10-Q
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 10-Q
(Mark One)
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2007
OR
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the transition period from to
Commission File Number 0-19034
REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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New York
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13-3444607 |
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(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
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777 Old Saw Mill River Road |
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Tarrytown, New York
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10591-6707 |
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code) |
(914) 347-7000
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for
such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been
subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes þ No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,
or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of accelerated filer and large accelerated filer in
Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer o Accelerated filer þ Non-accelerated filer o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of
the Exchange Act).
Yes o No þ
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuers classes of common stock as of
April 30, 2007:
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Class of Common Stock |
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Number of Shares |
Class A Stock, $0.001 par value
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2,270,353 |
Common Stock, $0.001 par value
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63,688,790 |
REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Table of Contents
March 31, 2007
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS AT MARCH 31, 2007 AND DECEMBER 31, 2006 (Unaudited)
(In thousands, except share data)
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March 31, |
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December 31, |
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2007 |
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2006 |
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ASSETS |
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Current assets |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
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$ |
156,484 |
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$ |
237,876 |
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Marketable securities |
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295,910 |
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221,400 |
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Accounts receivable |
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33,632 |
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7,493 |
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Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
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3,137 |
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3,215 |
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Total current assets |
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489,163 |
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469,984 |
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Restricted cash |
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1,600 |
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1,600 |
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Marketable securities |
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60,981 |
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61,983 |
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Property, plant, and equipment, at cost, net of accumulated
depreciation and amortization |
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47,781 |
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49,353 |
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Other assets |
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1,906 |
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2,170 |
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Total assets |
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$ |
601,431 |
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$ |
585,090 |
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LIABILITIES and STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY |
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Current liabilities |
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Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
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$ |
20,081 |
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$ |
21,471 |
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Deferred revenue, current portion |
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63,523 |
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23,543 |
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Total current liabilities |
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83,604 |
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45,014 |
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Deferred revenue |
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121,138 |
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123,452 |
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Notes payable |
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200,000 |
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200,000 |
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Total liabilities |
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404,742 |
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368,466 |
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Commitments and contingencies |
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Stockholders equity |
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Preferred stock, $.01 par value; 30,000,000 shares authorized; issued and
outstanding-none
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Class A Stock, convertible, $.001 par value; 40,000,000 shares authorized;
shares issued and outstanding - 2,270,353 in 2007 and 2006 |
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Common Stock, $.001 par value; 160,000,000 shares authorized;
shares issued and outstanding - 63,395,134 in 2007 and 63,130,962 in 2006 |
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63 |
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Additional paid-in capital |
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914,317 |
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904,407 |
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Accumulated deficit |
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(717,534 |
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(687,617 |
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Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
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(159 |
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(231 |
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Total stockholders equity |
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196,689 |
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216,624 |
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Total liabilities and stockholders equity |
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$ |
601,431 |
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$ |
585,090 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited)
(In thousands, except per share data)
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Three months ended March 31, |
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2007 |
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2006 |
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Revenues |
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Contract research and development |
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$ |
13,645 |
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$ |
14,587 |
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Contract manufacturing |
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3,632 |
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Technology licensing |
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2,143 |
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15,788 |
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18,219 |
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Expenses |
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Research and development |
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41,235 |
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32,084 |
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Contract manufacturing |
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1,852 |
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General and administrative |
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8,202 |
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5,946 |
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49,437 |
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39,882 |
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Loss from operations |
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(33,649 |
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(21,663 |
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Other income (expense) |
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Investment income |
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6,743 |
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3,481 |
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Interest expense |
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(3,011 |
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(3,011 |
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3,732 |
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470 |
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Net loss before cumulative effect of a change
in accounting principle |
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(29,917 |
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(21,193 |
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Cumulative effect of adopting Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 123R
(SFAS 123R) |
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813 |
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Net loss |
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$ |
(29,917 |
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$ |
(20,380 |
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Net loss per share amounts, basic and diluted: |
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Net loss before cumulative effect of a
change in accounting principle |
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(0.46 |
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$ |
(0.37 |
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Cumulative effect of adopting SFAS 123R |
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0.01 |
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Net loss |
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$ |
(0.46 |
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$ |
(0.36 |
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Weighted average shares outstanding, basic
and diluted |
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65,563 |
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56,727 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
4
REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
CONDENSED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY (Unaudited)
For the three months ended March 31, 2007
(In thousands)
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Accumulated |
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Additional |
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Other |
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Total |
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Class A Stock |
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Common Stock |
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Paid-in |
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Accumulated |
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Comprehensive |
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Stockholders |
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Comprehensive |
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Shares |
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Amount |
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Shares |
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Amount |
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Capital |
