# Roche will continue its €600 million investment in a new diagnostic production site in Penzberg, Germany.

*biotech · news · 2026-06-09 · Reuters*

## Key points

- Roche will proceed with a €600 million diagnostic production site investment in Penzberg, Germany.
- Roche now plans to carefully review all future investments in Germany following a recent cabinet decision.
- The Penzberg project is Roche's largest single investment in Germany and will complete by 2027.
- Roche's CEO warns that the cabinet decision increases uncertainty for research, production, and investment in Germany.

The company will continue its €600 million ($692.88 million) investment ​in a new diagnostic production site in ​Penzberg, Germany, Roche told Reuters. Sign up here. Roche said it would also now have to ​review its future investments in Germany carefully. The ​decision for Roche's investment in Penzberg, its largest single one ‌in ⁠Germany, was made several years ago, with construction expected to be completed by 2027. "The cabinet decision is creating a new degree of uncertainty ​regarding investments, research, ​and ⁠production decisions in Germany," Daniel Steiners, CEO of Roche Pharma AG, told ​Reuters. He added that the government risked ​causing significant ⁠economic damage with minimal benefit for a sustainable healthcare system, and said the parliamentary process now ⁠offered ​a final chance to ​keep Germany on a reliable path. ($1 = 0.8660 euros) Reporting by Patricia Weiss, ​writing by Marleen Kaesebier, editing by Linda Pasquini

**Companies:** Roche
**Countries:** Germany

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