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The summary below is not exhaustive and is qualified by reference to the full set of risk factors set forth in this "Risk Factors" section.
−Removed: Please carefully consider all of the information in this Form 10-Q, including the full set of risks set forth in this "Risk Factors" section, and in our other filings with the U.S.
−Removed: Securities and Exchange Commission before making an investment decision regarding Regeneron.
+Added: Please carefully consider all of the information in this Form 10-Q, including the full set of risks set forth in this "Risk Factors" section, and in our other filings with the SEC before making an investment decision regarding Regeneron.
Risks Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Our business may be further adversely affected by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, including those impacting our manufacturing and supply chain operations, research and development efforts, commercial operations and sales force, administrative personnel, third-party service providers, and business partners and customers, as well as the demand for our marketed products.
−Removed: • We face risks related to the development, manufacturing, and potential commercialization of REGEN-COV.
+Added: • We face risks related to the development, manufacturing, and commercialization of REGEN-COV.
Commercialization Risks
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• If we fail to comply with our reporting and payment obligations under the Medicaid Drug Rebate program or other governmental pricing programs, we could be subject to additional reimbursement requirements, penalties, sanctions, and fines.
−Removed: • We face risks from the improper conduct of our employees, agents, contractors, or collaborators, including those relating to potential non-compliance with relevant laws and regulations such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
+Added: • We face risks from the improper conduct of our employees, agents, contractors, or collaborators, including those relating to potential non-compliance with relevant laws and regulations such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the U.K.
• Our operations are subject to environmental, health, and safety laws and regulations, including those governing the use of hazardous materials.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in travel and other restrictions to reduce the spread of the disease, including governmental orders across the globe, which, among other things, direct individuals to shelter at their places of residence, direct businesses and governmental agencies to cease non-essential operations at physical locations, prohibit certain non-essential gatherings, maintain social distancing, and order cessation of non-essential travel.
−Removed: As a result of these developments, we have implemented work-from-home policies for a significant portion of our employees (except those deemed critical, including those working in our laboratories and manufacturing facilities).
−Removed: The effects of shelter-in-place and social distancing orders, government-imposed quarantines, and work-from-home policies may further negatively impact productivity, disrupt our business, and delay our clinical programs and development timelines beyond the delays we have already experienced and disclosed, the magnitude of which will depend, in part, on the length and severity of the restrictions and other limitations on our ability to conduct our business in the ordinary course.
+Added: Though some of these restrictions have eased, the continuation or recurrence of these restrictions remains uncertain and will depend on many factors, including any future spikes in COVID-19 cases and the continued availability and efficacy of vaccines and treatments.
+Added: It is expected that the pandemic will continue to ebb and flow, with different jurisdictions having higher levels of infections than others over the course of the pandemic.
+Added: In addition, new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus have emerged, have been shown to be present in many geographies, and appear to spread more easily and quickly than other variants.
+Added: As a result, shelter-in-place and social distancing orders, government-imposed quarantines, and work-from-home policies (which we previously implemented for a significant portion of our employees) may continue to varying degrees for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic and may further negatively impact productivity, disrupt our business, and delay our clinical programs and development timelines beyond the delays we have already experienced and disclosed;
+Added: the magnitude of these developments will depend, in part, on the length and severity of the restrictions and other limitations on our ability to conduct our business in the ordinary course.
Such restrictions and limitations may also further negatively impact our access to regulatory authorities (which are affected, among other things, by applicable travel restrictions and may be delayed in responding to inquiries, reviewing filings, and conducting inspections);
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The COVID-19 pandemic may also result in the loss of some of our key personnel, either temporarily or permanently.
−Removed: In addition, our sales and marketing efforts have been negatively impacted and may be further negatively impacted by postponement or cancellation of face-to-face meetings and restrictions on access by non-essential personnel to hospitals or clinics to the extent such measures slow down adoption or further commercialization of our marketed products.
+Added: In addition, our sales and marketing efforts were previously negatively impacted and may be further negatively impacted by postponement or cancellation of face-to-face meetings and restrictions on access by non-essential personnel to hospitals or clinics to the extent such measures slow down adoption or further commercialization of our marketed products.
The demand for our marketed products may also be adversely impacted by the restrictions and limitations adopted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly to the extent they affect the patients' ability or willingness to start or continue treatment with our marketed products.
Any of the foregoing factors may result in lower net product sales of our marketed products.
−Removed: For example, net product sales of EYLEA in the United States decreased for the three months ended June
−Removed: 30, 2020, compared to the same period in 2019, due in part to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
+Added: For example, net product sales of EYLEA in the United States decreased for the three months ended June 30, 2020, compared to the same period in 2019, due in part to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
See Part I, Item 2.
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Results of Operations" for a discussion of our net product sales.
−Removed: Demand for some or all of our marketed products may continue to be reduced while the shelter-in-place or social distancing orders are in effect and, as a result, some of our inventory may become obsolete and may need to be written off, impacting our operating results.
+Added: Demand for some or all of our marketed products may be further reduced if shelter-in-place or social distancing orders remain in effect or are re-implemented and, as a result, some of our inventory may become obsolete and may need to be written off, impacting our operating results.
These and similar, and perhaps more severe, disruptions in our operations may materially adversely impact our business, operating results, and financial condition.
−Removed: Quarantines, shelter-in-place, social distancing, and similar government orders (or the perception that such orders, shutdowns, or other restrictions on the conduct of business operations could occur) related to COVID-19 or other infectious diseases are impacting personnel at our research and manufacturing facilities, our suppliers, and other third parties on which we rely, and are also impacting the availability or cost of materials produced by or purchased from such parties, resulting in supply chain strains or disruptions that may become material.
+Added: Quarantines, shelter-in-place, social distancing, and similar government orders (or the perception that such orders, shutdowns, or other restrictions on the conduct of business operations could occur) related to COVID-19 previously impacted, and may impact in the future, personnel at our research and manufacturing facilities, our suppliers, and other third parties on which we rely, as well as the availability or cost of materials produced by or purchased from such parties, resulting in supply chain strains or disruptions that may become material.
While some materials and services may be obtained from more than one supplier or provider, port closures and other restrictions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic (including any government restrictions or limitations, such as those that may be imposed under the Defense Production Act) could materially disrupt our supply chain or limit our ability to obtain sufficient materials or services (including fill/finish services) required for the development and manufacturing of our products and product candidates as well as our research efforts.
If microbial, viral (including COVID-19), or other contaminations are discovered in our products, product candidates, the materials used for their production, or in our facilities, or in the facilities of our collaborators, third-party contract manufacturers, or other providers or suppliers, the affected facilities may need to be closed or may otherwise be affected for an extended period of time, or the contamination may result in other delays or disruptions in our direct or indirect supply chain.
−Removed: In addition, infections and deaths related to COVID-19 have disrupted and may continue to disrupt the United States' healthcare and healthcare regulatory systems.
