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We are substantially dependent on the success of EYLEA, EYLEA HD, and Dupixent.
−Removed: We are substantially dependent on the success of EYLEA and, since its August 2023 FDA approval, EYLEA HD.
+Added: We are substantially dependent on the success of EYLEA and EYLEA HD.
EYLEA net product sales have historically represented a substantial portion of our revenues, and we expect that there will continue to be a concentration of our net sales from the net product sales of EYLEA HD and EYLEA.
−Removed: For the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, our aggregate EYLEA HD and EYLEA net product sales in the United States represented 34% and 45% of our total revenues, respectively.
−Removed: For the three months ended March 31, 2025, EYLEA HD U.S.
+Added: For the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, our aggregate EYLEA HD and EYLEA net product sales in the United States represented 33% and 44% of our total revenues, respectively.
+Added: For the six months ended June 30, 2025, EYLEA HD U.S.
net product sales represented 32% of our aggregate EYLEA HD and EYLEA U.S.
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Commercialization of EYLEA and EYLEA HD in the United States and elsewhere is subject to significant competition (as described further below under " The commercial success of our products and product candidates is subject to significant competition "), which we expect to continue to increase in the future.
−Removed: For the three months ended March 31, 2025, EYLEA U.S.
−Removed: net product sales declined by 39% compared to the same period in 2024 as a result of competitive pressures and other factors described under Part I, Item 2.
+Added: For the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, EYLEA U.S.
+Added: net product sales declined by 39% compared to the corresponding periods in 2024 as a result of competitive pressures and other factors described under Part I, Item 2.
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Results of Operations." Following the expiration of the U.S.
regulatory exclusivity period for EYLEA (i.e., the period during which no biosimilar product can be approved by the FDA) in May 2024, several biosimilar versions of EYLEA have been approved by the FDA, and one such product has launched in the United States.
−Removed: EYLEA and/or EYLEA HD net product sales recorded by us are likely to be negatively impacted by biosimilar competition in the United States, which may have a material adverse impact on our results of operations.
−Removed: In addition, we expect that competition for EYLEA outside the United States will increase in the future when biosimilar versions of EYLEA (including those already approved but not yet launched) are brought to market in additional countries, which may negatively impact the amount of collaboration revenue we earn from Bayer.
−Removed: While we anticipate several regulatory decisions relevant to further commercialization of EYLEA HD as shown in the table under Part I, Item 2.
−Removed: "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Overview - Programs in Clinical Development," there can be no assurance that any such milestones will be achieved or, if achieved, that they will enable us and Bayer to accelerate the ongoing launch and further commercialization of EYLEA HD.
+Added: EYLEA and/or EYLEA HD net product sales recorded by us are likely to continue to be negatively impacted by biosimilar competition in the United States, which may have a material adverse impact on our results of operations.
+Added: In addition, we expect that competition for EYLEA outside the United States will increase in the future when biosimilar versions of EYLEA (including those already approved but not yet launched) are brought to market in additional countries, which may negatively impact the amount of collaboration
+Added: revenue we earn from Bayer.
+Added: While we expect certain regulatory decisions relevant to further commercialization of EYLEA HD as shown in the table under Part I, Item 2.
+Added: "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Overview - Programs in Clinical Development" and further discussed under "Part I, Item 2.
+Added: "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Overview - Additional Information - Clinical Development Programs - EYLEA HD," there can be no assurance that any such milestones will be achieved in the currently anticipated time frame or at all and, if achieved, that they will help accelerate the ongoing launch and further commercialization of EYLEA HD.
The degree to which EYLEA HD net product sales may offset further potential decreases in EYLEA net product sales, resulting from the factors discussed above or otherwise, is uncertain.
We also are substantially dependent on our share of profits from the commercialization of Dupixent under our Antibody Collaboration with Sanofi.
−Removed: For the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, Sanofi collaboration revenue (most of which is attributable to our share of profits from the commercialization of Dupixent) represented 39% and 29% of our total revenues, respectively.
+Added: For the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, Sanofi collaboration revenue (most of which is attributable to our share of profits from the commercialization of Dupixent) represented 39% and 31% of our total revenues, respectively.
If we or Sanofi were to experience any difficulty with the commercialization of Dupixent or if we or Sanofi are unable to maintain current marketing approvals of Dupixent, we may experience a reduction in revenue and our business, prospects, operating results, and financial condition may be materially harmed.
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For example, a loss in market share to compounded bevacizumab due to patient affordability constraints impacted U.S.
−Removed: net product sales of EYLEA for the three months ended March 31, 2025, as further described under Part I, Item 2.
−Removed: "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Results of Operations." If independent not-for-profit patient assistance funds that provide patient copay assistance are unable to support eligible patients, this will likely have a continued negative impact on patient affordability resulting in lower utilization of higher-cost anti-VEGF agents.
+Added: net product sales of EYLEA for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, as further described under Part I, Item 2.
+Added: "Management's Discussion
+Added: and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Results of Operations." If independent not-for-profit patient assistance funds that provide patient copay assistance are unable to support eligible patients, this will likely have a continued negative impact on patient affordability resulting in lower utilization of higher-cost anti-VEGF agents.
As our currently marketed products and most of our product candidates are biologics, bringing them to market may cost more than bringing traditional, small-molecule drugs to market due to the complexity associated with the research, development, production, supply, and regulatory review of such products.
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In addition, in order for private insurance and governmental payors (such as Medicare and Medicaid in the United States) to reimburse the cost of our marketed products, we must maintain, among other things, our FDA registration and our National Drug Code, formulary approval by PBMs, and recognition by insurance companies and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS").
−Removed: There is no certainty that we will be able to obtain or maintain the applicable requirements for
−Removed: reimbursement (including relevant formulary coverage, as discussed further below) of our current and future marketed products, which may have a material adverse effect on our business.
+Added: There is no certainty that we will be able to obtain or maintain the applicable requirements for reimbursement (including relevant formulary coverage, as discussed further below) of our current and future marketed products, which may have a material adverse effect on our business.
In addition, PBMs and other managed-care organizations often develop formularies to reduce their cost for medications.
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administration is pursuing other measures to reduce the cost of drugs in the United States.
−Removed: For example, a recent executive order has directed the Secretary of the U.S.
−Removed: Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") to take appropriate steps to, among other things, modify certain provisions of the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, develop and implement a payment model to reduce the price of high-cost prescription drugs and biological products covered by Medicare, accelerate approval of generic and biosimilar products, and facilitate the ability of states to import pharmaceuticals from other countries.
−Removed: It is currently unclear whether and to what extent these measures will be implemented and what impact any such implementation would have on our Company.
−Removed: Further, there can be no assurance that the U.S.
−Removed: administration will not pursue different or additional measures, such as those intended to more closely align U.S.
−Removed: drug prices with international drug prices (often referred to as "reference" or "international price index" drug pricing).
+Added: For example, a recent executive order directed the U.S.
+Added: Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") and other federal agencies to take certain steps intended to, among other things, reduce the prices of drugs sold in the United States to match the lowest price available for the same drugs in comparably developed nations (commonly referred to as "most-favored-nation" ("MFN") pricing).
