In the first nine months of 2011 Roche reported positive data from seven clinical studies, several of which have already formed the basis for regulatory filings and approvals in the third quarter:

Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) and Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) today announced a five-year research partnership to explore new ideas and ways to improve the quality, outcomes and costs of the health care delivery system for senior citizens and other populations.

Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) announced today that a pivotal Phase III study of Cialis® (tadalafil) tablets 5 mg for once daily use met its co-primary endpoints, significantly improving measures of both erectile dysfunction (ED) and signs and symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in men with both conditions.

The Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation today announced a collaboration with the World Health Organization's (WHO) Stop TB Department for a two-year pilot initiative to strengthen community based prevention, care and control of tuberculosis (TB) including co-infection with HIV in South Africa, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia and Democratic Republic of the Congo.

AstraZeneca today announced a $200 million investment in a new manufacturing facility, located in China Medical City (CMC), Taizhou, Jiangsu province. The new site, which represents AstraZeneca's largest ever investment in a single manufacturing facility globally, will produce both intravenous and oral solid medicines for the company's growing business in China.

Sanofi (EURONEXT: SAN and NYSE: SNY) and its subsidiary Genzyme announced the publication of the pivotal Phase III TEMSO study with investigational once-daily oral medication teriflunomide in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).

Boehringer Ingelheim and Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) have entered into a licensing agreement, under which Boehringer Ingelheim has granted Gilead exclusive worldwide rights for the research, development and commercialization of its novel non-catalytic site integrase inhibitors (NCINIs) for HIV.