagnostics23%CHF 13.8B
- Neurology16%CHF 9.8B
- Immunology11%CHF 6.7B
- Other12%
How the business works
Test first, treat precisely, reinvest in science.
- 1Diagnostics instruments and assays
- 2Targeted antibody medicines
- 3Research funded by sales
One group sells both the tests that find patients and the medicines that treat them.
Who owns it
- Shareholder group with pooled voting rights (Hoffmann and Oeri families, Duschmalé family, Foundation Wolf, Artuma Holding)64.97%
- Maja Oeri3.79%
- Melchior Oeri3.79%
CEO: Thomas Schinecker
Who it competes with
Key moments
- 0-01F. Hoffmann-La Roche & Co founded in Basel
- 1933Vitamin C synthesis makes Roche a vitamin leader
- 1966Sets up a diagnostics division
- 1990Buys 60% of Genentech
- 1997Acquires Boehringer Mannheim
Sources
Every number on this page comes from Roche's own reports.
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What Roche tracks31 metrics
New molecules entering phase III in 2025
Patients treated with Roche medicines
Employees
Results, quarter by quarterwith a chart
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Where the money comes from5 regions
North America
Europe
Asia
The full timeline16 moments
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