Other Cancers
Know your options
Roche has medicines for a number of other cancer types, beyond those highlighted on the homepage of this website.
The medicines on this page are registered by Medsafe but not funded by PHARMAC. This means that you will have to pay for these medicines to treat these types of cancer.
Click the cancer type you would like more information on
Blood Cancer
Gazyva®, also known as obinutuzumab, is used for the treatment of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, follicular lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukaemia.
Skin cancer
Zelboraf®, also known as vemurafenib, and Cotellic®, also known as cobimetinib, are targeted therapies for the treatment of unresectable or metastatic melanoma.
Erivedge®, also known as vismodegib, is a targeted therapy for the treatment of advanced basal cell carcinoma.
Cervical cancer
Avastin,® also known as bevacizumab, is a targeted therapy for the treatment of a number of cancers. For patients with advanced cervical cancer, Avastin is given in combination with chemotherapy.