Principles of Ambulatory Medicine

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THE ROCHE NAME
Hoffmann-La Roche is highly respected by health care professionals and with good reason. As one of the world's leading research-based health care companies, Roche provides a wide range of medical products and services, including prescription medications, diagnostic test systems and vitamins. Roche has been responsible for the discovery and development of numerous important medicines. Among the significant Roche medical contributions extending over the last decade or more are several important therapies for AIDS and AIDS-related diseases, including one of the leading protease inhibitors, advances in the field of organ transplantation, a medication used to treat severe recalcitrant cystic acne, a treatment for a life-threatening form of pneumonia and a potent new once-a-day antibiotic that has proven to be both clinically effective and cost effective.The deep commitment Roche maintains to the development of new, higher standards of diagnosis, therapy and health... Tovább

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THE ROCHE NAME
Hoffmann-La Roche is highly respected by health care professionals and with good reason. As one of the world's leading research-based health care companies, Roche provides a wide range of medical products and services, including prescription medications, diagnostic test systems and vitamins. Roche has been responsible for the discovery and development of numerous important medicines. Among the significant Roche medical contributions extending over the last decade or more are several important therapies for AIDS and AIDS-related diseases, including one of the leading protease inhibitors, advances in the field of organ transplantation, a medication used to treat severe recalcitrant cystic acne, a treatment for a life-threatening form of pneumonia and a potent new once-a-day antibiotic that has proven to be both clinically effective and cost effective.The deep commitment Roche maintains to the development of new, higher standards of diagnosis, therapy and health care through extensive and continuous research and development is well known. All members of the health care circle-physicians, nurses, pharmacists and patients-have come to learn that the Roche name stands for quality.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Roche takes pride in being one of the pharmaceutical industry's leading research-intensive companies. Early on, Roche was a pioneer in the field of pure bulk synthetic vitamins, and as far back as the 1960s, Roche conducted ground-breaking work in the area of biotechnology, when scientists at the company produced the first genetically engineered version of alpha interferon. As a result of this research, our understanding of biotechnology created opportunities for medicines, diagnostics and research tools that were heretofore unimaginable. On another front, in 1991 Roche acquired worldwide rights to polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology, one of the most exciting recent breakthroughs in the field of human diagnostics. PCR is a powerful tool that enables rapid, sensitive and highly accurate diagnosis of infectious diseases, cancer and genetic disorders. As was the case with biotechnology, PCR is paving the way to higher standards of diagnosis, therapy and health care. Vissza