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Published online 18 March 2009 | 458, 270 (2009) | doi:10.1038/458270a

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Roche vows to keep Genentech culture

It will be business as usual despite the merger, say bosses.

An era has ended for the biotechnology industry with the full merger of biotech pioneer Genentech, of South San Francisco, and Swiss pharma­ceutical giant Roche, based in Basel.

The deal, announced on 12 March, ends Roche's eight-month pursuit of Genentech.

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