Roche: No Major M&A Needed To Offset Biosimilar Threat
Executive Summary
Rather than buying its way out of trouble, Roche is backing its new products, notably the multiple sclerosis drug Ocrevus, the PD-L1 inhibitor Tecentriq and the lung cancer treatment Alecensa to offset the battering from biosimilar competition to some of its big-selling cancer therapies.
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