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Annual Report 2002 - Roche

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Major product approvals and launches in <strong>2002</strong>*<br />

Product Generic name Indication Country<br />

Copegus + interferon alfa ribavirin hepatitis C EU, USA, Switzer-<br />

+ interferon alfa land, Australia<br />

Dilatrend carvedilol severe chronic heart failure EU<br />

chronic heart failure<br />

Japan<br />

Kytril granisetron prevention and treatment of postoperative nausea<br />

and vomiting<br />

USA<br />

MabThera/Rituxan rituximab in combination with CHOP** chemotherapy EU, Switzerland,<br />

in aggressive non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma<br />

Australia<br />

NeoRecormon epoetin beta anemia in patients with solid tumours Switzerland<br />

once weekly dosing schedule in patients<br />

with hematological cancers<br />

EU<br />

Pegasys peginterferon alfa-2a monotherapy in hepatitis C EU, USA<br />

Pegasys + Copegus peginterferon alfa-2a<br />

+ ribavirin hepatitis C EU, USA<br />

Tamiflu oseltamivir treatment of influenza A and B in children<br />

and adults<br />

EU, Japan***<br />

prevention of influenza A and B in adolescents<br />

and adults<br />

EU, Japan***<br />

Valcyte valganciclovir prevention of cytomegalovirus infection<br />

in AIDS patients<br />

EU, USA<br />

Xeloda capecitabine monotherapy in metastatic breast cancer EU<br />

Xeloda + Taxotere<br />

capecitabine<br />

+ docetaxel metastatic breast cancer EU, Switzerland<br />

Xenical orlistat label change incorporating new data on overweight<br />

and obese patients with type 2 diabetes<br />

EU<br />

Zenapax daclizumab pediatric renal transplantation EU<br />

***Includes supplemental indications.<br />

***Cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine and prednisone.<br />

***Launched in Japan; Japanese approval obtained in 2001.<br />

new clinical data led to a fourthquarter<br />

increase in combined sales of<br />

Invirase and Fortovase, particularly in<br />

the important US market. We are<br />

developing new dosage strengths of<br />

Viracept and Invirase to facilitate<br />

patient compliance and enhance the<br />

competitiveness of these products.<br />

In the summer findings from a phase<br />

III trial showed our new HIV<br />

medicine, Fuzeon (T-20), to be even<br />

more effective than anticipated in<br />

patients infected with resistant strains<br />

of HIV. Marketing applications for the<br />

drug, which is the world’s first fusion<br />

inhibitor, were filed in September in<br />

the United States and Europe; <strong>Roche</strong> is<br />

developing Fuzeon in partnership with<br />

Trimeris. The US and European<br />

authorities have both granted Fuzeon<br />

fast track review status. We are expect-<br />

26 Pharmaceuticals

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