Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) has been recognized as the most sustainable healthcare company globally in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI), for the third year in a row. The DJSI World and DJSI Europe Indexes track the performance of the leading sustainability companies based on environmental, social and economic performance.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) has completed its previously announced acquisition of privately held Amira Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a small-molecule pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and early development of new drugs to treat inflammatory and fibrotic diseases.

GSK and the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) have agreed to a contract that will support the development by GSK of a potentially new antibiotic against both hospital Gram negative and biothreat pathogens.

A Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee meeting has been scheduled for September 8, 2011, to review the New Drug Application in the USA for rivaroxaban in the prevention of stroke and non-CNS systemic embolism in patients with atrial fibrillation.

Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced that the European Commission has approved Tarceva® (erlotinib) for use in patients with a genetically distinct type of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in Europe.

Novartis announced today that the European Commission has approved Afinitor® (everolimus) tablets for the treatment of unresectable or metastatic, well- or moderately-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors (NET) of pancreatic origin in adults with progressive disease[3].

AstraZeneca today announced top-line results from SATURN (Study of Coronary Atheroma by InTravascular Ultrasound: Effect of Rosuvastatin Versus AtorvastatiN). SATURN was designed to measure the impact of CRESTOR (rosuvastatin) 40 mg and atorvastatin 80 mg on the progression of atherosclerosis in high risk patients.