+Added: On July 31, 2025, as a follow-up to this executive order, President Trump sent a letter to several pharmaceutical companies (including Regeneron) requesting that within the next 60 days they, among other matters, provide their existing drugs at MFN rates to Medicaid patients, guarantee MFN pricing for newly launched drugs, and provide for direct-to-consumer and direct-to-business distribution models for high-volume, high-rebate prescription drugs.
+Added: In addition, a prior executive order directed the HHS to take appropriate steps to, among other things, modify certain provisions of the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, develop and implement a payment model to reduce the price of high-cost prescription drugs and biological products covered by Medicare, accelerate approval of generic and biosimilar products, and facilitate the ability of states to import pharmaceuticals from other countries.
+Added: It is currently unclear how and to what extent these measures may be implemented and what impact any such implementation would have on our Company.
At the state level, legislatures are becoming increasingly aggressive in passing legislation and implementing regulations designed to control pharmaceutical and biological product pricing, including price or patient reimbursement constraints, discounts, restrictions on certain product access, and price and marketing cost disclosure and transparency measures.
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Novartis' Beovu ® (brolucizumab);
−Removed: and biosimilar versions of Lucentis commercialized in the United States by Biogen Inc.
−Removed: and Sandoz Group AG.
−Removed: In addition, biosimilar versions of EYLEA have been approved both in and outside the United States.
−Removed: These include Amgen's Pavblu ™ (aflibercept-ayyh), which launched in the United States in the fourth quarter of 2024.
−Removed: We expect that biosimilar competition for EYLEA will increase in the future when additional biosimilar versions of EYLEA are launched in the United States and other countries, the timing of which will depend on, among other factors, the outcome of the pending patent litigation proceedings described in Note 12 to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in this report and the expiration of the patents protecting EYLEA (including those set forth under Part I -
+Added: and a biosimilar version of Lucentis commercialized in the United States by Biogen Inc.
+Added: In addition, biosimilar versions of EYLEA have been approved both in and outside the United States, including Amgen's Pavblu ™ (aflibercept-ayyh) (launched in the United States in the fourth quarter of 2024).
+Added: We are aware of several other companies developing biosimilar versions of EYLEA, EYLEA HD, and/or other approved anti-VEGF treatments.
+Added: We expect that biosimilar competition for EYLEA will increase in the future when additional biosimilar versions of EYLEA are launched in the United States and other countries, the timing of which will depend on, among other factors, the outcome of the pending patent litigation proceedings described in Note 12 to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in this report and the expiration of the patents protecting EYLEA (including those set forth under Part I - Item 1.
"Business - Patents, Trademarks, and Trade Secrets" of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 (filed February 5, 2025)).
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We are also aware of a number of companies working on the development of product candidates and extended delivery devices for the potential treatment of one or more of EYLEA's and EYLEA HD's respective indications, including those that act by blocking VEGF and VEGF receptors (including therapies designed to extend the treatment interval) and/or other targets.
−Removed: In addition, we are aware of several other companies developing biosimilar versions of EYLEA, EYLEA HD, and/or other approved anti-VEGF treatments.
Other potentially competitive products in development include products for use in combination with EYLEA and/or other anti-VEGF treatments, small-molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitors, gene therapies, and other eye-drop formulations, devices, and oral therapies.
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EYLEA HD was approved by the FDA in August 2023 for the treatment of wAMD, DME, and DR and entered the highly competitive environment described above.
−Removed: Our success in commercializing EYLEA HD will depend on a number of factors, including the degree of success and relative timing of our commercial launch and uptake efforts as compared to those of relevant competition, the extent to which we and our collaborators are able to differentiate EYLEA HD from competitive products (such as on the basis of dosing frequency, the method of administration, or the breadth of indications in which the product is approved), the safety and efficacy of EYLEA HD seen in a broader patient group (i.e., real-world use), the extent of payor coverage, reimbursement, and copay assistance, and the applicability of any restrictions imposed by payors, such as step therapy.
+Added: Our success in commercializing EYLEA HD will continue to depend on a number of factors, including the degree of success and relative timing of our commercial launch and uptake efforts as compared to those of relevant competition, the extent to which we and our collaborators are able to differentiate EYLEA HD from competitive products (such as on the basis of dosing frequency, the method of administration, or the breadth of indications in which the product is approved), the safety and efficacy of EYLEA HD seen in a broader patient group (i.e., real-world use), the extent of payor coverage, reimbursement, and copay assistance, and the applicability of any restrictions imposed by payors, such as step therapy.
The market for Dupixent's current and potential future indications is also increasingly competitive.
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In asthma, competitors to Dupixent include antibodies against the IL-5 ligand or the IL-5 receptor, immunoglobulin E, or thymic stromal lymphopoietin ("TSLP");
−Removed: and some of these antibodies are either approved or in development for indications that also compete or may compete in the future with Dupixent in CRSwNP, EoE, COPD, and CSU where approved.
+Added: and some of these antibodies are either approved or in development for indications that also compete or may compete in the future with Dupixent in CRSwNP,
+Added: EoE, COPD, and CSU where approved.
There are several other potentially competitive products in development that may compete with Dupixent in asthma, COPD, and potential future indications, including antibodies against the IL-33 ligand or receptor.
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There is also significant actual and potential future competition for other products marketed or otherwise commercialized by us and/or our collaborators under our collaboration agreements with them.
−Removed: For example, there are several companies that are marketing and/or developing antibodies or other molecules (such as small interfering RNA molecules, or siRNAs) against PCSK9, ANGPTL3 and IL-6 and/or IL-6R, which currently (or, for product candidates in development, may in the future if approved) treat the same conditions as Praluent, Evkeeza, and Kevzara, respectively.
+Added: For example, Lynozyfic faces significant actual and potential future competition from other bispecific antibodies and CAR-T cell therapies targeting BCMA, GPRC5D, and/or other targets that are currently approved or in development for the treatment of relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.
+Added: In addition, there are several companies that are marketing and/or developing antibodies or other molecules (such as small interfering RNA molecules, or siRNAs) against PCSK9, ANGPTL3 and IL-6 and/or IL-6R, which currently (or, for product candidates in development, may in the future if approved) treat the same conditions as Praluent, Evkeeza, and Kevzara, respectively.
Product Candidates
Our VelocImmune ® technology, other antibody generation technologies, and late-stage and earlier-stage clinical candidates face competition from many pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies using various technologies, including antibody generation technologies and other approaches such as RNAi, chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T cell), and gene therapy technologies.
−Removed: For example, we are aware of other pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies actively engaged in the research and development of antibody-based products against targets that are also the targets of our early- and late-stage product candidates.
+Added: For example, we are aware of other pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies actively engaged in the research and development of antibody-based and gene therapy-based products against targets that are also the targets of our early- and late-stage product candidates.
We are also aware of other companies developing or marketing small molecules or other treatments that may compete with our antibody-based product candidates in various indications, if such product candidates obtain regulatory approval in those indications.
−Removed: If any of these or other competitors announces a successful clinical study involving a product that may be competitive with one of our product candidates or the grant of marketing approval by a regulatory agency for a
−Removed: competitive product, such developments may have an adverse effect on our business or future prospects.