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Deficit |
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Loss |
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Equity |
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Loss |
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Balance, December 31, 2006 |
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2,270 |
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$ |
2 |
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63,131 |
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$ |
63 |
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$ |
904,407 |
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$ |
(687,617 |
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$ |
(231 |
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$ |
216,624 |
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Issuance of Common Stock in connection with
exercise of stock options, net of shares tendered |
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199 |
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1,958 |
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1,958 |
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Issuance of Common Stock in connection with
Company 401(k) Savings Plan contribution |
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65 |
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1,367 |
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1,367 |
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Stock-based compensation expense |
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6,585 |
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6,585 |
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Net loss |
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(29,917 |
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(29,917 |
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$ |
(29,917 |
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Change in net unrealized loss on
marketable securities |
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72 |
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72 |
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72 |
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Balance, March 31, 2007 |
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2,270 |
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$ |
2 |
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63,395 |
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$ |
63 |
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$ |
914,317 |
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$ |
(717,534 |
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$ |
(159 |
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$ |
196,689 |
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$ |
(29,845 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
5
REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited)
(In thousands)
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Three months ended March 31, |
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2007 |
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2006 |
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Cash flows from operating activities |
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Net loss |
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$ |
(29,917 |
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$ |
(20,380 |
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Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash (used in)
provided by operating activities |
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Depreciation and amortization |
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2,855 |
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3,798 |
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Non-cash compensation expense |
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6,585 |
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4,079 |
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Cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle |
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(813 |
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Changes in assets and liabilities |
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(Increase) decrease in accounts receivable |
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(26,139 |
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25,511 |
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(Increase) decrease in prepaid expenses and other assets |
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(440 |
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1,023 |
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Increase in inventory |
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(92 |
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Increase (decrease) in deferred revenue |
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37,666 |
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(4,779 |
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Increase (decrease) in accounts payable, accrued expenses,
and other liabilities |
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152 |
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(3,069 |
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Total adjustments |
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20,679 |
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25,658 |
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Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities |
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(9,238 |
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5,278 |
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Cash flows from investing activities |
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Purchases of marketable securities |
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(186,177 |
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(74,541 |
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Sales or maturities of marketable securities |
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113,262 |
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64,317 |
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Capital expenditures |
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(1,197 |
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(646 |
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Net cash used in investing activities |
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(74,112 |
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(10,870 |
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Cash flows from financing activities |
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Net proceeds from the issuance of Common Stock |
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1,958 |
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3,416 |
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Net cash provided by financing activities |
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1,958 |
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3,416 |
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Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents |
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(81,392 |
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(2,176 |
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Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period |
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237,876 |
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184,508 |
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Cash and cash equivalents at end of period |
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$ |
156,484 |
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$ |
182,332 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
6
REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Notes to Condensed Financial Statements (Unaudited)
(Unless otherwise noted, dollars in thousands, except per share data)
1. Interim Financial Statements
The interim Condensed Financial Statements of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Regeneron or
the Company) have been prepared in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10
of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all information and disclosures necessary for
a presentation of the Companys financial position, results of operations, and cash flows in
conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. In the
opinion of management, these financial statements reflect all adjustments, consisting only of
normal recurring accruals, necessary for a fair presentation of the Companys financial position,
results of operations, and cash flows for such periods. The results of operations for any interim
periods are not necessarily indicative of the results for the full year. The December 31, 2006
Condensed Balance Sheet data were derived from audited financial statements, but do not include all
disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes
thereto contained in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006.
2. Per Share Data
The Companys basic and diluted net loss per share amounts have been computed by dividing net
loss by the weighted average number of shares of Common Stock and Class A Stock outstanding. For
the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, the Company reported net losses; therefore, no
common stock equivalents were included in the computation of diluted net loss per share for these
periods, since such inclusion would have been antidilutive. The calculations of basic and diluted
net loss per share are as follows:
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Three Months Ended March 31, |
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2007 |
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2006 |
Net loss (Numerator) |
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$ |
(29,917 |
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$ |
(20,380 |
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Weighted-average shares, in thousands
(Denominator) |
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65,563 |
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56,727 |
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Basic and diluted net loss per share |
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$ |
(0.46 |
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$ |
(0.36 |
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Shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options, vesting of restricted stock awards, and
conversion of convertible debt, which have been excluded from the March 31, 2007 and 2006 diluted
per share amounts because their effect would have been antidilutive, include the following:
7
REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Notes to Condensed Financial Statements (Unaudited)
(Unless otherwise noted, dollars in thousands, except per share data)
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Three months ended March 31, |
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2007 |
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2006 |
Stock Options: |
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Weighted average number, in thousands |
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15,549 |
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14,401 |
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Weighted average exercise price |
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$ |
15.65 |
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$ |
14.27 |
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Restricted Stock: |
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Weighted average number, in thousands |
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54 |
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Convertible Debt: |
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Weighted average number, in thousands |
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6,611 |
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6,611 |
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Conversion price |
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$ |
30.25 |
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$ |
30.25 |
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3. Statement of Cash Flows
Supplemental disclosure of noncash investing and financing activities:
Included in accounts payable and accrued expenses at March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 are
$580 and $755, respectively, of accrued capital expenditures. Included in accounts payable and
accrued expenses at March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005 are $233 and $234, respectively, of
accrued capital expenditures.
