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Genentech

Biotech company

Companybusiness university spin-offQ899140

Also known as Genentech, Inc. · Genentech Inc.

Founded: 1976
, April 7, 1976
Founded by: Robert A. Swanson
, Herbert Boyer
Headquarters: South San Francisco
Country: United States
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1.Stated in Open Funder RegistryRetrieved 2017-12-07
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Industry: pharmaceutical industry
Employees: 14,815(September 2016)
Parent: Hoffmann-La Roche
Website: gene.com

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Genentech, Inc. is an American biotechnology corporation headquartered in South San Francisco, California. It operates as an independent subsidiary of holding company Roche. Genentech Research and Early Development operates as an independent center within Roche. Historically, the company is regarded as the world's first biotechnology company.

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Owned by: Hoffmann-La Roche
Product or material produced: bevacizumab
Member of: Bay Area Host Committee

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