+Added: If any of these or other competitors announces a successful clinical study involving a product that may be competitive with one of our product candidates or the grant of marketing approval by a regulatory agency for a competitive product, such developments may have an adverse effect on our business or future prospects.
In addition, the first product to reach the market in a therapeutic area is often at a significant competitive advantage relative to later entrants to the market.
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We also rely on Sanofi for sales, marketing, and distribution of Dupixent in many countries outside the United States.
−Removed: While we exercised our option under the Antibody Collaboration to co-commercialize Dupixent in certain jurisdictions outside the United States, we will continue to rely in considerable part on Sanofi's sales and marketing organization in such jurisdictions.
−Removed: As described in Note 12 to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in this report, we have sued Sanofi and certain of its affiliated entities (the "Antibody Collaboration Litigation") alleging that the defendants breached certain provisions of the agreement governing the Antibody Collaboration (the "Collaboration Agreement").
+Added: While we exercised our option under the Antibody Collaboration to co-commercialize Dupixent in certain jurisdictions outside the United States, we continue to rely in considerable part on Sanofi's sales and marketing organization in such jurisdictions.
+Added: As described in Note 12 to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in this report, we have sued Sanofi and certain of its affiliated entities (the "Antibody Collaboration Litigation") alleging that the defendants breached certain
+Added: provisions of the agreement governing the Antibody Collaboration (the "Collaboration Agreement").
These provisions concern Sanofi's obligation to provide Regeneron with full access to material information relating to the commercialization of Dupixent or other products commercialized pursuant to the Collaboration Agreement and Regeneron's audit rights under the Collaboration Agreement.
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Sales of our marketed products recorded by us and our collaborators could be reduced by imports from countries where such products may be available at lower prices.
−Removed: Our sales of products we commercialize in the United States and our collaborators' sales of products they commercialize or co-commercialize with us under our collaboration agreements with them in the United States and other countries (which impact our share of any profits or losses from the commercialization of these products under the relevant collaboration agreements and, therefore, our results of operations) may be reduced if the applicable product is imported into those countries from lower priced markets, whether legally or illegally (a practice known as parallel trading or reimportation).
−Removed: Parallel traders (who may
−Removed: repackage or otherwise alter the original product or sell it through alternative channels such as mail order or the Internet) take advantage of the price differentials between markets arising from factors including sales costs, market conditions, tax rates, or national regulation of prices.
−Removed: Under our arrangement with Bayer, pricing and reimbursement for EYLEA HD and EYLEA outside the United States is the responsibility of Bayer.
+Added: Our sales of products we commercialize in the United States and our collaborators' sales of products they commercialize or co-commercialize with us under our collaboration agreements with them in the United States and other countries (which impact our share of any profits from the commercialization of these products under the relevant collaboration agreements and, therefore, our results of operations) may be reduced if the applicable product is imported into those countries from lower priced markets, whether legally or illegally (a practice known as parallel trading or reimportation).
+Added: Parallel traders (who may repackage or otherwise alter the original product or sell it through alternative channels such as mail order or the Internet) take advantage of the price differentials between markets arising from factors including sales costs, market conditions, tax rates, or national regulation of prices.
+Added: Under our arrangement with Bayer, pricing and reimbursement for EYLEA HD and EYLEA outside the United States are the responsibility of Bayer.
Similarly, under our Antibody Collaboration with Sanofi, pricing and reimbursement for the products commercialized or co-commercialized thereunder outside the United States are the responsibility of Sanofi.
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We sell our marketed products for which we record net product sales in the United States to several distributors and specialty pharmacies, as applicable (collectively, "distributor customers"), which generally sell the product directly to healthcare providers or other pharmacies (as applicable).
−Removed: For the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, our product sales to two distributor customers accounted on a combined basis for 76% and 75% of our total gross product revenue, respectively.
+Added: For the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, our product sales to two distributor customers accounted on a combined basis for 76% and 75% of our total gross product revenue, respectively.
We expect significant distributor customer concentration to continue for the foreseeable future.
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The loss of any large distributor customer, a significant reduction in sales we make to them, any cancellation of orders they have made with us, or any failure to pay for the products we have shipped to them could adversely affect our results of operations.
−Removed: Commercialization of any of our marketed products may also be adversely impacted by vertical integration of private payor healthcare and insurance programs, health maintenance organizations, and PBMs, or further consolidation among the healthcare providers served or operated by our distributor customers if, for example, one or more consolidated groups of healthcare providers
−Removed: determines not to use (or decides to switch from) such marketed product in favor of a competing product.
+Added: Commercialization of any of our marketed products may also be adversely impacted by vertical integration of private payor healthcare and insurance programs, health maintenance organizations, and PBMs, or further consolidation among the healthcare providers served or operated by our distributor customers if, for example, one or more consolidated groups of healthcare providers determines not to use (or decides to switch from) such marketed product in favor of a competing product.
See also " The commercial success of our products and product candidates is subject to significant competition - Marketed Products" above.
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If any of these outcomes occur, we may be forced to delay or abandon our applications for approval.
−Removed: For example, in October 2023, the FDA issued a CRL for the sBLA for
−Removed: Dupixent in CSU stating that additional efficacy data are required to support an approval, which delayed by nearly 18 months the FDA's April 2025 approval of Dupixent in this indication.
+Added: For example, in October 2023, the FDA issued a CRL for the sBLA for Dupixent in CSU stating that additional efficacy data are required to support an approval, which delayed by nearly 18 months the FDA's April 2025 approval of Dupixent in this indication.
In certain instances (such as when we use a biomarker-based test to identify and enroll specific patients in a clinical trial), regulatory approval of a companion diagnostic to our therapeutic product candidate may be required as a condition to regulatory approval of the therapeutic product candidate.
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The FDA has the explicit authority to require post-marketing studies (also referred to as post-approval or Phase 4 studies), labeling changes based on new safety information , and compliance with FDA-approved REMS.
−Removed: Post-approval studies, whether conducted by us or by others and whether mandated by regulatory agencies or voluntary, and other data about our marketed products (or data about products similar to our marketed products that implicate an entire class of products or are perceived to do so) may result in changes in product labeling, restrictions on use, product withdrawal or recall, loss of approval, or lower sales of our products.
+Added: Post-approval studies, whether conducted by us or by others and whether mandated by regulatory agencies or voluntary, and other data about our marketed products (or data about products similar to our marketed products that implicate an entire class of products or are perceived to do so) may result in changes in
+Added: product labeling, restrictions on use, product withdrawal or recall, loss of approval, or lower sales of our products.
Obligations equivalent in scope, but which can vary widely in application, apply in countries outside the United States.
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The FDA's review of our regulatory submissions has in the past been delayed, and may be delayed in the future, due to the FDA's request for additional information or for other reasons, including those beyond our control (such a s the recently announced and any future reductions of staffing or other resources at the FDA, as discussed further below).
−Removed: The ability of the FDA to review and approve new products has been in the past and may in the future be affected by a variety of factors, such as government budget and funding levels, authorization and payment of user fees, the ability to hire and retain key personnel, as well as other statutory, regulatory, and policy changes impacting HHS, the FDA, or other HHS agencies.
−Removed: Such factors may impact the FDA directly or impact other government agencies that support research and development activities pertaining to FDA review, such as research to understand new technologies or establish new standards.