Included in accounts payable and accrued expenses at December 31, 2006 and 2005 are $1,367 and
$1,884, respectively, of accrued Company 401(k) Savings Plan contribution expense. In the first
quarter of 2007 and 2006, the Company contributed 64,532 and 120,960 shares, respectively, of
Common Stock to the 401(k) Savings Plan in satisfaction of these obligations.
Included in marketable securities at March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 are $2,054 and
$1,532, respectively, of accrued interest income. Included in marketable securities at March 31,
2006 and December 31, 2005 are $656 and $1,228, respectively, of accrued interest income.
4. Accounts Receivable
Accounts receivable as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 consist of the following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, |
|
|
December 31, |
|
|
|
2007 |
|
|
2006 |
|
Receivable from the sanofi-aventis Group |
|
$ |
9,676 |
|
|
$ |
6,900 |
|
Receivable from Bayer HealthCare LLC |
|
|
3,070 |
|
|
|
|
|
Receivable from Astellas Pharma Inc. |
|
|
20,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Other |
|
|
886 |
|
|
|
593 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
33,632 |
|
|
$ |
7,493 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Notes to Condensed Financial Statements (Unaudited)
(Unless otherwise noted, dollars in thousands, except per share data)
5. Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses
Accounts payable and accrued expenses as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 consist of
the following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, |
|
|
December 31, |
|
|
|
2007 |
|
|
2006 |
|
Accounts payable |
|
$ |
4,805 |
|
|
$ |
4,349 |
|
Accrued payroll and related costs |
|
|
5,332 |
|
|
|
9,932 |
|
Accrued clinical trial expense |
|
|
2,673 |
|
|
|
2,606 |
|
Accrued expenses, other |
|
|
2,229 |
|
|
|
2,292 |
|
Interest payable on convertible notes |
|
|
5,042 |
|
|
|
2,292 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
20,081 |
|
|
$ |
21,471 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6. Comprehensive Loss
Comprehensive loss represents the change in net assets of a business enterprise during a
period from transactions and other events and circumstances from non-owner sources. Comprehensive
loss of the Company includes net loss adjusted for the change in net unrealized gain (loss) on
marketable securities. The net effect of income taxes on comprehensive loss is immaterial. For
the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, the components of comprehensive loss are:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three months ended March 31, |
|
|
|
2007 |
|
|
2006 |
|
Net loss |
|
|
$(29,917 |
) |
|
|
$(20,380 |
) |
Change in net unrealized gain (loss) on
marketable securities |
|
|
72 |
|
|
|
99 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total comprehensive loss |
|
|
$(29,845 |
) |
|
|
$(20,281 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7. License Agreements
AstraZeneca
In February 2007, the Company entered into a non-exclusive license agreement with AstraZeneca
UK Limited that will allow AstraZeneca to utilize the Companys VelocImmune® technology in its
internal research programs to discover human monoclonal antibodies. Under the terms of the
agreement, AstraZeneca made a $20.0 million non-refundable up-front payment to the Company which
was deferred and is being recognized as revenue ratably over approximately the first year of the
agreement. AstraZeneca also will make up to five additional annual payments of $20.0 million,
subject to its ability to terminate the agreement after making the first three additional
payments or earlier if the technology does not meet minimum performance criteria. These
additional payments will be recognized as revenue ratably over their
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REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Notes to Condensed Financial Statements (Unaudited)
(Unless otherwise noted, dollars in thousands, except per share data)
respective annual license
periods. The Company is entitled to receive a mid-single-digit royalty on any future sales of
antibody products discovered by AstraZeneca using the Companys VelocImmune technology. In the
first quarter of 2007, the Company recognized $2,143 of revenue in connection with the AstraZeneca
license agreement. At March 31, 2007, deferred revenue was $17,857.
