Roche launches localization cooperation to support Health China 2030

On February 20, Roche Group and Zhuhai People's Hospital Medical Group formally signed a strategic cooperation agreement. The two parties will jointly explore the construction of a full-course management system for liver cancer, promote the construction and iteration of precision medical diagnosis solutions, and contribute to the comprehensive improvement of medical and health services in Zhuhai, Guangdong.

In this strategic cooperation, the two parties will not only continue to promote the construction of a full-course management system for liver cancer, but also put the implementation of precision medical diagnosis solutions on the agenda. The two parties will rely on the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area's first-test policy to accelerate the implementation and iteration of advanced diagnostic solutions, and jointly carry out multi-subdisciplinary cooperation and construction including professional diagnosis, molecular diagnosis, pathological diagnosis, point of care, clinical laboratory, microbiology, etc., to promote the development of individualized precision medicine.

The cooperation will also be carried out in the construction of high-quality disciplines and refined management of hospitals. The two parties will jointly build a high-quality forum for hospitals in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area to promote academic exchanges among multidisciplinary teams for standardized diagnosis and treatment of tumors. 

In addition, the two parties will also jointly explore a cooperation model on commercial insurance medical ecosystem to increase the rate of early detection of liver cancer, reduce the financial burden of liver cancer diagnosis and treatment, and benefit more patients.

Richard Yiu, general manager of Roche Diagnostics (Shanghai) Ltd., said: "It is a great pleasure to sign a strategic cooperation agreement with Zhuhai People's Hospital to work together to optimize the disease journey of patients with liver cancer. This cooperation is not only another innovation of Roche Diagnostics' “root in China, serve the local”, but also another practice of OneRoche to promote precision diagnosis and treatment and jointly build a disease prevention ecosystem."

In the future, Roche Group and Zhuhai People's Hospital Medical Group will jointly adhere to the patient-centered mission, continue to expand cooperation areas, promote precision medicine to benefit more Chinese patients, and better meet the growing medical and health needs of the people, and help to realize the grand blueprint of Health China 2030.