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Indianapolis, Indiana and Ponce, Puerto Rico, November
21, 2003
Roche Diagnostics Ponce Named Best Employer in Puerto Rico
"Los 20 Mejores Patronos de Puerto Rico" Recognizes
Roche Diagnostics' Diabetes Care Operations
 Roche
Diagnostics' Diabetes Care Operations in Ponce, Puerto Rico announced
that they have been awarded the title of "Best Employer in
Puerto Rico", from a top twenty list that is named each year
in a highly coveted business competition. Known as "Los 20
Mejores Patronos en Puerto Rico", the award has been given
annually since 1999, and provides awareness and recognition honoring
Puerto Rico's best employers. This is Roche's first year of being
nominated for the award.
"You can see and feel from the people here at Roche, that they
are very satisfied with their daily contribution and are a part
of a great family," said Miguel "Mickey" Centeno,
General Manager, Roche Diagnostics Ponce. "The energy and motivational
spirit from inside Roche is amazing. People really make the difference
in Ponce, and our employees feel that they belong to a special team
at Roche."
"Our people in Roche Diagnostics' Ponce operations embrace
and nurture a community atmosphere which is overwhelmingly obvious
to anyone who visits this World Class manufacturing facility. We
are proud of their accomplishments and are honored they have been
named the best among hundreds of global companies who have operations
in Puerto Rico." said Martin Madaus, President and CEO of Roche
Diagnostics, North America. "They are a model to be admired
by all companies because of their aspiration to be an employer of
choice."
An official awards celebration took place in San Juan, Puerto Rico
on Thursday, Nov. 20th.
About "Los 20 Mejores Patronos en Puerto Rico"
The "Twenty Best Employers in Puerto Rico" award honors
Puerto Rico employers that consider their employees valuable to
their success and are committed to their people. The criteria for
the award are based on providing people "an integrated and
inclusive work experience, being leaders in the creation, adoption
and implementation of effective and innovating experiences."
It is sponsored by Hewitt Associates, "El Nuevo Día"
newspaper, PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Gaither International. For
more information, visit: www.20mejorespatronos.com
About Roche Ponce
 Roche
Diagnostics-Corange International Puerto Rico (RD-CIL PR) is part
of the ROCHE Group, a multi-national company of leading healthcare
products. These include diagnostic systems, biochemical products
and pharmaceutical compounds. Roche Diagnostics is also the main
worldwide supplier of diagnostic systems for decision making in
health aspects. RD-CIL PR continues to grow, having expanded its
operations to a 70,000 sq.ft. plant with approximately 145 employees,
and has plans for future transfer of new products. Today, it manufactures
8 variations of dry chemistry blood glucose test strip products.
It is located in Ponce, Puerto Rico.
About Roche and the Roche Diagnostics Division
Headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, Roche is one of the world's
leading innovation-driven healthcare groups. Its core businesses
are pharmaceuticals and diagnostics. Roche is number one in the
global diagnostics market, the leading supplier of pharmaceuticals
for cancer and a leader in virology and transplantation. As a supplier
of products and services for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment
of disease, the Group contributes on a broad range of fronts to
improving people's health and quality of life. Roche employs roughly
65,000 people in 150 countries. The Group has alliances and research
and development agreements with numerous partners, including majority
ownership interests in Genentech and Chugai. Roche's Diagnostics
Division, the world leader in in-vitro diagnostics with a uniquely
broad product portfolio, supplies a wide array of innovative testing
products and services to researchers, physicians, patients, hospitals
and laboratories world-wide. Roche Diagnostics' North American headquarters
are in Indianapolis, Indiana. For further information, please visit
our websites www.roche.com
and www.roche-diagnostics.com.
For more information contact:
Lori LeRoy
Roche Diagnostics
317-521-7159
lori.leroy@roche.com
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