The Government of Catalonia awards Roche a €9.2 million contract for analysis services

The Catalan government has once again awarded a contract to the pharmaceutical giant Roche. The Government of Quim Torra has chosen the Swiss multinational to provide the Banc de Sang i Teixits (BST) with reagents and consumables for $10.8 million (€9.2 million), according to the profile of the contractor of the autonomous Executive. 

Over the next five years, Roche will supply BST with reagents and consumables and will provide the necessary equipment to carry out analytical serological, biochemical and immunohematology determinations in its laboratory. The amount required for 2020 is more than $1.18 million (€1 million), while for the remaining years it is up to $8.9 million (€7.6 million).

Prior to the formalization of the contract between the Catalan Government and Roche, the Government demanded a guarantee of $450,898 (€383,536.5) from the pharmaceutical company, in accordance with the resolution of the tender, signed by Enric Arguelagués, general manager of the Banc de Sang i Teixits.   

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The Catalan government has signed this contract with Roche for a period of five years

BST published a preliminary consultation on March 5th 2019 with the intention of analyzing the market situation and seeking a global solution for its transfusion safety laboratory, which would take into account the needs for analytical and pre-analytical automation. 

The BST laboratory requires for its activity the performance of serology, biochemistry and immunohematology determinations in different types of human biological samples: peripheral blood, umbilical cord blood, serum and plasma, among others. The purpose of these studies is to guarantee the safety of donors and recipients and to ensure the quality of the products to be transfused or transplanted. 

The laboratory registers approximately 280,000 blood donations annually, plus 10,000 donations of other types, including cadaveric donors, bone marrow or umbilical cord donors. The entity currently has analysers on loan and in ownership to carry out these studies. 

However, in order to avoid technological obsolescence and to maintain the appropriate level of quality for the purpose of the studies, BST has entrusted Roche with the renewal of the analyzers. Last October, Roche signed a $11.9 million (€10.1 million) contract with the Catalan Institute of Health (ICS), a body under the Catalan government, to supply drugs for exclusive distribution. These drugs include Herceptin, aimed at combating early breast cancer; Esbriet, with indications for treating idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; and Avastin, a drug that is also used in cases of vision loss due to age-related wet macular degeneration.

The Swiss biotech company’s sales registered a 1% increase in the first quarter of the year, and a 2% increase in the core earnings per share (EPS). However, overall, the coronavirus pandemic had a negative effect on Roche’s sales.

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