−Removed: Policy shifts, including, for example, the recent efforts to downsize the federal workforce by restructuring the HHS and eliminating positions at the FDA and other federal agencies, may affect the timeliness, completeness, and/or duration of the FDA review process (including related interactions between us and the FDA).
−Removed: As a result, average review times at the FDA (including those for our pending regulatory submissions) may fluctuate, and the outcome of any such review process may be impacted.
−Removed: A prolonged government shutdown or a widespread freeze on federal funding could also significantly impact the ability of the FDA to timely review and process our regulatory submissions, or cause other agencies that support the FDA to slow their work.
−Removed: In the past, the U.S.
−Removed: government has shut down multiple times and certain regulatory agencies, such as the FDA, have had to furlough employees and stop some of their activities.
−Removed: In addition, if legislation or administrative action or changes in FDA policy prevent the FDA or other regulatory authorities from conducting routine inspections, reviews, or other regulatory activities, it could significantly impact the ability of the FDA to review and process our regulatory submissions in a timely manner, which could have a material adverse effect on our business.
+Added: The functioning of the FDA has been in the past and may in the future be affected by a variety of factors, such as shifting government priorities, budgets and funding levels, authorization and payment of user fees, the ability to hire and retain key personnel, as well as other statutory, regulatory, and policy changes impacting HHS, the FDA, or other HHS agencies.
+Added: policy changes have recently been implemented at a rapid pace and additional changes may occur.
+Added: For example, recent efforts to reduce the size and budgets of U.S.
+Added: government agencies, downsize the federal workforce, and restructure parts of the executive branch of the federal government have directly or indirectly impacted agencies that support research and development activities or are otherwise important to our business, including the HHS and the FDA.
+Added: If legislation, administrative action, or changes in policy prevent the FDA or other regulatory authorities from conducting routine inspections, reviews, or other regulatory activities, it could significantly impact the ability of the FDA to provide feedback on our clinical programs, meet with or engage in other informal interactions with us, and review and process our regulatory submissions (including our pending regulatory submissions) in a timely manner.
+Added: These developments may also reduce the FDA's capacity to engage in pre-approval or guidance meetings or meetings to negotiate labeling or post-marketing commitments.
+Added: Furthermore, changes in FDA personnel and policy (such as the recent reductions in communication and policymaking roles) may negatively impact the transparency of agency actions, lead to modifications in FDA approval requirements, and alter the FDA's existing guidance pertinent to the development strategy for our products and product candidates.
+Added: In addition, the U.S.
+Added: government has shut down multiple times in the past and certain regulatory agencies, such as the FDA, had to furlough employees and stop some of their activities.
+Added: A prolonged government shutdown or a widespread freeze on federal funding could significantly impact the ability of the FDA to timely review and process our regulatory submissions, or cause other agencies that support the FDA to slow their work.
+Added: Any such factors could have a material adverse effect on our business.
If we believe we meet eligibility requirements, we may apply for various regulatory incentives in the United States, such as breakthrough therapy designation, fast track designation, accelerated approval, or priority review, where available, that serve to expedite drug development and/or review, and we may also seek similar designations elsewhere in the world.
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Application of this guidance and related rules to our product candidates may result in a delay of the FDA review and approval process despite any earlier beneficial regulatory designation such product candidates may have received.
−Removed: For example, in March 2024, the FDA issued CRLs concerning our BLA for odronextamab for the treatment of relapsed/refractory FL and DLBCL due to the enrollment status of confirmatory Phase 3 trials.
−Removed: odronextamab BLA for FL has recently been resubmitted to the FDA, this has resulted in a delay of any potential FDA approval of this product candidate.
+Added: For example, in March 2024, the FDA issued CRLs concerning our BLA for odronextamab for the treatment of relapsed/refractory FL and DLBCL due to the enrollment status of confirmatory Phase 3 trials, thus delaying any potential FDA approval.
+Added: See Part I, Item 2.
+Added: "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Overview - Additional Information - Clinical Development Programs - Ordspono (odronextamab)" regarding the current status of the FDA's review of this program.
The FDA and comparable foreign regulatory authorities enforce Good Clinical Practice requirements ("GCPs") and other regulations and legal requirements through periodic inspections of trial sponsors, clinical research organizations ("CROs"), principal investigators, and trial sites.
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If we or any of our third-party manufacturers, product packagers, labelers, or other parties performing steps in the supply chain are unable to maintain regulatory compliance with cGMP, the FDA and comparable foreign regulatory authorities can impose monetary penalties or other civil or criminal sanctions, including, among other things, refusal to approve a pending application for a new drug or biologic product, or revocation of a pre-existing approval.
−Removed: For example, in August 2024, the FDA issued a CRL concerning the Company's BLA for linvoseltamab in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma due to findings from a pre-approval inspection at a third-party fill/finish provider for another company's product candidate.
−Removed: While the linvoseltamab BLA has been resubmitted to the FDA, this has resulted in a delay of any potential FDA approval of this product candidate.
+Added: We have recently received several CRLs from the FDA for regulatory submissions concerning our products or product candidates due to the FDA's findings from inspections at third-party manufacturers responsible for filling drug product.
+Added: These include the July 2025 CRL concerning the BLA for odronextamab in relapsed/refractory FL, which has delayed further any potential FDA approval;
+Added: and the August 2024 CRL concerning the BLA for linvoseltamab in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma, which contributed to a 11-month delay of the FDA approval in this indication.
For additional information, see "Risks Related to Manufacturing and Supply - Our or our collaborators' or contract manufacturers' failure to meet the stringent requirements of governmental regulation in the manufacture of drug products or product candidates could result in incurring substantial remedial costs, delays in the development or approval of our product candidates or new indications for our marketed products and/or in their commercial launch if regulatory approval is obtained, and a reduction in sales.
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In addition, actions by a regulatory agency in a country or region with respect to a product candidate may have an impact on the approval process for that product candidate in another country or region.
−Removed: Foreign regulatory authorities may ask for additional data in order to
−Removed: begin a clinical study, including Phase 3 clinical trials required to submit a Marketing Authorization Application ("MAA") in the EU.
+Added: Foreign regulatory authorities may ask for additional data in order to begin a clinical study, including Phase 3 clinical trials required to submit a Marketing Authorization Application ("MAA") in the EU.
In addition, such authorities often have the authority to require post-approval studies, such as a post-authorization safety study ("PASS") and/or a post-authorization efficacy study ("PAES"), which involve various risks similar to those described above.
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Furthermore, some of our products and product candidates (such as Libtayo) are studied in combination with agents and treatments developed by us or our collaborators.
−Removed: There may be additional risks and unforeseen safety issues resulting from such
−Removed: combined administration, any of which may materially adversely impact clinical development of these product candidates and our ability to obtain regulatory approval.
+Added: There may be additional risks and unforeseen safety issues resulting from such combined administration, any of which may materially adversely impact clinical development of these product candidates and our ability to obtain regulatory approval.
In some jurisdictions such as the EU, initiating Phase 3 clinical trials and clinical trials in the pediatric population is subject to a requirement to obtain approval or a waiver from the competent authorities of the EU Member States and/or the European Medicines Agency ("EMA").
