For the eighth consecutive year, Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) has been recognised as Group Leader in sustainability within the Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences Industry of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI). This is based on an in-depth analysis of economic, social and environmental performance. The DJSI family of indices serves as a benchmark for investors who integrate sustainability considerations into their portfolios.

Pfizer Inc. has announced that Dr. Ole Isacson, a world-renowned scientist and thought leader in neurology, will become Chief Scientific Officer of the Neuroscience Research Unit and Senior Vice President, effective September 16. Dr. Isacson is a Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, and will continue to serve in an educational role. He is also a founding director of the Neuroregeneration Institute at McLean Hospital. Dr. Isacson will report directly to Mikael Dolsten, President of Worldwide Research and Development.

Today, the first of six teams of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) oncology employees set out from Cannon Beach on the Oregon coast on the first leg of the 2016 Coast 2 Coast 4 Cancer Ride , a 21-day cycling ride that will bring together 80 riders to cover approximately 2,800 miles on a mission for cancer patients and their loved ones by raising money for Stand Up To Cancer's innovative cancer research programs.

GlaxoSmithKline plc (LSE/NYSE: GSK) and Innoviva, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVA) today announced that the results from the pioneering Salford Lung Study (SLS) have been published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). This unique study, which reported headline results in May 2016, was designed to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of Relvar® Ellipta® in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), compared with their 'usual care' administered in an everyday clinical practice setting.

Results from pivotal Phase III trials presented at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) International Congress demonstrated that adding benralizumab to standard-of-care medicine significantly reduced exacerbations and improved lung function and asthma symptoms in severe asthma patients with an eosinophilic phenotype, as indicated by the presence of eosinophils in their blood.

Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) and Boehringer Ingelheim today announced that Amgen has acquired global development and commercial rights from Boehringer Ingelheim for BI 836908 (AMG 420), a bispecific T cell engager (BiTE®) that targets B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA), a potential target for multiple myeloma.

Boehringer Ingelheim, one of the world's 20 leading pharmaceutical companies, and Saniona, a leading biotech company in the field of ion channel drug discovery, have entered into a research collaboration with the objective to discover and develop novel compounds for the treatment of schizophrenia.