Roche Struggles to Regain Momentum After a Difficult Year

  • Drugmaker’s outlook for 2024 is below analysts’ estimates
  • Shares drop the most in three months in early trading
The Roche Tower at the Roche Holding AG headquarters in Basel, Switzerland.Photographer: Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg
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Roche Holding AG forecast a sluggish recovery in sales and earnings this year as it emerges from a difficult 2023 and a string of research setbacks.

Sales and earnings per share excluding some items will grow in the mid-single-digit range at constant currencies, the Swiss drugmaker said Thursday. That’s below analyst expectations, though better than Roche’s prediction a year ago.