Roche invests $142m in Shanghai for infectious disease research
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Roche is showing its confidence in treatments for infectious diseases in China through a substantial new investment - as much as CHF136 million ($142 million) – to build a new laboratory facility for its R&D Innovation Center in Shanghai.
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