What is Roche and what does the company do?

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Roche is a healthcare company founded in 1896 in Basel, Switzerland, that combines pharmaceuticals and diagnostics to develop medicines and tests for preventing, stopping, and curing disease. Its stated mission is to create a healthier future for everyone by addressing healthcare challenges that place the greatest strain on patients, families, communities, and health systems.

Two businesses under one mission

Roche describes its work through two connected areas:

Area Role How Roche describes it
Diagnostics Find and characterize disease Identifying high-risk patients early and accurately diagnosing patients
Pharmaceuticals Treat and restore health Delivering targeted medicines and curative medicines

The company frames this combination as its main differentiator: diagnostics help identify who needs care and what is driving their condition, while medicines aim to halt progression or restore health. Roche says it is "guided by the experiences of patients" in deciding where to focus.

What the website covers

roche.com serves as the corporate site. Its main sections include:

  • Company overview — who Roche is, its history since 1896, and its mission.
  • In the spotlight — current company news, such as the nine-month 2026 results, which Roche reports showed sales increasing 6% (CER), and a stated goal to bring up to 20 new medicines to patients by 2030.
  • Investor information — financial reporting, including sales of CHF 30.4 billion by HY 2026, a dividend yield of 3.2% for FY 2025, and the next report scheduled for 28 January 2027.
  • Media center and stories — annual report highlights and feature articles on topics such as multiple sclerosis biology and diagnostic readiness.

Who this is useful for

  • Patients and caregivers looking for background on the company behind a medicine or test.
  • Investors and analysts checking reporting dates and headline financial figures.
  • Healthcare professionals and researchers following Roche's stated priorities in diagnostics and pharma.

If you need product-level information such as a specific medicine's approval status, prescribing details, or a test's availability in your country, the corporate site is a starting point rather than the final source; those details typically sit with local affiliates or regulatory labels.