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Our story began 125 years ago. Today, Roche is one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, having evolved into a global leader in the industry and providing people with life-changing solutions.
- Fritz Hoffmann, visionary thinker and Roche founder
On October 1, 1896, at the age of 28, Fritz Hoffmann-La...
- Moments that made us - Roche
After F. Hoffmann-La Roche & Co. was officially founded in...
- Fritz Hoffmann, visionary thinker and Roche founder
Founded in 1896 by Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche, the company was known early on for producing various vitamin preparations and derivatives. [10] In 1934, it became the first company to mass-produce synthetic vitamin C, under the brand name Redoxon.
Roche was founded in Switzerland, Germany and Italy in 1896 as one of the first companies specifically set up to manufacture scientifically researched pharmaceuticals. The quick international expansion was a result of Roche’s bold and daring founder Fritz Hoffmann, a merchant from Basel.
F. Hoffmann-La Roche & Co. was founded in Basel, Switzerland by the 28 year old Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche on October 1, 1896, at a historic time when the industrial revolution was changing the face of Europe.
6 days ago · Roche was found in 1896 by a man called Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche. The visionary founder was “ among the first to recognise that the industrial manufacture of standardized medicines would be a...
On October 1, 1896, at the age of 28, Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche launched his company as the successor company to Hoffmann, Traub & Co in Basel, Switzerland. He was among the first to recognise that the industrial manufacture of medicines would be a major advance in the fight against disease.
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After F. Hoffmann-La Roche & Co. was officially founded in 1896 in Basel, the company quickly opened its first affiliates in Germany and Italy, soon expanding into Russia, Japan and other important markets. But it took two years for the first successful products to arrive.
