Roche Ups Outlook, Sees Spark Buy By Year-End
New Medicines Help Group Lift Full-Year Guidance (Again)
Executive Summary
Roche presented another strong quarterly performance and raised its outlook again for the full year, as sales continued to be driven in the third quarter by its portfolio of new medicines. It still believes its delayed takeover of Spark Therapeutics will happen by year-end.
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