Astellas
On March 30, 2007, the Company entered into a non-exclusive license agreement with Astellas
Pharma Inc. that will allow Astellas to utilize the Companys VelocImmune technology in its
internal research programs to discover human monoclonal antibodies. Under the terms of the
agreement, Astellas made a $20.0 million non-refundable up-front payment to the Company, which was
received in April 2007. Astellas also will make up to five additional annual payments of $20.0
million, subject to its ability to terminate the agreement after making the first three additional
payments or earlier if the technology does not meet minimum performance criteria. These additional
payments will be recognized as revenue ratably over their respective annual license periods. The
Company is entitled to receive a mid-single-digit royalty on any future sales of antibody products
discovered by Astellas using the Companys VelocImmune technology. At March 31, 2007, the $20.0
million up-front payment from Astellas was included in accounts receivable and deferred revenue.
8. Income Taxes
Effective January 1, 2007, the Company adopted the provisions of Financial Accounting
Standards Board (FASB) Interpretation No. 48 (FIN 48), Accounting for Uncertainty in Income
Taxes an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109. The implementation of FIN 48 had no impact on
the Companys financial statements as the Company has no unrecognized tax benefits.
The Company is primarily subject to U.S. federal and New York State income tax. Tax years
subsequent to 1991 remain open to examination by U.S. federal and state tax authorities.
The Companys policy is to recognize interest and penalties related to income tax matters in
income tax expense. As of January 1 and March 31, 2007, the Company had no accruals for interest
or penalties related to income tax matters.
9. Segment Information
Through 2006, the Companys operations were managed in two business segments: research and
development, and contract manufacturing. Due to the expiration of the
Companys manufacturing agreement with Merck & Co., Inc. in October 2006, beginning in 2007,
the Company only has a research and development business segment.
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REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Notes to Condensed Financial Statements (Unaudited)
(Unless otherwise noted, dollars in thousands, except per share data)
Research and development: Includes all activities related to the discovery of pharmaceutical
products for the treatment of serious medical conditions, and the development and commercialization
of these discoveries. Also includes revenues and expenses related to activities conducted under
contract research and technology licensing agreements.
Contract manufacturing: Includes all revenues and expenses related to the commercial
production of products under contract manufacturing arrangements.
During 2006, the Company produced
a vaccine intermediate for Merck under the Merck Agreement, which expired in October 2006.
The table below presents information about reported segments for the three months ended March
31, 2007 and 2006.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three months ended March 31, 2007 |
|
|
Research & |
|
Reconciling |
|
|
|
|
Development |
|
Items |
|
Total |
Revenues |
|
$ |
15,788 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
15,788 |
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
2,594 |
|
|
|
261 |
|
|
|
2,855 |
|
Non-cash compensation expense |
|
|
6,585 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,585 |
|
Interest expense |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,011 |
|
|
|
3,011 |
|
Net (loss) income |
|
|
(33,649 |
) |
|
|
3,732 |
(1) |
|
|
(29,917 |
) |
Capital expenditures |
|
|
1,022 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,022 |
|
Total assets |
|
|
81,413 |
|
|
|
520,018 |
(2) |
|
|
601,431 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three months ended March 31, 2006 |
|
|
Research & |
|
Contract |
|
Reconciling |
|
|
|
|
Development |
|
Manufacturing |
|
Items |
|
Total |
Revenues |
|
$ |
14,587 |
|
|
$ |
3,632 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
18,219 |
|
Depreciation and
amortization |
|
|
3,537 |
|
|
|
|
(3) |
|
$ |
261 |
|
|
|
3,798 |
|
Non-cash
compensation expense |
|
|
3,984 |
|
|
|
95 |
|
|
|
(813 |
)(4) |
|
|
3,266 |
|
Interest expense |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,011 |
|
|
|
3,011 |
|
Net (loss) income |
|
|
(23,443 |
) |
|
|
1,780 |
|
|
|
1,283 |
(1) |
|
|
(20,380 |
) |
Capital expenditures |
|
|
645 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
645 |
|
Total assets |
|
|
67,159 |
|
|
|
4,526 |
|
|
|
330,404 |
(2) |
|
|
402,089 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
Represents investment income, net of interest expense related primarily to
convertible notes issued in October 2001. For the three months ended March 31, 2006, also
includes the cumulative effect of adopting Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No.