+Added: In addition, infections and deaths related to COVID-19 previously disrupted and may in the future disrupt the United States' healthcare and healthcare regulatory systems.
Such disruptions could divert healthcare resources away from, or materially delay, FDA review and potential approval of our product candidates and new indications for our marketed products.
−Removed: It is unknown how long these disruptions could continue.
−Removed: In addition, some of our clinical trials have been and may continue to be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
−Removed: This impact includes delays in site initiation and patient enrollment due to prioritization of hospital resources toward the COVID-19 pandemic, patients' inability to comply with clinical trial protocols if quarantines impede patient movement or interrupt healthcare services, and restrictions on trial initiations imposed by hospitals and other trial sites as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
−Removed: Similarly, our ability to recruit and retain patients and principal investigators and site staff who, as healthcare providers, may have heightened exposure to COVID-19, has been and may continue to be delayed or disrupted.
+Added: In addition, some of our clinical trials were previously and may in the future be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
+Added: This impact could result in further delays in site initiation and patient enrollment due to prioritization of hospital resources toward the COVID-19 pandemic, patients' inability to comply with clinical trial protocols if quarantines impede patient movement or interrupt healthcare services, and restrictions on trial initiations imposed by hospitals and other trial sites as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
+Added: Similarly, our ability to recruit and retain patients and principal investigators and site staff who, as healthcare providers, may have heightened exposure to COVID-19, was previously and may in the future be delayed or disrupted.
We continue to evaluate the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on an individual trial basis.
−Removed: The disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic may further negatively impact the progress of our clinical trials, including the readouts of trial results, the timing of regulatory review, and any anticipated program milestones.
−Removed: Further, while we continue to focus on developing REGEN-COV to address the COVID-19 pandemic, our research programs and the development of our other product candidates may need to be further de-prioritized.
−Removed: Any elongation or de-prioritization of our research and development programs and clinical trials or delay in regulatory review resulting from such disruptions could materially affect the development and study of our product candidates, which would increase our operating expenses and may have a material adverse effect on our operating results.
+Added: Any such disruptions may further negatively impact the progress of our clinical trials, including the readouts of trial results, the timing of regulatory review, and any anticipated program milestones.
While the potential economic impact brought by, and the duration of, the COVID-19 pandemic may be difficult to assess or predict, it previously caused significant disruption of global financial markets and could cause more economic disruption in the future, making it more difficult for us to access capital if needed.
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We face risks related to the development, manufacturing, and commercialization of REGEN-COV.
−Removed: In response to the recent global outbreak of COVID-19, we are pursuing the development, manufacturing, and commercialization of REGEN-COV, a novel investigational antibody cocktail treatment designed to prevent and treat infection from the SARS-CoV-2 virus that received an EUA from the FDA in November 2020.
−Removed: There can be no assurance with respect to how long the EUA will remain in effect, whether the EUA will be revised (such as to provide for a lower authorized dose level or subcutaneous administration or to include COVID-19 prevention) based on new clinical trial results or otherwise, and whether the EUA is revoked by the FDA based on its determination that the underlying health emergency no longer exists or warrants such authorization or other reasons.
−Removed: In addition, while the EUA was granted following our announcement of positive results from the ongoing Phase 2/3 seamless trial in non-hospitalized patients with COVID-19 and we have further announced positive Phase 3 results in March 2021 and April 2021 (as discussed in Part I, Item 2.
−Removed: "Management's Discussion and Analysis
−Removed: of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Additional Information – Clinical Development Programs"), there are multiple ongoing clinical trials to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the antibody cocktail and there is no assurance of favorable results from any ongoing or future clinical trials, the timing of their completion, or the FDA's or other regulatory authorities' favorable determinations based on data from any such clinical trial.
−Removed: It is also possible that the FDA and other regulatory authorities may not grant the antibody cocktail full marketing approval for the treatment of COVID-19, or that any marketing approvals, if granted, may have significant limitations on its use.
+Added: In response to the recent global outbreak of COVID-19, we developed and are manufacturing and commercializing, in collaboration with Roche, REGEN-COV (known as Ronapreve in other countries outside the United States), a novel investigational antibody cocktail treatment designed to prevent and treat infection from the SARS-CoV-2 virus that received an EUA from the FDA in November 2020.
+Added: There can be no assurance with respect to how long the EUA will remain in effect, whether the EUA will be revised (such as to include the treatment of hospitalized COVID-19 patients) based on new clinical trial results or otherwise, and whether the EUA is revoked by the FDA based on its determination that the underlying health emergency no longer exists or warrants such authorization or other reasons (including if REGEN-COV is found to be less effective or not effective against new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus).
+Added: In addition, while the EUA was granted following our announcement of positive results from the ongoing Phase 2/3 seamless trial in non-hospitalized patients with COVID-19 and we have further announced positive Phase 3 results in 2021 (as discussed in Part I, Item 2.
+Added: "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Additional Information – Clinical Development Programs"), there are multiple ongoing clinical trials to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the antibody cocktail and there is no assurance of favorable results from any ongoing or future clinical trials, the timing of their completion, or the FDA's or other regulatory authorities' favorable determinations based on data from any such clinical trial.
+Added: It is also possible that the FDA and certain other regulatory authorities may not grant the antibody cocktail full marketing approval for the treatment of COVID-19, or that any such marketing approvals, if granted, may have significant limitations on its use.
Further, other parties may be successful in developing a more effective treatment for COVID-19;
−Removed: and utilization of REGEN-COV may also be adversely impacted by other factors, such as the rollout of vaccines providing acquired immunity against COVID-19.
+Added: and utilization of REGEN-COV has been and may in the future be adversely impacted by other factors, such as the rollout of vaccines providing acquired immunity against COVID-19.
As a result, we may never be successful in fully commercializing REGEN-COV.
−Removed: The intense public interest, including speculation by the media, in the development and commercialization of REGEN-COV has caused significant volatility in our stock price, which may continue as data and other information from the ongoing and any future clinical trials evaluating REGEN-COV and third-party product candidates for the treatment or prevention of COVID-19 as well as any other regulatory actions become public.
+Added: The intense public interest, including speculation by the media, in the development and commercialization of REGEN-COV has caused or contributed to significant volatility in
+Added: our stock price, which may continue as data and other information from the ongoing and any future clinical trials evaluating REGEN-COV and third-party product candidates for the treatment or prevention of COVID-19 as well as any other regulatory actions become public.
We also face risks related to our significant investment in the development, supply, allocation, distribution, pricing, and commercialization of REGEN-COV.
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We expect our investment in the development and manufacture of REGEN-COV to continue through 2021 and potentially beyond, although the magnitude of our investment will be subject to clinical data results, the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic, and other factors, including regulatory outcomes.
