[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 12613]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         CONGRATULATING ROCHE ON ITS ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY

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                        HON. BILL PASCRELL, JR.

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 14, 2005

  Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to offer my congratulations 
on the 100th Anniversary of Roche, one of the leading healthcare 
innovators in the world. Roche is a specialty care company that employs 
over 10,000 people in America and 60,000 globally. I am proud to 
represent the 3,000 people employed by Roche North America at its 
headquarters in Nutley, New Jersey, in my Congressional District. We 
are fortunate that these folks chose to lend their tremendous talents 
individually and collectively to improving the quality of healthcare 
for us.
  For a century now, Roche has invested in advanced research and 
manufacturing techniques that have yielded breakthroughs in healthcare. 
Founded in Switzerland in 1896, Roche's roots in America are deep and 
strong, dating back to the opening of its New York office in 1905. From 
its start in Manhattan in 1905, Roche has extended its reach to nine 
sites across the United States, with facilities in New Jersey, South 
Carolina, Colorado, Indiana, and California.
  There are many examples of how Roche's commitment to deepening our 
understanding of human health and developing revolutionary treatments 
and tools has reaped benefits for Americans. Roche's discoveries have 
led to an immunosuppressant to help people fight off organ transplant 
rejection, the creation of a new class of drugs that is used to combat 
HIV/AIDS where other medications have failed, and the production of the 
most widely used treatment for Hepatitis C, one of the foremost threats 
to public health today. As an industry leader in the field of 
diagnostics, Roche's products help patients manage their diabetes, give 
physicians and hospitals the ability to identify illnesses more quickly 
and more accurately, and tailor treatments in a way that best suit an 
individual's personal medical condition. These life-saving and life-
enhancing products make a tremendous difference for hundreds of 
thousands of people around the world each and every day, and are part 
of why Americans enjoy the highest quality healthcare.
  As Roche employees in New Jersey, and around the world, reflect on 
all these accomplishments on this 100th Anniversary, I believe they can 
take great pride in the successes they have enjoyed as a result of 
their dedication and industriousness. I am confident that the century 
ahead holds great things in store for the Roche community.

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