WEB : www . roche . co . uk

Roche is the stylised and shortened name for F . Hoffman-La Roche AG , the worldwide pharmaceutical company with two huge divisions : Diagnostics and Pharmaceuticals . Together , the Roche subsidiaries generated over $ 53.48bn in revenue in 2016 , with $ 14.878bn in operating income . A few of the biggest subsidiaries under the Roche umbrella include Genentech , Chugai Pharmaceuticals and Ventana . Descendants of the founding families still own over half of the bearer shares . Novartis , the Swiss pharmaceutical on this list , owns approximately 5 % of Roche shares . Roche has increased its dividend for 30 years running .

36 November 2017