[Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR] Roche achieves good results in the first six months of 2022

Basel, 21 July 2022Group sales up 5%1 at constant exchange rates (CER) and 5% in Swiss francsPharmaceuticals Divisionsales increase 3%; continued strong demand for new medicines to treat severe diseases; as expected, the impact of biosimilars slows down furtherDiagnostics Divisionsales grow 11%; ongoing strong base business; demand for COVID-19 tests is expected to decline in the second half of the yearIFRSnet income increases by 12% (12% in Swiss francs), whilecore earnings per share are up 11%Highlights in the second quarter:EU approvals ofPolivy (first-line treatment for aggressive form of blood cancer),Lunsumio (follicular lymphoma) andTecentriq (early-stage lung cancer); EU marketing authorisation application submitted forglofitamab (blood cancer)US approval ofEvrysdi (babies under two months of age with spinal muscular atrophy) and US priority review forLunsumioLaunch of innovative platforms and systems for tissue-based cancer diagnostics, of HPV self-sampling solution and monkeypox virus test kitsOutlook for 2022 confirmedRoche CEO Severin Schwan: “We achieved good results in the first half of the year, thanks to the continued strong demand for our diagnostics base business and our new medicines to treat haemophilia, cancer and neurological disorders. Thanks to the ongoing renewal of our portfolio, we continue to grow despite biosimilars, w hose impact declined further as expected. Based on our current assessment, we confirm the outlook for the full year.”Key figur...
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