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Many companies in the biopharmaceutical industry, including our Company, have suffered significant setbacks in clinical trials, even after promising results had been obtained in earlier trials.
−Removed: In a number of instances, we have terminated the development of product candidates due to a lack of or only modest effectiveness and/or safety concerns, and clinical trials evaluating our product candidates have failed to meet the relevant endpoints.
+Added: For example, we and Sanofi recently announced that one of two Phase 3 trials evaluating itepekimab in adults who were former smokers with inadequately controlled COPD did not meet its primary endpoint, as further described under Part I, Item 2.
+Added: "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Overview - Additional Information - Clinical Development Programs." In a number of instances, we have terminated the development of product candidates due to a lack of or only modest effectiveness and/or safety concerns, and clinical trials evaluating our product candidates have failed to meet the relevant endpoints.
Moreover, even if we obtain positive results from preclinical testing or clinical trials, we may not achieve the same success in future trials, or the FDA and analogous foreign regulatory authorities may deem the results insufficient for an approval.
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Various illnesses, injuries, and discomforts have been reported from time-to-time during clinical trials of our product candidates and new indications for our marketed products.
−Removed: It is possible that as we test our drug candidates or new indications in larger, longer, and more extensive or complex clinical programs (including those evaluating combination therapies), or as use of these drugs becomes more widespread if they receive regulatory approval, illnesses, injuries, and discomforts that were observed in earlier trials, as well as conditions that did not occur or went undetected in previous trials,
−Removed: will be reported by patients.
+Added: It is possible that as we test our drug candidates or new indications in larger, longer, and more extensive or complex clinical programs (including those evaluating combination therapies), or as use of these drugs becomes more widespread if they receive regulatory approval, illnesses, injuries, and discomforts that were observed in earlier trials, as well as conditions that did not occur or went undetected in previous trials, will be reported by patients.
Many times, side effects are only detectable after investigational drugs are tested in large-scale, Phase 3 clinical trials or, in some cases, after they are made available to patients after approval.
−Removed: If additional clinical experience indicates that any of our product candidates or new indications for our marketed products has many side effects or causes serious or life-threatening side effects, the development of the product candidate may be delayed or fail, or, if the product candidate has received regulatory approval, such approval may be revoked, which would severely harm our business, prospects, operating results, and financial condition.
+Added: If additional clinical experience indicates that any of our product candidates or new indications for our marketed products has many side effects or causes serious or life-threatening side effects, the development of the product candidate may be delayed or fail, or, if the product
+Added: candidate has received regulatory approval, such approval may be revoked, which would severely harm our business, prospects, operating results, and financial condition.
With respect to EYLEA and EYLEA HD, there are many potential safety concerns associated with significant blockade of VEGF that may limit our ability to further successfully commercialize EYLEA and to successfully commercialize EYLEA HD.
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The success of our products and product candidates may depend to a significant extent on the performance of such devices, some of which may be novel or comprised of complex components.
−Removed: Given the increased
−Removed: complexity of the review process when approval of the product and device is sought under a single marketing application and the additional risks resulting from a product candidate's designation as a combination product discussed below, our product candidates used with such drug-delivery devices may be substantially delayed in receiving regulatory approval or may not be approved at all.
−Removed: The FDA review process and criteria for such applications are not well established, which could also lead to delays in the approval process.
+Added: Given the increased complexity of the review process when approval of the product and device is sought under a single marketing application and the additional risks resulting from a product candidate's designation as a combination product discussed below, our product candidates used with such drug-delivery devices may be substantially delayed in receiving regulatory approval or may not be approved at all.
+Added: The FDA review process and criteria for such applications are not well established, which could also lead to
+Added: delays in the approval process.
The FDA has substantial discretion in the approval process and may either refuse to accept an application for substantive review or may form the opinion after review of an application that the application is insufficient to allow approval of a drug-delivery device.
For example, in April 2025, the FDA issued a CRL for the EYLEA HD 8 mg pre-filled syringe, which has resulted in a delay of any potential FDA approval.
+Added: See Part I, Item 2.
+Added: "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Overview - Additional Information - Clinical Development Programs - EYLEA HD" for more information about the current status of the FDA's review of the EYLEA HD pre-filled syringe.
+Added: There is no guarantee that FDA approval of the EYLEA HD pre-filled syringe will be obtained in the currently anticipated time frame or at all.
In addition, some of these drug-delivery devices may be provided by single-source, third-party providers or our collaborators.
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For example, certain of our European patents, including those pertaining to EYLEA (as further described in Note 12 to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in this report) and Dupixent, are subject to opposition proceedings before the European Patent Office (the "EPO") and/or patent offices of various European countries.
−Removed: We have pending patent applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office (the "USPTO"), the EPO, and
−Removed: the patent offices of other foreign jurisdictions, and it is likely that we will need to defend patents from challenges by others from time to time in the future.
+Added: We have pending patent applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office (the "USPTO"), the EPO, and the patent offices of other foreign jurisdictions, and it is likely that we will need to defend patents from challenges by others
+Added: from time to time in the future.
Our patent rights may not provide us with a proprietary position or competitive advantages against competitors.
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For example, in 2018, we and Sanofi entered into a license agreement with Bristol-Myers Squibb, E.
−Removed: Squibb & Sons, and Ono Pharmaceutical to obtain a license under certain patents owned and/or exclusively licensed by one or more of these parties that includes the right
−Removed: to develop and sell Libtayo.
−Removed: If any licenses are required, we may not be able to obtain such licenses on commercially reasonable terms, if at all.
+Added: Squibb & Sons, and Ono Pharmaceutical to obtain a license under certain patents owned and/or exclusively licensed by one or more of these parties that includes the right to develop and sell Libtayo.
+Added: If any licenses are required, we may not be able to obtain such licenses on commercially reasonable
+Added: terms, if at all.
The failure to obtain any such license could prevent us from developing or commercializing any one or more of our products or product candidates, which could severely harm our business.
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For example, the EU has had an established regulatory pathway for biosimilars since 2005.
−Removed: The increased likelihood of biosimilar competition has increased the risk of loss of innovators' market exclusivity.
+Added: The increased likelihood of biosimilar competition has exacerbated the risk of loss of innovators' market exclusivity.
It is also not possible to predict changes in United States regulatory law that might reduce biological product regulatory exclusivity.
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market exclusivity.
−Removed: In addition, as EYLEA HD does not
−Removed: benefit from regulatory exclusivity in the United States, market exclusivity for EYLEA HD in the United States is based solely on our patent rights pertaining to this product (which are subject to the risks and uncertainties discussed above under " If we cannot protect the confidentiality of our trade secrets, or our patents or other means of defending our intellectual property are insufficient to protect our proprietary rights, our business and competitive position will be harmed.
+Added: In addition, as EYLEA HD does not benefit from regulatory exclusivity in the United States, market exclusivity for EYLEA HD in the United States is based solely
+Added: on our patent rights pertaining to this product (which are subject to the risks and uncertainties discussed above under " If we cannot protect the confidentiality of our trade secrets, or our patents or other means of defending our intellectual property are insufficient to protect our proprietary rights, our business and competitive position will be harmed.