−Removed: If we are unable to maintain the EUA or obtain regulatory approvals, or if we make a strategic decision to discontinue development of REGEN-COV or are otherwise not successful in the commercialization of REGEN-COV, we will be unable to recoup our significant expenses incurred to date and in the future related to the development and production of REGEN-COV.
+Added: If we are unable to maintain the EUA or obtain regulatory approvals, or if we make a strategic decision to discontinue development of REGEN-COV or are otherwise not successful in the commercialization of REGEN-COV, we may be unable to recoup our significant expenses incurred to date and/or in the future related to the development and production of REGEN-COV.
+Added: While we recognized significant net product sales and collaboration revenue in connection with sales of REGEN-COV during the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, the degree to which future sales of REGEN-COV will continue to impact our results of operations is highly uncertain.
In addition, our internal manufacturing capacity may not be sufficient to cover the demand for REGEN-COV.
−Removed: While we have entered into a collaboration agreement with Roche to develop, manufacture, and distribute REGEN-COV, we cannot be certain that this collaboration will result in the anticipated increase in the current manufacturing and distribution capacity for REGEN-COV or that any increased manufacturing and distribution capacity will be sufficient.
+Added: While we have entered into a collaboration agreement with Roche to develop, manufacture, and distribute REGEN-COV, we cannot be certain that our current manufacturing and distribution capacity for REGEN-COV or any increased manufacturing and distribution capacity through our collaboration with Roche will be sufficient.
In addition, we rely entirely on third parties for filling and finishing services for REGEN-COV.
−Removed: Our third-party fill/finish providers may not have sufficient capacity or may otherwise not be able to provide such services on a timely basis in the quantities requested (such as because they devote their capacity to other drugs or vaccines against COVID-19), which we have recently experienced.
+Added: Our third-party fill/finish providers may not have sufficient capacity or may otherwise not be able to provide such services on a timely basis in the quantities requested (such as because they devote their capacity to other drugs or vaccines against COVID-19), which we previously experienced.
The ability of our third-party providers to deliver such services to us may further be adversely impacted by the imposition of government restrictions or limitations (including those that may be imposed under the Defense Production Act).
−Removed: If we are unable to timely enter into alternative arrangements, or if such alternative arrangements are not available on satisfactory terms or at all, we may experience delays in the development, manufacturing, and distribution of REGEN-COV, which could, among other things, prevent us from meeting our supply target under our January 2021 agreement with the U.S.
+Added: If we are unable to timely enter into alternative arrangements, or if such alternative arrangements are not available on satisfactory terms or at all, we may experience delays in the development, manufacturing, and distribution of REGEN-COV.
We and Roche also face challenges related to the allocation of existing and future supply of REGEN-COV, particularly with respect to geographic distribution.
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EYLEA net sales represent a substantial portion of our revenues and this concentration of our net sales in a single product makes us substantially dependent on that product.
−Removed: For the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, EYLEA net sales in the United States represented 53% and 64% of our total revenues, respectively.
+Added: For the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, EYLEA net sales in the United States represented 36% and 60% of our total revenues, respectively, with EYLEA net sales as a percentage of our total revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2021 being significantly lower due to the net product sales of REGEN-COV we recorded in that period in connection with deliveries of drug product under our agreements with the U.S.
If we were to experience difficulty with the commercialization of EYLEA in the United States or if Bayer were to experience any difficulty with the commercialization of EYLEA outside the United States (including as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic discussed above), or if we and Bayer are unable to maintain current marketing approvals of EYLEA, we may experience a reduction in revenue and may not be able to sustain profitability, and our business, prospects, operating results, and financial condition would be materially harmed.
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and, in the case of EYLEA, the existing and potential new competition for EYLEA (discussed further under " The commercial success of our products and product candidates is subject to significant competition - Marketed Products" below) and the willingness of retinal specialists and patients to start or continue treatment with EYLEA or to switch from another product to EYLEA;
+Added: • the effect of existing and new health care laws and regulations currently being considered or implemented in the United States, including price reporting and other disclosure requirements of such laws and regulations and the potential impact of such requirements on physician prescribing practices and payor coverage;
• serious complications or side effects in connection with the use of our marketed products, as discussed 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 - Serious complications or side effects in connection with the use of our products and in clinical trials for our product candidates and new indications for our marketed products could cause our regulatory approvals to be revoked or limited or lead to delay or discontinuation of development of our product candidates or new indications for our marketed products, which could severely harm our business, prospects, operating results, and financial condition " below;
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• the results of post-approval studies, whether conducted by us or by others and whether mandated by regulatory agencies or voluntary, and studies of other products that could implicate an entire class of products or are perceived to do so.
−Removed: • the effect of existing and new health care laws and regulations currently being considered or implemented in the United States, including price reporting and other disclosure requirements of such laws and regulations and the potential impact of such requirements on physician prescribing practices and payor coverage.
More detailed information about the risks related to the commercialization of our marketed products is provided in the risk factors below.
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Given cost sensitivities in many health care systems (which will likely be exacerbated as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic), our currently marketed products and product candidates are likely to be subject to continued pricing pressures, which may have an adverse impact on our business, prospects, operating results, and financial condition.
−Removed: 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 (the "CMS").
+Added: 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
+Added: Services (the "CMS").
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.
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President Biden and various members of his administration and the current U.S.
−Removed: Congress have indicated that lowering drug prices continues to be a legislative and political priority.
−Removed: Proposals aimed at drug pricing recently introduced at the federal level include measures that would index the price of certain drugs to international pricing, allow the government to negotiate prescription drug prices for Medicare, and permit the importation of drugs from other countries into the United States at lower prices.
+Added: Congress have indicated that lowering drug prices continues to be a legislative and political priority, as evidenced, for example, by the "Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy" issued by President Biden in July 2021.
+Added: Proposals aimed at drug pricing previously introduced at the federal level include measures that would index the price of certain drugs to international pricing, allow the government to negotiate prescription drug prices for Medicare, and permit the importation of drugs from other countries into the United States at lower prices.
Another recent example is the September 2020 "MFN Executive Order" issued by former President Trump and the related interim final rule (the "MFN Interim Final Rule") issued by HHS, acting through CMS, to implement rulemaking to test a payment model (the "MFN Model") pursuant to which Medicare would pay no more than the "most-favored-nation price" within the member countries of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development for certain drugs covered by Medicare Part B (such as EYLEA) and Part D.
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For example, the EU provides options for its member states to restrict the range of medicinal products for which their national health insurance systems provide reimbursement and to control the prices of medicinal products for human use.
−Removed: A member state may approve a
−Removed: specific price for the medicinal product or it may instead adopt a system of direct or indirect controls on the profitability of the company placing the medicinal product on the market.
−Removed: Our results of operations may suffer if we or our collaborators are unable to market our products in foreign countries or if coverage and reimbursement for our marketed products in foreign countries is limited or delayed.
+Added: A member state may approve a specific price for the medicinal product or it may instead adopt a system of direct or indirect controls on the profitability of the company placing the medicinal product on the market.
