FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2012 file photo Severin Schwan, CEO, left, and Alan Hippe, CFO, right, of Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche Holding AG, brief the media at a press conference in Basel, Switzerland. Roche Holding AG on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012 reported a 7 percent increase in sales of its pharmaceutical products for the first nine months of 2012, powered by demand for its cancer drugs. Schwan said that its drug development pipeline "has continued to deliver" and the company is on target to meet its goals this year. (AP Photo/Keystone, Andreas Frossard, File)