Any future loss of market exclusivity for a product would likely negatively affect revenues from product sales of that product and thus our financial results and condition and could have a material negative impact on our business.
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In addition, we may face difficulties or delays in developing or acquiring the necessary production equipment and technology to manufacture sufficient quantities of our product candidates at reasonable costs and in compliance with applicable regulatory requirements.
−Removed: The FDA and analogous foreign regulatory authorities must determine that any existing and expanded manufacturing facilities and any fill/finish activities
−Removed: conducted by us, our collaborators, or our contract manufacturers comply, or continue to comply, with cGMP requirements for both clinical and commercial production and license them, or continue to license them, accordingly, and such facilities must also comply with applicable environmental, safety, and other governmental permitting requirements.
+Added: The FDA and analogous foreign regulatory authorities must determine that any existing and expanded manufacturing facilities and any fill/finish activities conducted by us, our collaborators, or our contract manufacturers comply, or continue to comply, with cGMP requirements for
+Added: both clinical and commercial production and license them, or continue to license them, accordingly, and such facilities must also comply with applicable environmental, safety, and other governmental permitting requirements.
We may not successfully expand or establish sufficient manufacturing or any future fill/finish capabilities or manufacture our products in a cost-effective manner or in compliance with cGMPs and other regulatory requirements, and we and our collaborators or contract manufacturers may not be able to build or procure additional capacity in the required timeframe to meet commercial demand for our products (or product candidates if they receive regulatory approval) and to continue to meet the requirements of our clinical programs.
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Because we produce multiple products and product candidates at our facilities in Rensselaer, New York and Limerick, Ireland, there are increased risks associated with cGMP compliance.
−Removed: Recently, the FDA issued CRLs to multiple companies (including us, as further discussed below) citing unresolved inspection findings at third-party manufacturers, which prevented the timely approval of such companies' marketing applications.
+Added: Recently, the FDA issued CRLs to multiple companies (including us, as further discussed in this report or previously disclosed) citing unresolved inspection findings at third-party manufacturers, which prevented the timely approval of such companies' marketing applications.
Our inability, or the inability of our collaborators, contract manufacturers, and third-party fill/finish or other service providers, to demonstrate ongoing cGMP compliance could require us to engage in lengthy and expensive remediation efforts, identify and onboard new service providers, withdraw or recall product, halt or interrupt clinical trials, and/or interrupt commercial supply of any marketed products, and could also delay or prevent our obtaining regulatory approval for our product candidates or new indications for our marketed products.
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Any finding of non-compliance could also increase our costs, cause us to delay the development of our product candidates, result in delay in our obtaining, or our not obtaining, regulatory approval of product candidates or new indications for our marketed products, and cause us to lose revenue from any marketed products, which could be seriously detrimental to our business, prospects, operating results, and financial condition.
−Removed: For example, in August 2024, the FDA issued a CRL concerning the Company's BLA for linvoseltamab in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma due to findings from a pre-approval inspection
−Removed: at a third-party fill/finish provider for another company's product candidate.
−Removed: While the linvoseltamab BLA has recently been resubmitted to the FDA, this has resulted in a delay of any potential FDA approval of this product candidate.
+Added: We have recently received several CRLs from the FDA for regulatory submissions concerning our products or product candidates due to the FDA's findings from inspections at third-party manufacturers responsible for filling drug product, as discussed above under "Risks Related to Maintaining
+Added: Approval of Our Marketed Products and the Development and Obtaining Approval of Our Product Candidates and New Indications for Our Marketed Products - Obtaining and maintaining regulatory approval for drug products is costly, time-consuming, and highly uncertain.
+Added: If we or our collaborators do not maintain regulatory approval for our marketed products, and obtain regulatory approval for our product candidates or new indications for our marketed products, we will not be able to market or sell them, which would materially and negatively impact our business, prospects, operating results, and financial condition.
" Significant noncompliance with the requirements discussed in this paragraph could also result in the imposition of monetary penalties or other civil or criminal sanctions and damage our reputation.
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and submitting inflated best price information to the Medicaid Rebate program.
−Removed: Pharmaceutical and other healthcare companies also are subject to other federal false claims laws, including, among others, federal criminal fraud and false statement statutes that extend to non-government health benefit programs.
+Added: Pharmaceutical and other healthcare companies also are subject to other federal false claims
+Added: laws, including, among others, federal criminal fraud and false statement statutes that extend to non-government health benefit programs.
The majority of states also have statutes or regulations similar to the federal anti-kickback law and false claims laws, which apply to items and services reimbursed under Medicaid and other state programs, or, in several states, apply regardless of the payor.
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Price recalculations also may affect the ceiling price at which we are required to offer our products under the 340B program.
−Removed: Civil monetary penalties can be applied if we fail to pay the required rebate, if we are found to have knowingly submitted any false price or product information to the government, if we are found to have made a misrepresentation in the reporting of our average sales price, if we fail to submit the required price data on a timely basis, or if we are found to have knowingly and
−Removed: intentionally charged 340B covered entities more than the statutorily mandated ceiling price.
+Added: Civil monetary penalties can be applied if we fail to pay the required rebate, if we are found to have knowingly submitted any false price or product information to the government, if we are found to have made a misrepresentation in the reporting of our average sales price, if we fail to submit the required price data on a timely basis, or if we are found to have knowingly and intentionally charged 340B covered entities more than the statutorily mandated ceiling price.
CMS could also decide to terminate our Medicaid drug rebate agreement, or HRSA could decide to terminate our 340B program participation agreement, in which case federal payments may not be available under Medicaid or Medicare Part B for our covered outpatient drugs.
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Failure to make necessary disclosures or to identify contract overcharges can result in allegations against us under the False Claims Act and other laws and regulations.
−Removed: Unexpected refunds to the government, and/or response to a government investigation or enforcement action, would be expensive and time-consuming, and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, and future prospects.
+Added: Unexpected refunds to the government, and/or response to a government investigation or enforcement action, could be expensive and time-consuming, and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, and future prospects.
Risks from the improper conduct of employees, agents, contractors, or collaborators could adversely affect our reputation and our business, prospects, operating results, and financial condition.
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For example, a prolonged shutdown may significantly delay the FDA's ability to timely review and process any submissions we have filed or may file or cause other regulatory delays, which could materially and adversely affect our business.
−Removed: The FDA's ability to timely review and process any submissions we have filed or may file in the future may also be affected by the recent efforts to downsize the federal workforce, as discussed above under "Risks Related to Maintaining Approval of Our Marketed Products and the Development and Obtaining Approval of Our Product Candidates and New Indications for Our Marketed Products - Obtaining and maintaining regulatory approval for drug products is costly, time-consuming, and highly uncertain.
+Added: The FDA's ability to timely review and process any submissions we have filed or may file in the future may also be affected by the recent efforts to reduce the size and budgets of U.S.
+Added: government agencies, downsize the federal workforce, and implement other U.S.
+Added: policy changes, as discussed above under "Risks Related to Maintaining Approval of Our Marketed Products and the Development and Obtaining Approval of Our Product Candidates and New Indications for Our Marketed Products - Obtaining and maintaining regulatory approval for drug products is costly, time-consuming, and highly uncertain.
