Genentech nears trade secrets suit settlement with Taiwanese company but still targeting former employees

Biotech powerhouse Genentech Inc. is close to settling a with a Taiwanese company that allegedly stole trade secrets and planned to launch a look-alike version of one of Genentech's most popular drugs. The settlement between the South San Francisco-based U.S. unit of drug giant Roche and JHL Biotech Inc. requires the Taiwanese company to stop development of biosimilar versions of Genentech's cancer drugs Rituxan, Herceptin and Avastin — all multibillion-dollar biologics — and the cystic fibr osis…
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