OREANDA-NEWS. Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) today announced that data from 138 abstracts will be presented at this year’s European Cancer Congress (ECC) from 25–29 September in Vienna, Austria. Results will be presented from several clinical studies that are supporting ongoing regulatory discussions for three investigational medicines across specific types of lung, bladder and skin cancer (alectinib, atezolizumab and cobimetinib, which recently received its first approval in Switzerland where it is marketed as Cotellic®). Building on its large portfolio of approved cancer medicines, these regulatory discussions represent significant progress for Roche’s pipeline in the fields of cancer immunotherapy and targeted medicines.

"With our targeted medicines, cancer immunotherapies and the combination potential in our portfolio, we are committed to setting new standards for treating people with cancer," said Sandra Horning, M.D., Roche’s Chief Medical Officer and Head of Global Product Development. "At the 2015 European Cancer Congress, new data will be presented for three investigational medicines that we hope will be approved within the next year, including atezolizumab for people with PD-L1 expressing lung and bladder cancers."

In addition to data for alectinib, atezolizumab and cobimetinib, results will be presented across multiple tumour types from Roche’s cancer immunotherapy and targeted medicines pipeline including CEA-IL2v (RG7813), IDO Inhibitor (GDC-0919) and vanucizumab (anti-Ang2/VEGF, RG7221). The table below contains key abstracts featuring Roche medicines, including late breaking abstracts that will be presented during the Congress.

About Roche in personalised cancer immunotherapy

For more than 30 years, Roche has been developing medicines with the goal to redefine treatment in oncology. Today, we’re investing more than ever to bring personalised cancer immunotherapy (PCI) to people with cancer. The goal of PCI is to provide each person with a treatment tailored to harness his or her own immune system to fight cancer. Roche is studying more than 20 investigational medicines, seven of which are in clinical trials. In every study we are evaluating biomarkers to identify which people may be appropriate candidates for our medicines.

About Roche

Headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, Roche is a leader in research-focused healthcare with combined strengths in pharmaceuticals and diagnostics. Roche is the world’s largest biotech company, with truly differentiated medicines in oncology, immunology, infectious diseases, ophthalmology and neuroscience. Roche is also the world leader in in vitro diagnostics and tissue-based cancer diagnostics, and a frontrunner in diabetes management. Roche’s personalised healthcare strategy aims at providing medicines and diagnostics that enable tangible improvements in the health, quality of life and survival of patients. Founded in 1896, Roche has been making important contributions to global health for more than a century. Twenty-nine medicines developed by Roche are included in the World Health Organization Model Lists of Essential Medicines, among them life-saving antibiotics, antimalarials and chemotherapy. In 2014, the Roche Group employed 88,500 people worldwide, invested 8.9 billion Swiss francs in R&D and posted sales of 47.5 billion Swiss francs. Genentech, in the United States, is a wholly owned member of the Roche Group. Roche is the majority shareholder in Chugai Pharmaceutical, Japan.