If we or our collaborators do not maintain regulatory approval for our marketed products, and obtain regulatory approval for our product candidates or new indications for our marketed products, we will not be able to market or sell them, which would materially and negatively impact our business, prospects, operating results, and financial condition.
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trade barriers (including further legislation or actions taken by the United States or other countries that restrict trade), and protectionist or retaliatory measures taken by the United States or other countries.
−Removed: The United States has recently imposed significant tariffs on imports from other countries, including a baseline tariff of 10% on imports into the United States and higher tariffs on multiple designated countries (including the EU Member States, China, Canada, and Mexico), such as "reciprocal" tariffs at varying rates.
+Added: The United States has recently imposed significant tariffs on imports from other countries, including a baseline tariff of 10% on imports into the United States and higher tariffs on multiple designated countries, such as "reciprocal" tariffs at varying rates.
Such tariffs have prompted retaliatory measures from several countries, which may further escalate.
−Removed: On April 9, 2025, the United States announced that the imposition of most "reciprocal" tariffs would be paused for 90 days pending negotiations with the relevant countries.
+Added: Certain of these tariffs have been subsequently paused or modified, and the situation remains fluid.
While pharmaceutical products are currently excluded from the baseline and "reciprocal" tariffs imposed by the United States, such tariffs still apply to the raw materials and other products necessary for the manufacture and formulation of our marketed products and product candidates.
−Removed: In addition, the current U.S.
−Removed: administration has expressed an intent to impose tariffs on pharmaceutical imports, with the stated policy objective of reshoring pharmaceutical manufacturing to the United States.
−Removed: Among other means, such tariffs may be imposed by the United States under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended, pursuant to which the U.S.
−Removed: Department of Commerce recently initiated an investigation to determine the effects of importing pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical ingredients on national security.
+Added: In addition, the U.S.
+Added: Department of Commerce has initiated an investigation under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended, to determine the effects of importing pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical ingredients on national security.
+Added: This investigation may lead to the imposition of tariffs on pharmaceutical imports, consistent with the current U.S.
+Added: administration's stated policy objective of reshoring pharmaceutical manufacturing to the United States.
+Added: Further, the United States and the EU recently announced the framework of a trade agreement that is expected to impose a 15% tariff on most imports from the EU, including pharmaceutical products.
+Added: However, the details of this trade agreement remain uncertain, including whether and to what extent such agreement may be impacted by the results of the Section 232 investigation.
We face significant risks from the existing tariffs imposed by the United States (such as those discussed above) and potential new tariffs as well as their secondary effects, including other countries' imposition of retaliatory tariffs and non-tariff barriers.
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For example, the OECD Pillar Two framework has influenced tax laws in countries in which we operate, including the implementation of minimum taxes.
−Removed: Changes to these or other laws and regulations or their interpretations could materially adversely impact our effective tax rate or cash flows.
+Added: Changes to these or other laws and regulations or their interpretations, including those resulting from the recently approved OBBBA (as discussed further in Note 8 to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in this report), could materially adversely impact our effective tax rate or cash flows.
We face risks related to the personal data we collect, process, and share.
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healthcare providers, including research institutions from which we or our collaborators obtain clinical trial data, are subject to privacy and security regulations promulgated under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ("HIPAA").
−Removed: While Regeneron is not directly subject to HIPAA, other than potentially with respect to providing certain employee benefits, we could be subject to criminal penalties if we, our affiliates, or our agents knowingly receive protected health information in a manner that is not permitted under HIPAA.
−Removed: The FTC also sets expectations for taking appropriate steps to safeguard consumers' personal information and for providing a level of privacy or security commensurate to promises made
−Removed: to individuals.
+Added: While Regeneron is not directly subject to HIPAA, other than potentially with respect to providing certain employee benefits, we could be subject to criminal penalties if we, our affiliates, or our agents knowingly receive protected
+Added: health information in a manner that is not permitted under HIPAA.
+Added: The FTC also sets expectations for taking appropriate steps to safeguard consumers' personal information and for providing a level of privacy or security commensurate to promises made to individuals.
Failure to meet these FTC standards may constitute unfair or deceptive acts or practices in violation of Section 5 of the FTC Act.
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With respect to the products and product candidates that we are co-developing with Sanofi under our Antibody Collaboration (currently consisting of Dupixent, Kevzara, and itepekimab), Sanofi initially funds a significant portion of development expenses incurred in connection with the development of these products and product candidates.
−Removed: In addition, we rely on Sanofi to lead much of the clinical development efforts, assist with or lead efforts to obtain and maintain regulatory approvals, and lead the commercialization efforts for these products and product candidates.
+Added: In addition, we rely on Sanofi
+Added: to lead much of the clinical development efforts, assist with or lead efforts to obtain and maintain regulatory approvals, and lead the commercialization efforts for these products and product candidates.
If Sanofi terminates the Antibody Collaboration or fails to comply with its obligations thereunder, our business, prospects, operating results, and financial condition may be materially harmed.
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We and our collaborators rely on third-party service providers to support the distribution of our marketed products and for many other related activities in connection with the commercialization of these marketed products.
−Removed: Despite our or our
−Removed: collaborators' arrangements with them, these third parties may not perform adequately.
+Added: Despite our or our collaborators' arrangements with them, these third parties may not perform adequately.
If these service providers do not perform their services adequately, sales of our marketed products will suffer.
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We have outsourced significant elements of our information technology infrastructure and operations to third parties, which may allow them to access our confidential information and may also make our systems vulnerable to service interruptions or to security breaches from inadvertent or intentional actions by such third parties or others.
+Added: We may also be exposed to vulnerabilities due to end-of-life issues impacting hardware or software utilized in our operations.
In addition, our systems are potentially vulnerable to data security breaches – whether by employees or others – which may expose sensitive data to unauthorized persons.
−Removed: Data security breaches could lead to the loss of trade secrets or other intellectual property, result in demands for ransom or other forms of blackmail, or lead to the public exposure of personal information (including sensitive personal information) of our employees, clinical trial patients, customers, and others.
+Added: Data security breaches could lead to the loss of trade secrets or other intellectual property, result in demands for ransom or other forms of extortion, or lead to the public exposure of personal information (including sensitive personal information) of our employees, clinical trial patients, customers, and others.
Such attacks are of ever-increasing levels of sophistication and are made by groups and individuals with a wide range of motives (including industrial espionage or extortion) and expertise, including by organized criminal groups, "hacktivists," nation states, and others.
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Due to the nature of some of these attacks, there is a risk that an intrusion may remain undetected for a period of time.
−Removed: While we continue to make investments to improve the protection of data and information technology, and to oversee and monitor the security measures of our suppliers and/or service providers, there can be no assurance that our efforts will prevent service interruptions or security breaches.
+Added: While we continue to make investments to improve the protection and resilience of data and information technology, and to oversee and monitor the security measures of our suppliers and/or service providers, there can be no assurance that our efforts will prevent service interruptions or security breaches or that our business continuity and disaster recovery plans will effectively remedy any such issues or other adverse developments in a timely manner or at all.
In addition, we depend in part on third-party security measures over which we do not have full control to protect against data security breaches.
