6 July 2010 - The Industrial Business company of Roche Applied Science has been relaunched under the name Roche Custom Biotech.
The switch will be accompanied by a complete makeover of the Industrial Business appearance.
29 September 2009 - SAIC-Frederick and Roche have signed a collaboration agreement to assess Roche's advanced technologies to sequence the genomes of cancer research samples. 5 August 2009 - Roche and Google.org have begun a joint project to demonstrate the feasibility of developing a multidisciplinary surveillance, research and response system that will enhance the ability to predict and prevent emerging infectious diseases in east Africa, according to the organisations.
19 March 2009 - Roche has announced that it has signed a definite agreement under which Roche will acquire 100 per cent of Innovatis, a privately held company based in Bielefeld, Germany.
