Genentech, Inc.
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About Genentech, Inc.
Considered the founder of the industry, Genentech, now a member of the Roche Group, has been delivering on the promise of biotechnology for over 40 years. Genentech is a leading biotechnology company that discovers, develops, manufactures and commercializes medicines to treat patients with serious or life-threatening medical conditions. We are among the world's leading biotech companies, with multiple products on the market and a promising development pipeline. Please take this opportunity to learn about Genentech where we believe that our employees are our most important asset & are dedicated to remaining a great place to work.
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1174 articles with Genentech, Inc.
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Traditionally, Genentech has tended to operate with less hands-on scrutiny from the business bean counters at its Swiss Roche headquarters. These more recent job cuts suggest those days may be over.
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Readers' Picks: Top 10 Stories of 2018
12/28/2018
As we look back over the year, we noticed some stories just grabbed readers more than others. Here’s a look at the top 10 stories of the year, including job cuts, best-selling drugs, up-and-coming companies,scandals, clinical trials, and more. -
Proteostasis Therapeutics Announces Global License Agreement with Genentech
12/17/2018
Proteostasis Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:PTI), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery and development of groundbreaking therapies to treat cystic fibrosis (CF) and other diseases caused by dysfunctional protein processing, today announced a worldwide, exclusive license agreement with Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, for rights to potential therapeutic small molecule modulators of an undisclosed target within the proteostasis network.
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Proteostasis Therapeutics, based in Boston, signed a worldwide, exclusive license deal with Genentech for rights to a possible small molecule modulator within the proteostasis network.
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Late Thursday, Genentech said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted regulatory approval for a combination of Tecentriq and Avastin for treatment of some metastatic non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients.
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FDA Approves Genentech’s Tecentriq in Combination With Avastin and Chemotherapy for the Initial Treatment of People With a Specific Type of Metastatic Lung Cancer
12/6/2018
Approval based on survival benefit of Tecentriq, in combination with Avastin, paclitaxel and carboplatin (chemotherapy), in people with metastatic non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with no EGFR or ALK genomic tumor aberrations compared to Avastin plus chemotherapy –
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Genentech’s Kadcyla Cut the Risk of Disease Recurring by Half Compared to Herceptin in People With HER2-Positive Early Breast Cancer With Residual Disease After Neoadjuvant Treatment
12/5/2018
88.3 percent of people treated with Kadcyla in the adjuvant HER2-positive early breast cancer setting did not have their breast cancer return compared to 77.0 percent treated with Herceptin, an 11.3 percent improvement
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FDA Grants Priority Review to Genentech’s Tecentriq in Combination with Chemotherapy for the Initial Treatment of Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer
12/5/2018
Genentech today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the company’s supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) and granted Priority Review for Tecentriq® (atezolizumab), in combination with carboplatin and etoposide (chemotherapy), for the initial (first-line) treatment of people with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC).
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New Venclexta® Data Demonstrate Deep Responses in Two of the Most Common Types of Leukemia
12/3/2018
New analyses from the Phase III MURANO study in previously treated chronic lymphocytic leukemia show continued benefit from fixed-duration regimen after a median follow-up of three years
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Genentech’s Hemlibra (emicizumab-kxwh) Provided Sustained Bleed Control in the Largest Pivotal Study to Date of Children With Hemophilia A With Factor VIII Inhibitors
12/3/2018
Nearly 77 percent of children receiving Hemlibra once weekly experienced zero treated bleeds
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HitGen Enters into DNA-Encoded Library Based Drug Discovery Research Collaboration with Genentech
12/3/2018
HitGen Ltd today announced that it has entered into a drug discovery research collaboration with Genentech to identify potential small molecule leads against targets of interest to Genentech.
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Roche subsidiary Genentech snaps up Jecure and its portfolio of preclinical NLRP3 inhibitors aimed at serious inflammatory diseases.
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Genentech Acquires Jecure Therapeutics
11/27/2018
Jecure Therapeutics Inc., a biotechnology company with novel drug discovery programs targeting serious inflammatory diseases, today announced a definitive agreement by which it will be acquired by Genentech, a member of the Roche Group
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FDA Approves the ACTPen for Genentech’s Actemra, a Single-Dose, Prefilled Autoinjector for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis, Giant Cell Arteritis and Two Forms of Juvenile Arthritis
11/26/2018
Genentech, a member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ACTPen™ 162 mg/0.9 mL, a single-dose prefilled autoinjector for Actemra®
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Genentech Announces FDA Grants Venclexta Accelerated Approval for People With Newly-Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia or Those Who Are Ineligible for Intensive Induction Chemotherapy
11/21/2018
Genentech, a member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted accelerated approval to Venclexta® (venetoclax), in combination with a hypomethylating agent (azacitidine or decitabine), or low-dose cytarabine (LDAC), for the treatment of people with newly-diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
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Immunocore and Genentech Dig into Immuno-Oncology in Solid Tumors With Expanded Research Deal
11/19/2018
This deal is an expansion of an existing discovery collaboration. Immunocore will head the first-in-human clinical trial of the drug alone and in combination with Genentech’s checkpoint inhibitor Tecentriq (atezolizumab). -
According to the American Cancer Society, almost 601,000 people in the U.S. died of cancer in 2017. The two most common types of cancer are lung cancer and breast cancer, followed by colorectal cancer, prostate cancer and stomach cancer.
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Rob Dunn, a professor of applied ecology at North Carolina State University in Raleigh recently wrote a book, Never Home Alone. In this book, he describes how millions of microorganisms, bacteria, fungi, viruses, parasites and insects live in your home—and in and on your body.
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FDA Grants Priority Review to Genentech’s Tecentriq in Combination with Abraxane for the Initial Treatment of People with PD-L1-Positive, Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
11/13/2018
Triple-negative breast cancer is an aggressive disease, with high unmet medical need
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BioSpace Movers and Shakers Nov. 12
11/12/2018
Biopharma companies name new members of their leadership teams. Who made big moves this week?