Company
Genentech
Genentech is a biotechnology company dedicated to pursuing groundbreaking science to discover and develop medicines for people with serious and life-threatening diseases.
Also known as Genentech, Inc.
- Status
- Operatingas of 2026-09-17
- Business model
- B2B2C
- Headquarters
- South San Francisco, United States
- Founded
- 1976
- Employees
- 11,800+ employeesSource (opens in a new tab)
- Customers
- people with serious and life-threatening diseases
- Legal name
- Genentech, Inc.
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Record updated 17 September 2026
About
Considered the founder of the industry, Genentech, now a member of the Roche Group, has been delivering on the promise of biotechnology since we were founded in 1976.
Exit
- Acquisition
- 2009-03