Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals was founded in 1988 and is based in Tarrytown, New York. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., an integrated biopharmaceutical company, discovers, develops, and commercializes pharmaceutical products for the treatment of serious medical conditions in the United States. The company's commercial product includes ARCALYST (rilonacept) injection for subcutaneous use for the treatment of cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes, including familial cold auto-inflammatory syndrome and muckle-wells syndrome in adults and children. Its products under Phase III clinical trials include Aflibercept for the treatment of oncology; VEGF Trap-Eye in wet AMD in patients for eye diseases; and ARCALYST versus placebo for the prevention of gout flares in patients initiating urate-lowering drug therapy. The company's products under clinical trials include REGN88, an antibody to the Interleukin-6 receptor (IL-6R) that is being evaluated in patients with rheumatoid arthritis; REGN421, an antibody to delta-like ligand-4 that is being developed for oncology; and REGN475, an antibody to nerve growth factor, which is being developed for the treatment of pain. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals also conducts other preclinical research programs in the areas of oncology and angiogenesis, ophthalmology, metabolic and related diseases, muscle diseases and disorders, inflammation and immune diseases, bone and cartilage, pain, and cardiovascular diseases. The company has strategic collaboration agreements with sanofi-aventis Group to discover, develop, and commercialize fully human monoclonal antibodies; and Bayer HealthCare LLC for the development of the VEGF-Trap-Eye.
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Executives
Co-Founder & Chief Exec. Officer
Dr. Leonard S. Schleifer
Co-Founder & Director
Dr. Alfred G. Gilman