William Burns
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William Burns
larger likely maybe tall
Is it likely to be as big as oncology? Maybe that is a tall order. But if you take where we are in hepatitis and transplant, it is going to be probably larger than that.
knew
I knew this wasn't the end of the road. It couldn't be. I'm too active.
human seeing terrible
I just think what we are seeing here is a terrible human tragedy,
capacity excess government holding orders received stand
Our capacity is well in excess of all government orders that we have received to date. We stand ready. There should be no holding back.
actions believe health manage placed plans potential
We believe that with these forward-looking actions we are well placed in our collaboration with world governments on their plans to manage a potential health crisis.
assistance
U.S. condolences and any assistance the U.S. can provide.
available benefit capability countries developed ensure hardest help hit hope initiative knowledge learn local medicines possible sharing strengthen taken undertaken unique unlike
We have taken this unique step, which is unlike any initiative undertaken by Roche, to help ensure that the right medicines in the right formulation are available locally. We want to use the knowledge we have developed to help strengthen local manufacturing capability and hope to help as many manufacturers as possible in these hardest hit countries by sharing our knowledge, so that they can learn and benefit from our technology.
available discuss including prepared
We are prepared to discuss all available options, including granting sublicenses.
best billion estimate february forecast government guidance orders pandemic stand swiss
We stand by the guidance of February when we forecast 1.1 to 1.2 billion Swiss francs for pandemic use. That is the best estimate we can give on the government orders we have.
believe journey oral toward
We believe we are on journey toward making a significant contribution with an oral anti-TNF drug.
believe fourth further orders
We believe we have orders for a further Sfr200m to Sfr250m in the fourth quarter.
ahead capacity demand depend flow future large meeting order rate
The rate at which this capacity is utilized will depend in large part on the future order flow from governments around the world. We are now ahead of demand in meeting the manufacturing challenge.