Roche cuts drug pipeline in effort to revitalise business
Roche has cut a fifth of its drug pipeline in six months, shedding prospective cancer and neurology treatments as the Swiss company seeks to revitalise its business under new chief executive Thomas Schinecker.
Since the third quarter of 2023 when it had 82 new drugs in development, the company has jettisoned 16 drugs and added 12 others, including the weight-loss drug it gained through its $3.1bn acquisition of Carmot Therapeutics in December.
“There’s been a reduction of assets that don’t have the promise to be transformative medicines. We have rebuilt the pipeline to be the best in any field,” said Schinecker, who took over as chief in March last year.
The moves come after the company suffered recent high-profile clinical trial failures, including for its Alzheimer’s drug gantenerumab.

