Genentech

Raptiva: Genentech Pulls Drug From Market For Safety

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — The Genentech unit of drugmaker Roche Holding AG is pulling the psoriasis treatment Raptiva off the U.S. market be...

Roche To Take Over Genentech For $47 Billion

AP | ALEXANDER G. HIGGINS | Posted 05.25.2011

GENEVA — Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche agreed to pay $46.8 billion to buy the 44 percent of biotech pioneer Genentech that it doesn't already...

A Prenatal Link To Alzheimer's?

Wall Street Journal | RON WINSLOW | Posted 11.17.2011

New research at Genentech Inc. is challenging conventional thinking about Alzheimer's disease, providing a provocative theory about its cause and sugg...

Newsflash: Breast Cancer Sucks, and You Can Die From It

Lauren Cahn | Posted 11.17.2011

Lauren Cahn

Maybe a reality check isn't something you want when you're being bombarded with "Breast Cancer Awareness" messages. After all, that would be kind of scary.

Genentech, Innovative Cancer Drug Maker, Receives $43.7B Offer From Roche Holding

New York Times | David Jolly | Posted 05.25.2011

PARIS -- The Swiss drug maker Roche Holding said Monday that it was offering about $43.7 billion to acquire the 44 percent of the biotechnology compan...

The Best Stocks For 2008

Fortune | Jon Birger and Katie Benner | Posted 05.25.2011

We'll say this for the U.S. economy: It can take a punch. Consider the blows it has absorbed just this year. The worst real estate crash since the Gr...