“Cancer immunology will play a far greater role than it ever has within the [Roche Pharma Research and Early Development Organization] and we hope there will be synergies we can exploit with other treatment modalities under development at Roche,” Levitsky says.

Pricing by indication could be one approach to the growing problem of the cost of oncology drugs, Roche Pharmaceuticals Chief Operating Officer Pascal Soriot suggested at the firm's analyst event at the recent American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting.

Pricing by indication could be one approach to the growing problem of the cost of oncology drugs, Roche Pharmaceuticals Chief Operating Officer Pascal Soriot suggested at the firm's analyst event at the recent American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting.