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High prices leave 10 000 breast cancer patients without life-saving treatment

The prices charged by health multinational Roche were ‘significantly out of kilter’, the Competition Commission found

Sarah Smit

Activists gather at the offices of Roche in Johannesburg to protest against the high price of Herceptin

‘Roche holds cancer patients to ransom’ – activists

Activists say if Roche does not drop the price of Herceptin, they will ask the health department to act.

Mia Malan
Bhekisisa Team

GLAXOSMITHKLINE

Roche defends diet drug as FDA probes liver claim

There is no evidence of a link between weight loss drug Xenical and liver injury, drugmaker Roche said on Tuesday.

Staff Reporter