+Added: Our results of operations may suffer if we or our collaborators are
+Added: unable to market our products in foreign countries or if coverage and reimbursement for our marketed products in foreign countries is limited or delayed.
The commercial success of our products and product candidates is subject to significant competition.
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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 indications, including those that act by blocking VEGF and VEGF receptors (including therapies designed to extend the treatment interval) and/or other targets (such as Ang2).
−Removed: In addition, we are aware of several companies developing biosimilar versions of EYLEA and other approved anti-VEGF treatments.
+Added: In addition, we are aware of several companies developing biosimilar versions of EYLEA and other approved anti-VEGF treatments, including biosimilar versions of Lucentis under regulatory review or in late-stage clinical development.
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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We are aware of claims by third parties, including those based on published clinical data, alleging that ZALTRAP may be safely administered to the eye.
−Removed: The market for Dupixent's current and potential future indications is also competitive.
+Added: The market for Dupixent's current and potential future indications is also increasingly competitive.
In atopic dermatitis, there are several topical ointments or agents either approved or in development.
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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.
−Removed: There are several other potentially competitive products in development that may compete with Dupixent in asthma, as well as potential future indications, including antibodies against thymic stromal lymphopoietin ("TSLP"), the IL-33 ligand, or the IL-33 receptor (ST2).
−Removed: Dupixent also faces competition from orally administered small molecule agents and inhaled products in asthma and potential future indications.
+Added: There are several other potentially competitive products in development that may compete with Dupixent in asthma, as well as potential future indications, including antibodies against thymic stromal lymphopoietin ("TSLP") or the IL-33 ligand.
+Added: Dupixent also faces competition from inhaled products in asthma and potential future indications.
Libtayo also faces significant competition.
−Removed: There are several competitors that are marketing and/or developing antibodies against PD-1 and/or PDL-1, including Merck's Keytruda ® (pembrolizumab), Bristol-Myers Squibb's Opdivo ® (nivolumab), Roche's Tecentriq ® (atezolizumab), and AstraZeneca's Imfinzi ® (durvalumab).
+Added: There are several competitors that are marketing and/or developing antibodies against PD-1 and/or PDL-1 (some of which were approved in the relevant indications and commercialized before Libtayo), including Merck's Keytruda ® (pembrolizumab), Bristol-Myers Squibb's Opdivo ® (nivolumab), Roche's Tecentriq ® (atezolizumab), and AstraZeneca's Imfinzi ® (durvalumab).
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.
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Product Candidates
−Removed: 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 RNA interference (RNAi) and chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T cell) technologies.
+Added: 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 and chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T cell) technologies.
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.
−Removed: We are also aware of other companies developing or marketing small molecules that may compete with our antibody-based product candidates in various indications, if such product candidates obtain regulatory approval in those
−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 competitive product, such developments may have an adverse effect on our business or future prospects.
+Added: We are also aware of other companies developing or marketing small molecules that may compete with our antibody-based product candidates in various indications, if such product candidates obtain regulatory approval in those indications.
+Added: 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 are dependent upon a small number of customers for a significant portion of our revenue, and the loss of or significant reduction in sales to these customers would adversely affect our results of operations.
−Removed: We sell EYLEA, Libtayo, Praluent, and ARCALYST in the United States to several distributors and specialty pharmacies, as applicable.
−Removed: Under this distribution model, the distributors and specialty pharmacies generally take physical delivery of product and generally sell the product directly to healthcare providers or other pharmacies (as applicable).
−Removed: For the three months ended March 31, 2021, our gross product sales of such products to two customers accounted on a combined basis for 75% of our total gross product revenue.
+Added: We sell our marketed products for which we record net product sales in the United States to several distributors and specialty pharmacies, as applicable, which generally sell the product directly to healthcare providers or other pharmacies (as applicable).
+Added: For the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, our gross product sales of such products to two customers accounted on a combined basis for 49% and 87% of our total gross product revenue, respectively, and gross product sales of REGEN-COV to the U.S.
+Added: government accounted for an additional 43% of our gross product revenue in this period in 2021.
We expect this significant customer concentration to continue for the foreseeable future.
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In addition, these customers are responsible for a significant portion of our net trade accounts receivable balances.
−Removed: Further, as discussed under "Risks Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic - We face risks related to the development, manufacturing, and commercialization of REGEN-COV " above, we have entered into agreements with the U.S.
−Removed: government to manufacture and supply REGEN-COV.
The loss of any large 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.
If we are unable to establish commercial capabilities outside the United States for products we intend to commercialize or co-commercialize outside the United States, our business, prospects, operating results, and financial condition may be adversely affected.
−Removed: We have limited commercial capabilities outside the United States and do not currently have an organization for the sales, marketing, and distribution of marketed products outside the United States.
+Added: We have limited commercial capabilities outside the United States and do not currently have an established organization for the sales, marketing, and distribution of marketed products outside the United States.
We will need to establish commercial capabilities outside the United States if we decide to co-commercialize a product outside the United States.
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Procedures that are equivalent in scope, but which can vary widely in application, apply in foreign countries.
−Removed: The FDA and comparable foreign regulatory authorities enforce Good Clinical Practices ("GCPs") and other regulations and legal requirements through periodic inspections of trial sponsors, clinical research organizations ("CROs"), principal investigators, and trial sites.
+Added: The FDA and comparable foreign regulatory authorities enforce GCPs and other regulations and legal requirements through periodic inspections of trial sponsors, clinical research organizations ("CROs"), principal investigators, and trial sites.
If we or any of the third parties conducting our clinical studies are determined to have failed to fully comply with GCPs, the study protocol or applicable regulations, the clinical data generated in those studies may be deemed unreliable.
−Removed: This could result in non-approval of our product candidates by the FDA or foreign regulatory authorities such as the EC, or we or the FDA or such other regulatory authorities may decide to conduct additional inspections or require additional clinical studies, which would delay our development programs, require us to incur additional costs, and could substantially harm our business, prospects, operating results, and financial condition.
+Added: For example, as discussed in Part I, Item 2.
+Added: "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Additional Information - Clinical Development Programs – REGEN-COV (casirivimab and imdevimab) – Treatment Study - Hospitalized Patients," we were recently notified by the sponsor of a trial evaluating REGEN-COV in hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19 of a GCP inspection of the trial that found certain deviations from GCP compliance.
+Added: There can be no assurance that the data from this trial will be found acceptable by the FDA or other regulatory authorities or will be sufficient for purposes of our request to expand the EUA for REGEN-COV to include COVID-19 treatment for appropriate hospitalized patients.
+Added: This and similar instances of non-compliance with GCPs could result in non-approval of our product candidates by the FDA or foreign regulatory authorities such as the EC, or we or the FDA or such other regulatory authorities may decide to conduct additional inspections or require additional clinical studies, which would delay our development programs, require us to incur additional costs, and could substantially harm our business, prospects, operating results, and financial condition.
Before approving a new drug or biologic product, the FDA and such comparable foreign regulatory authorities require that the facilities at which the product will be manufactured or advanced through the supply chain be in compliance with current Good Manufacturing Practices, or cGMP, requirements and regulations governing the manufacture, shipment, and storage of the product.
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grant similar powers to the competent authorities and impose similar obligations on companies.
−Removed: In addition to the standard drug approval process, the FDA has the authority to grant an EUA to allow unapproved medical products to be used in an emergency to diagnose, treat, or prevent serious or life-threatening diseases or conditions when, based on the totality of scientific evidence, there is evidence of effectiveness of the medical product, and there are no adequate, approved, and available alternatives.
−Removed: In November 2020, REGEN-COV received an EUA from the FDA for the treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19.
+Added: In addition to the standard drug approval process, the FDA has the authority to grant an EUA to allow unapproved medical products to be used in an emergency to diagnose, treat, or prevent serious or life-threatening diseases or conditions when, based
+Added: on the totality of scientific evidence, there is evidence of effectiveness of the medical product, and there are no adequate, approved, and available alternatives.
+Added: For example, REGEN-COV has been authorized for use in certain individuals in the United States based on an EUA from the FDA.
However, the FDA may revoke this EUA (or any other EUA we may be granted in the future) if it is determined that the underlying health emergency no longer exists or warrants such authorization;
therefore, we cannot predict how long this EUA (or any other EUA we may be granted in the future) will remain in effect.
−Removed: Such revocation could
−Removed: adversely impact our business in a variety of ways, including by having to absorb related manufacturing and overhead costs as well as potential inventory write-offs if regulatory approval is not obtained timely or at all.
+Added: Such revocation could adversely impact our business in a variety of ways, including by having to absorb related manufacturing and overhead costs as well as potential inventory write-offs if regulatory approval is not obtained timely or at all.
In addition to the FDA and other regulatory agency regulations in the United States, we are subject to a variety of foreign regulatory requirements governing human clinical trials, manufacturing, marketing and approval of drugs, and commercial sale and distribution of drugs in foreign countries.
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Conducting such studies is a lengthy, time-consuming, and expensive process.
−Removed: These tests and trials may not achieve favorable results for many reasons, including, among others, failure of the product candidate to demonstrate safety or efficacy, the development of serious or life-threatening adverse events (or side effects) caused by or connected with exposure to the product candidate (or prior or concurrent exposure to other products or product candidates), difficulty in enrolling and maintaining subjects in a clinical trial, clinical trial design that may not make it possible to enroll or retain a sufficient number of patients to achieve a statistically significant result or the desired level of statistical significance for the endpoint in question, lack of sufficient supplies of the product candidate or comparator drug, and the failure of clinical investigators, trial monitors, contractors, consultants, or trial subjects to comply with the trial plan, protocol, or applicable regulations related to the FDA's GLPs or GCPs.
+Added: These tests and trials may not achieve favorable results for many reasons, including, among others, failure of the product candidate to demonstrate safety or efficacy, the development of serious or life-threatening adverse events (or side effects) caused by or connected with exposure to the product candidate (or prior or concurrent exposure to other products or product candidates), difficulty in enrolling and maintaining subjects in a clinical trial, clinical trial design that may not make it possible to enroll or retain a sufficient number of patients to achieve a statistically significant result or the desired level of statistical significance for the endpoint in question, lack of sufficient supplies of the product candidate or comparator drug, and the failure of clinical investigators, trial monitors, contractors, consultants, or trial subjects to comply with the trial plan, protocol, or applicable regulations related to the FDA's Good Laboratory Practice requirements ("GLPs") or GCPs.
A clinical trial may also fail because the dose(s) of the investigational drug included in the trial were either too low or too high to determine the optimal effect of the investigational drug in the disease setting.
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There are risks inherent in the intravitreal administration of drugs like aflibercept (such as intraocular inflammation ("IOI"), sterile and culture positive endophthalmitis, corneal decomposition, retinal detachment, and retinal tear), which can cause injury to the eye and other complications.
−Removed: The side effects previously reported for EYLEA include conjunctival hemorrhage, macular degeneration, eye pain, retinal hemorrhage, and vitreous floaters.
+Added: The side effects previously reported for EYLEA include conjunctival hemorrhage, macular degeneration, eye pain, retinal
+Added: hemorrhage, and vitreous floaters.
In addition, commercialization of EYLEA or our other products may be impacted by actions of third parties on which we rely, such as manufacturers of syringes or other devices used in the administration of our products.
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"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Overview - Programs in Clinical Development." There is no guarantee that marketing approval of Dupixent or Libtayo (as applicable) in any of these indications will be successfully obtained.
−Removed: The side effects previously reported for Dupixent include hypersensitivity reactions, conjunctivitis and keratitis, injection-site reactions, eye and eyelid inflammation, cold sores, oropharyngeal pain, and eosinophilia;
+Added: The side effects previously reported for Dupixent include hypersensitivity reactions, conjunctivitis and keratitis, injection-site reactions, eye and eyelid inflammation, cold sores, oropharyngeal pain, eosinophilia, insomnia, toothache, gastritis, joint pain (arthralgia), and facial rash or redness;
and the side effects previously reported for Libtayo include certain immune-mediated adverse reactions, such as pneumonitis, colitis, hepatitis, endocrinopathies, nephritis, and dermatologic reactions, as well as infusion-related reactions, cellulitis, sepsis, pneumonia, urinary tract infection, fatigue, rash, and diarrhea.
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These and other complications or side effects could harm further development and/or commercialization of our antibody-based products and product candidates utilizing this method of administration.
−Removed: Our product candidates in development are recombinant proteins that could cause an immune response, resulting in the creation of harmful or neutralizing antibodies against the therapeutic protein.
+Added: Many of our product candidates in development are recombinant proteins that could cause an immune response, resulting in the creation of harmful or neutralizing antibodies against the therapeutic protein.
In addition to the safety, efficacy, manufacturing, and regulatory hurdles faced by our product candidates, the administration of recombinant proteins frequently causes an immune response, resulting in the creation of antibodies against the therapeutic protein.
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For example, we are currently party to patent infringement and other proceedings relating to the EYLEA pre-filled syringe, as described in Note 12 to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
−Removed: Failure to successfully develop or supply the devices, delays in or failure of the studies conducted by us, our collaborators, or third-party providers, or failure of our Company, our collaborators, or the third-party providers to obtain or maintain regulatory approval or clearance of the devices could result in increased development costs, delays in or failure to obtain regulatory approval, and associated delays in a product or product candidate reaching the market.
−Removed: Loss of regulatory approval or clearance of a device that is used with our
−Removed: product may also result in the removal of our product from the market.
+Added: Failure to successfully develop or supply the
+Added: devices, delays in or failure of the studies conducted by us, our collaborators, or third-party providers, or failure of our Company, our collaborators, or the third-party providers to obtain or maintain regulatory approval or clearance of the devices could result in increased development costs, delays in or failure to obtain regulatory approval, and associated delays in a product or product candidate reaching the market.
+Added: Loss of regulatory approval or clearance of a device that is used with our product may also result in the removal of our product from the market.
Further, failure to successfully develop or supply and manufacture these devices, or to gain or maintain their approval, could adversely affect sales of the related products.
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10,406,226 (the "'226 Patent") and 10,464,992 (the "'992 Patent"), and the USPTO has granted both requests to initiate reexamination proceedings.
−Removed: In addition, as described in Note 12 to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, on January 7, 2021, Chengdu Kanghong Biotechnology Co., Ltd.
−Removed: filed a petition for inter partes review of the '992 Patent and a post-grant review petition of U.S.
−Removed: 10,828,345 (the "'345 Patent").
+Added: In addition, as described in Note 12 to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, on May 5, 2021, Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.
+Added: filed petitions for inter partes review of U.S.
+Added: 9,254,338 (the "'338 Patent") and 9,669,069 (the "'069 Patent").
The '226 Patent concerns methods for manufacturing VEGF antagonist fusion proteins, including aflibercept, the '992 Patent concerns formulations and vials containing VEGF antagonist fusion proteins, including aflibercept;
−Removed: and the '345 Patent concerns methods for treating angiogenic eye disorders by administering VEGF antagonist fusion proteins, including aflibercept.
+Added: and the '338 Patent and the '069 Patent concern methods for treating angiogenic eye disorders by administering VEGF antagonist fusion proteins, including aflibercept.
Post-grant proceedings are increasingly common in the United States and are costly to defend.
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Furthermore, even if the outcome is favorable to us, the enforcement of our intellectual property rights can be extremely expensive and time consuming.
+Added: Changes in either the patent laws or their interpretation in the United States and other countries may diminish our ability to protect our inventions or our ability to obtain, maintain, and enforce our intellectual property rights.
+Added: Any such changes could also affect the value of our intellectual property or narrow the scope of our patents.
+Added: For example, the World Trade Organization ("WTO") is currently considering a proposal formulated in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic for a waiver of certain intellectually property rights under the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights;
+Added: the ultimate timing and scope of this waiver is unknown and we cannot be certain that our intellectual property rights related to REGEN-COV or any other current or future product or product candidate or technology would not be eliminated, narrowed, or weakened by any such waiver.
We also currently hold issued trademark registrations and have trademark applications pending in the United States and other jurisdictions, any of which may be the subject of a governmental or third-party objection, which could prevent the maintenance or issuance of the trademark.
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REGN5458, a bispecific antibody targeting BCMA and CD3;
−Removed: and REGN5713-5714-5715, a multi-antibody therapy to Bet v 1.
+Added: REGN5713-5714-5715, a multi-antibody therapy to Bet v 1;
+Added: and REGN1908-1909, a multi-antibody therapy to Fel d 1.
Although we do not believe that any of our products or our late-stage antibody-based product candidates infringe any valid claim in these patents or patent applications, these other parties could initiate lawsuits for patent infringement and assert that their patents are valid and cover our products or our late-stage antibody-based product candidates, similar to the patent infringement proceedings referred to above.
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Absent patent protection or regulatory exclusivity for our products, it is possible, both in the United States and elsewhere, that generic, biosimilar, and/or interchangeable versions of those products may be approved and marketed, which would likely result in substantial and rapid reductions in revenues from sales of those products.
−Removed: Under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("PPACA"), there is an abbreviated path in the United States for regulatory approval of products that are demonstrated to be "biosimilar" or "interchangeable" with an FDA-approved biological
+Added: Under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("PPACA"), there is an abbreviated path in the United States for regulatory approval of products that are demonstrated to be "biosimilar" or "interchangeable" with an FDA-approved biological product.
The PPACA provides a regulatory mechanism that allows for FDA approval of biologic drugs that are similar to innovative drugs on the basis of less extensive data than is required by a full BLA.
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Due to this risk, and uncertainties regarding patent protection, it is not possible to predict the length of market exclusivity for any particular product we currently or may in the future commercialize with certainty based solely on the expiration of the relevant patent(s) or the current forms of regulatory exclusivity.
−Removed: We are aware of several companies developing biosimilar versions of EYLEA.
+Added: We are aware of several companies developing biosimilar versions of EYLEA, as discussed further under "Risks Related to Commercialization of Our Marketed Products, Product Candidates, and New Indications for Our Marketed Products - The commercial success of our products and product candidates is subject to significant competition - Marketed Products" above.
In the United States, the regulatory exclusivity period for EYLEA ( i.e.
, the period during which no biosimilar product can be approved by the FDA) expires on November 18, 2023, with the possibility of an additional six months of regulatory exclusivity ( i.e.
−Removed: , until May 18, 2024) if the FDA grants pediatric exclusivity based on our completion of certain studies evaluating EYLEA in pediatric patients with retinopathy of prematurity and submission of the data from these studies to the FDA no later than 15 months before the date on which regulatory exclusivity would otherwise expire.
+Added: , until May 18, 2024) if the FDA grants pediatric exclusivity based on our completion of certain studies evaluating EYLEA in pediatric patients with ROP and submission of the data from these studies to the FDA no later than 15 months before the date on which regulatory exclusivity would otherwise expire.
The loss of market exclusivity for a product (such as EYLEA) would likely materially and negatively affect revenues from product sales of that product and thus our financial results and condition.
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Manufacturing facilities operated by us and by third-party contract manufacturers engaged by us would be inadequate to produce the active pharmaceutical ingredients of our current marketed products and our product candidates in sufficient clinical quantities if our clinical pipeline advances as planned.
−Removed: For example, our internal manufacturing capacity may not be sufficient to cover the demand for REGEN-COV, our novel investigational antibody cocktail treatment designed to prevent and treat infection from the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which in November 2020 received an EUA from the FDA for the treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19.
+Added: For example, our internal manufacturing capacity may not be sufficient to cover the demand for REGEN-COV.
In addition to expanding our internal capacity, we intend to continue to rely on our collaborators, and may also rely on contract manufacturers, to produce commercial quantities of drug material needed for commercialization of our products.
For example, as described in Part I, Item 2.
−Removed: "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," in August 2020, we announced a collaboration agreement with Roche to develop, manufacture, and distribute REGEN-COV.
−Removed: We cannot be certain that this collaboration will result in the anticipated increase in the current manufacturing and distribution capacity for REGEN-COV or that any increased manufacturing and distribution capacity will be sufficient.
+Added: "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," in August 2020, we announced a collaboration agreement with Roche to develop, manufacture, and distribute REGEN-COV (known as Ronapreve in other countries outside the United States).
+Added: We cannot be certain that our
+Added: current manufacturing and distribution capacity for REGEN-COV or any increased manufacturing and distribution capacity through our collaboration with Roche will be sufficient.
As we increase our production in anticipation of potential regulatory approval for our product candidates, our current manufacturing capacity will likely not be sufficient, and our dependence on our collaborators and/or contract manufacturers may increase, to produce adequate quantities of drug material for both commercial and clinical purposes.
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Even if it is determined that we have not violated these laws, government investigations into these issues typically require the expenditure of significant resources and generate negative publicity, which would harm our business, prospects, operating results, and financial condition.
−Removed: Because of the breadth of these laws and the
−Removed: narrowness of the safe harbors, it is possible that some of our business activities could be challenged under one or more of such laws.
+Added: Because of the breadth of these laws and the narrowness of the safe harbors, it is possible that some of our business activities could be challenged under one or more of such laws.
As described further in Note 12 to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in this report, we are party to a civil complaint filed in June 2020 by the U.S.
Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts concerning our support of 501(c)(3) organizations that provide financial assistance to patients;
−Removed: and we are cooperating with a pending government investigation concerning certain other business activities.
+Added: and we are cooperating with pending government investigations concerning certain other business activities.
Any adverse decision, finding, allegation, or exercise of enforcement or regulatory discretion in any such proceedings or investigations could harm our business, prospects, operating results, and financial condition.
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therefore, our dealings with these prescribers and purchasers are subject to regulation under the FCPA.
−Removed: Recently the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, and Department of Justice have increased their FCPA enforcement activities with respect to pharmaceutical companies.
+Added: Recently the SEC and Department of Justice have increased their FCPA enforcement activities with respect to pharmaceutical companies.
There is no certainty that all of our employees, agents, contractors, or collaborators, or those of our affiliates, will comply with all applicable laws and regulations, particularly given the high level of complexity of these laws.
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We are subject to changing rules and regulations of various federal and state governmental authorities as well as the stock exchange on which our Common Stock is listed.
−Removed: These entities, including the SEC and The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC, have issued a significant number of new and increasingly complex requirements and regulations over the course of the last several years and continue to develop additional requirements and regulations in response to laws enacted by Congress, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Protection Act, or the Dodd-Frank Act.
−Removed: There are significant corporate governance and executive compensation-related provisions in the Dodd-Frank Act that expressly authorized or required the SEC to adopt additional rules in these areas, a number of which have yet to be fully implemented.
+Added: These entities, including the SEC and The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC, have issued a significant number of new and increasingly complex requirements and regulations over the course of the last several years and continue to develop additional requirements and regulations.
+Added: For example, there are significant corporate governance and executive compensation-related provisions in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Protection Act that expressly authorized or required the SEC to adopt additional rules in these areas, a number of which have yet to be fully implemented.
Our efforts to comply with these requirements and regulations have resulted in, and are likely to continue to result in, an increase in expenses and a diversion of management's time from other business activities.
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Consequently, we are, and will continue to be, subject to risks related to operating in foreign countries, which include:
−Removed: • unfamiliar foreign laws or regulatory requirements or unexpected changes to those laws or requirements;
+Added: • unfamiliar foreign laws or regulatory requirements or unexpected changes to those laws or requirements, including those with which we and/or our collaborators must comply in order to maintain our marketing authorizations outside of the United States;
• other laws and regulatory requirements to which our business activities abroad are subject, such as the FCPA and the U.K.
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We do not know to what extent Brexit will ultimately impact the business and regulatory environment in the United Kingdom, the rest of the EU, or other countries.
−Removed: For example, the impact of Brexit on the ongoing validity in the United Kingdom of current EU authorizations for medicinal products and on the future process for obtaining marketing authorization for pharmaceutical products manufactured or sold in the United Kingdom remains uncertain.
+Added: For example, the impact of Brexit on the ongoing validity in the United Kingdom of current EU authorizations for medicinal products and on the future process for obtaining and maintaining marketing authorization for pharmaceutical products manufactured or sold in the United Kingdom remains uncertain.
We have large-scale manufacturing operations in Limerick, Ireland and have also established an office in the vicinity of London.
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Increases to the income tax rate or other changes to the tax law could materially impact our tax provision, cash tax liability, and effective tax rate.
−Removed: In addition, recommendations by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development and the European Union could require companies to disclose more information to tax authorities on operations around the world, which may lead to greater audit scrutiny.
+Added: In addition, recommendations by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development and the EU could require companies to disclose more information to tax authorities on operations around the world, which may lead to greater audit scrutiny.
Even though we regularly assess the information provided to tax authorities in determining the appropriateness of our tax reserves, such tax authorities could take a position that is contrary to our expectations, and the result could adversely affect our provision for income tax and our current rate.
We face potential liability related to the personal information we collect from individuals, data brokers, or research institutions or obtain from clinical trials sponsored by us or our collaborators.
−Removed: health care providers, including research institutions from which we or our collaborators obtain clinical trial data, are subject to privacy and security regulations promulgated under HIPAA.
+Added: health care 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").
For example, as part of our human genetics initiative, our wholly-owned subsidiary, Regeneron Genetics Center LLC, has entered into collaborations with research institutions, including the Geisinger Health System, which are subject to such regulations.
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Our clinical trial programs and research collaborations outside the U.S.
−Removed: (such as our consortium with a group of companies to fund the generation of genetic exome sequence data from the UK Biobank health resource) implicate international data protection laws, including the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (the "GDPR").
+Added: (such as our consortium with a group of companies to fund the generation of genetic exome sequence data from the UK Biobank health resource) implicate international data protection laws, including the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (the "GDPR").
The GDPR has created a range of new compliance obligations, including increased transparency requirements and new data subject rights.
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While we continue to monitor these developments, there remains some uncertainty surrounding the legal and regulatory environment for these evolving privacy and data protection laws.
−Removed: Complying with varying jurisdictional requirements could increase the costs and complexity of compliance, including the risk of substantial financial penalties for insufficient notice and consent, failure to respond to data subject rights requests, lack of a legal basis for the transfer of personal information out of the EU, or improper processing of personal data under the GDPR.
+Added: Complying with varying jurisdictional requirements could increase the costs and complexity of compliance, including the risk of substantial
+Added: financial penalties for insufficient notice and consent, failure to respond to data subject rights requests, lack of a legal basis for the transfer of personal information out of the EU, or improper processing of personal data under the GDPR.
Failure by our collaborators to comply with the strict rules on the transfer of personal data outside of the EU into the U.S.
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Under our IO Collaboration, Sanofi also funds half of the development expenses incurred in connection with the clinical development of Libtayo, subject to an agreed-upon development budget.
−Removed: We also rely on Sanofi to lead commercialization efforts outside the United States for Libtayo.
−Removed: Following Sanofi's decision not to elect to co-develop MUC16xCD3 Program antibodies and the BCMAxCD3 Program antibodies under our IO Collaboration, we are required to fund and conduct on our own all such efforts to support those product candidates.