If we or our suppliers and/or service providers fail to maintain or protect our information technology systems and data security effectively and in compliance with U.S.
−Removed: and foreign laws, or fail to anticipate, detect, plan for, or manage disruptions to these systems, we or our suppliers and/or service providers could have difficulty preventing, detecting, or mitigating the impact of such disruptions or security breaches, which could result in legal proceedings, liability under U.S.
−Removed: and foreign laws that protect the privacy of personal information, disruptions to our operations, government investigations, breach of contract claims, and damage to our reputation (in each case in the U.S.
+Added: and foreign laws, or fail to anticipate, detect, plan for, or manage disruptions to these systems, we or our suppliers and/or service providers could have difficulty preventing, detecting, or mitigating the impact of such disruptions or security breaches, which could result in disruptions to our operations, legal proceedings, liability under U.S.
+Added: and foreign laws (including those that protect the privacy of personal information), government investigations, breach of contract claims, and damage to our reputation (in each case in the U.S.
or globally), which could have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, operating results, and financial condition.
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We have certain indebtedness and contingent liabilities, including milestone and royalty payment obligations.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2025, we had an aggregate of $2.705 billion of outstanding indebtedness under our senior unsecured notes and the lease financing facility.
+Added: As of June 30, 2025, we had an aggregate of $2.705 billion of outstanding indebtedness under our senior unsecured notes and the lease financing facility.
We may also incur additional debt in the future.
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Our investments are subject to risks and other external factors that may result in losses or affect the liquidity of these investments.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2025, we had $3.090 billion in cash and cash equivalents and $14.536 billion in marketable securities (including $1.235 billion in equity securities).
+Added: As of June 30, 2025, we had $1.996 billion in cash and cash equivalents and $15.532 billion in marketable securities (including $1.485 billion in equity securities).
Our investments consist primarily of debt securities, including investment-grade corporate bonds.
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A small number of our shareholders beneficially own a substantial amount of our Common Stock.
−Removed: As of April 15, 2025, our five largest shareholders plus Dr.
−Removed: Schleifer, our Chief Executive Officer, beneficially owned approximately 37.9% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock, assuming, in the case of our Chief Executive Officer, the conversion of his Class A Stock into Common Stock and the exercise of all options held by him which are exercisable within 60 days of April 15, 2025.
+Added: As of June 30, 2025, our five largest shareholders plus Dr.
+Added: Schleifer, our Chief Executive Officer, beneficially owned approximately 36.1% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock, assuming, in the case of our Chief Executive Officer, the conversion of his Class A Stock into Common Stock and the exercise of all options held by him which are exercisable within 60 days of June 30, 2025.
If our significant shareholders or we sell substantial amounts of our Common Stock in the public market, or there is a perception that such sales may occur, the market price of our Common Stock could fall.
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There can be no assurance that we will continue to repurchase shares of our Common Stock or continue to declare cash dividends.
−Removed: In April 2024, our board of directors authorized a share repurchase program to repurchase up to $3.0 billion of our Common Stock and, in February 2025, authorized an additional $3.0 billion for share repurchases (of which $3.874 billion remained available in the aggregate as of March 31, 2025).
+Added: In February 2025, our board of directors authorized our most recent share repurchase program to repurchase up to $3.0 billion of our Common Stock (of which $2.814 billion remained available as of June 30, 2025).
In February 2025, our board of directors also initiated a quarterly cash dividend program.
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Holders of Class A Stock, who are generally the shareholders who purchased their stock from us before our initial public offering, are entitled to ten votes per share, while holders of Common Stock are entitled to one vote per share.
−Removed: As of April 15, 2025, holders of Class A Stock held 14.6% of the combined voting power of all shares of Common Stock and Class A Stock then outstanding.
+Added: As of June 30, 2025, holders of Class A Stock held 14.8% of the combined voting power of all shares of Common Stock and Class A Stock then outstanding.
These shareholders, if acting together, would be in a position to substantially influence the election of our directors and the vote on certain corporate transactions that require majority or supermajority approval of the combined classes, including mergers and other business combinations.
This may result in our taking corporate actions that other shareholders may not consider to be in their best interest and may affect the price of our Common Stock.
−Removed: As of April 15, 2025:
−Removed: • our current executive officers and directors beneficially owned 5.3% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock, assuming conversion of their Class A Stock into Common Stock and the exercise of all options and release of all restricted stock units held by such persons which are exercisable or releasable within 60 days of April 15, 2025, and 17.2% of the combined voting power of our outstanding shares of Common Stock and Class A Stock, assuming the exercise of all options and release of all restricted stock units held by such persons which are exercisable or releasable within 60 days of April 15, 2025;
+Added: As of June 30, 2025:
+Added: • our current executive officers and directors beneficially owned 5.4% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock, assuming conversion of their Class A Stock into Common Stock and the exercise of all options and release of all restricted stock units held by such persons which are exercisable or releasable within 60 days of June 30, 2025, and 17.4% of the combined voting power of our outstanding shares of Common Stock and Class A Stock, assuming the exercise of all options and release of all restricted stock units held by such persons which are exercisable or releasable within 60 days of June 30, 2025;
• our five largest shareholders plus Dr.
−Removed: Schleifer, our Chief Executive Officer, beneficially owned approximately 37.9% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock, assuming, in the case of our Chief Executive Officer, the conversion of his Class A Stock into Common Stock and the exercise of all options held by him which are exercisable within 60 days of April 15, 2025.
−Removed: In addition, these five shareholders plus our Chief Executive Officer held approximately 45.3% of the combined voting power of our outstanding shares of Common Stock and Class A Stock, assuming the exercise of all options held by our Chief Executive Officer which are exercisable within 60 days of April 15, 2025.
+Added: Schleifer, our Chief Executive Officer, beneficially owned approximately 36.1% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock, assuming, in the case of our Chief Executive Officer, the conversion of his Class A Stock into Common Stock and the exercise of all options held by him which are exercisable within 60 days of June 30, 2025.
+Added: In addition, these five shareholders plus our Chief Executive Officer held approximately 43.9% of the combined voting power of our outstanding shares of Common Stock and Class A Stock, assuming the exercise of all options held by our Chief Executive Officer which are exercisable within 60 days of June 30, 2025.
The anti-takeover effects of provisions of our charter, by-laws, and of New York corporate law, as well as the contractual provisions in our investor and collaboration agreements and certain provisions of our compensation plans and agreements, could deter, delay, or prevent an acquisition or other "change of control" of us and could adversely affect the price of our Common Stock.
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• authorization to issue "blank check" preferred stock, which is preferred stock that can be created and issued by the board of directors without prior shareholder approval, with rights senior to those of our Common Stock and Class A Stock;
−Removed: • a staggered board of directors, so that it would take three successive annual shareholder meetings to replace all of our directors;
+Added: • a staggered board of directors (which, pursuant to a recently approved amendment to our certificate of incorporation, will be phased out beginning in 2026 and result in the annual election of all of our directors commencing with the 2028 annual meeting of shareholders);
• a requirement that removal of directors may only be effected for cause and only upon the affirmative vote of at least eighty percent (80%) of the outstanding shares entitled to vote for directors, as well as a requirement that any vacancy on the board of directors may be filled only by the remaining directors;
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