Roche Holding, or legally F. Hoffmann-La Roche, is a Swiss pharmaceutical company and one of the world's leading companies in the sector. Since 2004, the company has had two parallel divisions, the pharmaceutical division and the diagnostics division.
The company has a commercial presence in 150 countries. Its headquarters are located in the Roche Tower in Basel, Switzerland. In 2016, the company has 94,000 employees. The company was founded on 1 October 1896 by Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche.