Roche Holding

Animal Research at Roche
Roche’s Position
Before any medicine can be brought to market, clinical trials must be conducted to establish that
the medicine is both efficacious and well tolerated. Before human clinical trials for new medications
can proceed, regulatory bodies worldwide require efficacy and safety data from preclinical studies
which are conducted on animals whenever scientifically justified. As research seeks new treatment
solutions to complex diseases like, for example, cancer,...