Genentech, Roche’s US subsidiary, will invest approximately $750 million to build a new device fill-finish facility at its Hillsboro, Oregon campus, adding 250 manufacturing jobs and doubling the site’s size ahead of a 2031 commercial start.
Genentech and Roche have filed a new patent-infringement lawsuit against Biocon in New Jersey federal court, alleging Biocon’s proposed pertuzumab biosimilar infringes patents covering Perjeta, Roche’s blockbuster HER2-positive breast-cancer treatment, the second major U.S. action against Biocon over the same product in 2026.
Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, announced Friday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has rejected its application to expand the use of its cancer drug Columvi® (glofitamab-gxbm). The FDA issued a Complete Response Letter (CRL) for the supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA), effectively declining to approve Columvi in combination with chemotherapy for the treatment of relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).