+Added: We also rely on Sanofi to lead commercialization efforts outside the United States for Libtayo and to assist us to comply with the necessary requirements related to Libtayo's regulatory approvals in the EU.
If Sanofi terminates the Antibody Collaboration or the IO Collaboration or fails to comply with its payment obligations under any of our collaborations, our business, prospects, operating results, and financial condition would be materially harmed.
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We expend substantial resources for research and development, including costs associated with clinical testing of our product candidates and new indications of our marketed products, the commercialization of products, and capital expenditures.
−Removed: We believe our existing capital resources and borrowing availability under our revolving credit facility, together with funds generated by our current and anticipated EYLEA net product sales and funding we are entitled to receive under our collaboration agreements (including our share of profits in connection with commercialization of EYLEA and Dupixent under our collaboration agreements with Bayer and Sanofi, respectively), will enable us to meet our anticipated operating needs for the foreseeable future.
+Added: We believe our existing capital resources and borrowing availability under our revolving credit facility, together with funds generated by our current and anticipated EYLEA net product sales and funding we are entitled to receive under our collaboration agreements and other similar agreements (including our share of profits in connection with commercialization of EYLEA and Dupixent under our collaboration agreements with Bayer and Sanofi, respectively), will enable us to meet our anticipated operating needs for the foreseeable future.
However, one or more of our collaboration agreements may terminate, our revenues may fall short of our projections or be delayed, or our expenses may increase, any of which could result in our capital being consumed significantly faster than anticipated.
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We have certain indebtedness and contingent liabilities, including milestone and royalty payment obligations.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2021, we had an aggregate of $2.697 billion of outstanding indebtedness under the Notes and the lease financing facility.
+Added: As of June 30, 2021, we had an aggregate of $2.698 billion of outstanding indebtedness under the 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, 2021, we had $1.438 billion in cash and cash equivalents and $5.610 billion in marketable securities (including $1.002 billion in equity securities).
+Added: As of June 30, 2021, we had $2.072 billion in cash and cash equivalents and $5.739 billion in marketable securities (including $1.401 billion in equity securities).
Our investments consist primarily of debt securities, including investment-grade corporate bonds.
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LIBOR is the subject of recent national, international, and other regulatory guidance and proposals for reform, which may cause LIBOR to cease to exist after 2021 or to perform differently than in the past.
−Removed: While we expect that alternatives to LIBOR will be implemented prior to the 2021 target date or that the 2021 cessation date may be extended, we cannot predict the consequences and timing of these developments.
+Added: On March 5, 2021, the Financial Conduct Authority in the U.K.
+Added: announced that all LIBOR settings will either cease to be provided or no longer be representative (i) immediately after December 31, 2021, in the case of the one-week and two-month U.S.
+Added: dollar LIBOR terms and all sterling, euro, Swiss franc, and Japanese yen settings, and (ii) immediately after June 30, 2023, in the case of the one-, three-, six-, and 12-month U.S.
+Added: dollar LIBOR terms.
+Added: While we expect that alternatives to LIBOR will be implemented prior to the 2021 and 2023 target dates or that the 2021 and 2023 cessation dates may be extended, we cannot predict the consequences and timing of these developments.
Federal Reserve, in conjunction with the Alternative Reference Rates Committee, a steering committee comprised of large U.S.
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For example, if a published U.S.
−Removed: dollar LIBOR is unavailable after 2021, interest for borrowings (if any) with an interest rate based on the LIBOR rate under our revolving credit facility, which are indexed to LIBOR, will be determined using various alternative methods, any of which may result in interest obligations which are more than, or do not otherwise correlate over time with, the payments that would have been made on such debt if U.S.
+Added: dollar LIBOR is unavailable after 2021 or 2023, interest for borrowings (if any) with an interest rate based on the LIBOR rate under our revolving credit facility, which are indexed to LIBOR, will be determined using various alternative methods, any of which may result in interest obligations which are more than, or do not otherwise correlate over time with, the payments that would have been made on such debt if U.S.
dollar LIBOR was available in its current form.
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• progress, delays, or results in clinical trials of our or our competitors' product candidates or new indications for marketed products;
−Removed: • impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business;
+Added: • impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, including future sales of REGEN-COV;
• announcement of technological innovations or product candidates by us or competitors;
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A small number of our shareholders beneficially own a substantial amount of our Common Stock.
−Removed: As of April 13, 2021, our five largest shareholders plus Dr.
−Removed: Schleifer, our Chief Executive Officer, beneficially owned approximately 41.5% 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 13, 2021.
+Added: As of June 30, 2021, our five largest shareholders plus Dr.
+Added: Schleifer, our Chief Executive Officer, beneficially owned approximately 40.0% 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, 2021.
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 repurchase shares of our Common Stock or that we will repurchase shares at favorable prices.
−Removed: In January 2021, our board of directors authorized a share repurchase program to repurchase up to $1.5 billion of our Common Stock (of which $1.177 billion remained available as of March 31, 2021).
+Added: In January 2021, our board of directors authorized a share repurchase program to repurchase up to $1.5 billion of our Common Stock (of which $887.9 million remained available as of June 30, 2021).
Any share repurchases will depend upon, among other factors, our cash balances and potential future capital requirements, our results of operations and financial condition, the price of our Common Stock on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, and other factors that we may deem relevant.
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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 13, 2021, holders of Class A Stock held 15.0% of the combined voting power of all shares of Common Stock and Class A Stock then outstanding.
+Added: As of June 30, 2021, holders of Class A Stock held 15.0% 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 13, 2021:
−Removed: • our current executive officers and directors beneficially owned 8.7% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock, assuming conversion of their Class A Stock into Common Stock and the exercise of all options held by such persons which are exercisable within 60 days of April 13, 2021, and 20.0% of the combined voting power of our outstanding shares of Common Stock and Class A Stock, assuming the exercise of all options held by such persons which are exercisable within 60 days of April 13, 2021;
+Added: As of June 30, 2021:
+Added: • our current executive officers and directors beneficially owned 8.5% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock, assuming conversion of their Class A Stock into Common Stock and the exercise of all options held by such persons which are exercisable within 60 days of June 30, 2021, and 19.8% of the combined voting power of our outstanding shares of Common Stock and Class A Stock, assuming the exercise of all options held by such persons which are exercisable within 60 days of June 30, 2021;
• our five largest shareholders plus Dr.
−Removed: Schleifer, our Chief Executive Officer, beneficially owned approximately 41.5% 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 13, 2021.
−Removed: In addition, these five shareholders plus our Chief Executive Officer held approximately 48.4% 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 13, 2021.
+Added: Schleifer, our Chief Executive Officer, beneficially owned approximately 40.0% 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, 2021.
+Added: In addition, these five shareholders plus our Chief Executive Officer held approximately 47.0% 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, 2021.
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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