Roche AG's Tamiflu and another influenza drug GSK's Relenza can shorten the symptoms of influenza by about half a day earlier, but do not reduce the severity of its complications.

A human papillomavirus (HPV) test for cancer screening has won the support of an FDA advisory committee to replace the Pap smear. The advisory committee voted unanimously 13-0 on Wednesday in support of HPV test as the first-line standard of care for cancer screening.

A spokesman has affirmed that India has partly revoked patents granted to Roche Holding AG for its breast cancer drug, Herceptin. According to reports of Swiss newspaper Schweiz am Sonntag, divisional patents for Herceptin had been lifted by Kolkata Patent Office on July 17.

Swiss company Roche has suffered a major setback as a drug, which is meant for treating diabetes, has been showing side effects. This is the reason that they are going to stop the development of the drug.

The drug known as aleglitazar has shown side effects in the late stage trial of the drug. It has been found that patients who took the drug in the trial suffered problems in their organs.