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Article: Roche Colorado Receives Presidential Award for Novel Environmental Advance.
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- June 28, 2000
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NUTLEY, N.J., June 28 /PRNewswire/ --
Roche Colorado Corporation (Roche Colorado), an affiliate of the Roche Group, has been awarded the 2000 U.S. Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award, one of the nation's most prestigious environmental honors. The award, presented during a ceremony on June 26 at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C., was in recognition of process improvements that considerably reduce emissions in the production of ganciclovir, the active ingredient in Cytovene(R). Cytovene(R) is used to treat cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis in patients with compromised immune systems, including individuals with AIDS and recipients of solid ...