(SFAS) 123R, Share-Based Payment. |
|
(2) |
|
Includes cash and cash equivalents, marketable securities, restricted cash (where
applicable), prepaid expenses and other current assets, and other assets. |
|
(3) |
|
Depreciation and amortization related to contract manufacturing was capitalized into
inventory and included in contract manufacturing expense when the product was shipped. |
|
(4) |
|
Represents the cumulative effect of adopting SFAS 123R. |
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REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Notes to Condensed Financial Statements (Unaudited)
(Unless otherwise noted, dollars in thousands, except per share data)
10. Legal Matters
From time to time, the Company is a party to legal proceedings in the course of the Companys
business. The Company does not expect any such current legal proceedings to have a material
adverse effect on the Companys business or financial condition.
11. Future Impact of Recently Issued Accounting Standards
In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS 159, The Fair
Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities. SFAS 159 permits entities to choose
to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value. The objective is to
improve financial reporting by providing entities with the opportunity to mitigate volatility in
reported earnings caused by measuring related assets and liabilities differently without having to
apply complex hedge accounting provisions. SFAS 159 is effective for financial statements issued
for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company will be required to adopt SFAS 159
effective for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2008. Management is currently evaluating the
potential impact of adopting SFAS 159 on the Companys financial statements.
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Item 2. Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The discussion below contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties
relating to future events and the future financial performance of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
and actual events or results may differ materially. These statements concern, among other things,
the possible success and therapeutic applications of our product candidates and research programs,
the timing and nature of the clinical and research programs now underway or planned, and the future
sources and uses of capital and our financial needs. These statements are made by us based on
managements current beliefs and judgment. In evaluating such statements, stockholders and
potential investors should specifically consider the various factors identified under the caption
Risk Factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such
forward-looking statements. We do not undertake any obligation to update publicly any
forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise,
except as required by law.
Overview
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, and
intends to commercialize pharmaceutical products for the treatment of serious medical conditions.
We are currently focused on three development programs: IL-1 Trap (rilonacept) in various
inflammatory indications, the VEGF Trap in oncology, and the VEGF Trap-Eye formulation in eye
diseases using intraocular delivery. The VEGF Trap is being developed in oncology in collaboration
with the sanofi-aventis Group. In October 2006, we entered into a collaboration with Bayer
HealthCare LLC for the development of the VEGF Trap-Eye. Our preclinical research programs are in
the areas of oncology and angiogenesis, ophthalmology, metabolic and related diseases, muscle
diseases and disorders, inflammation and immune diseases, bone and cartilage, pain, and
cardiovascular diseases. We expect that our next generation of product candidates will be based on
our proprietary technologies for developing human monoclonal antibodies. Developing and
commercializing new medicines entails significant risk and expense. Since inception we have not
generated any sales or profits from the commercialization of any of our product candidates.
Our core business strategy is to maintain a strong foundation in basic scientific research and
discovery-enabling technology and combine that foundation with our manufacturing and clinical
development capabilities to build a successful, integrated biopharmaceutical company. We believe
that our ability to develop product candidates is enhanced by the application of our technology
platforms. Our discovery platforms are designed to identify specific genes of therapeutic interest
for a particular disease or cell type and validate targets through high-throughput production of
mammalian models. Our human monoclonal antibody technology (VelocImmune®) and cell line
expression technologies may then be utilized to design and produce new product candidates directed
against the disease target. Based on the VelocImmune platform which we believe, in conjunction
with our other proprietary technologies, can accelerate the development of fully human monoclonal
antibodies, we plan to move our first new antibody product candidate into clinical trials in the
fourth quarter of 2007. We plan to introduce two new antibody product candidates into clinical
development each year. We continue to invest in the
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development of
enabling technologies to assist in our efforts to identify, develop, and commercialize new
product candidates.
Clinical Programs:
Below is a summary of the clinical status of our clinical candidates as of March 31, 2007:
1. IL-1 Trap Inflammatory Diseases
The IL-1 Trap (rilonacept) is a protein-based product candidate designed to bind the
interleukin-1 (called IL-1) cytokine and prevent its interaction with cell surface receptors. We
are evaluating the IL-1 Trap in a number of diseases and disorders where IL-1 may play an important
role, including a spectrum of rare diseases called Cryopyrin-Associated Periodic Syndromes (CAPS)
and other diseases associated with inflammation.
We recently completed the 24-week open-label safety extension phase of the Phase 3 clinical
program in CAPS and are completing the trial analysis. We are preparing to submit a Biologics
License Application (BLA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the second quarter of
2007. The FDA has granted Orphan Drug status and Fast Track designation to the IL-1 Trap for the
treatment of CAPS.
In October 2006, we announced positive data from this Phase 3 trial, which was designed to
provide two separate demonstrations of efficacy for the IL-1 Trap within a single group of adult
patients suffering from CAPS. This Phase 3 trial included two studies (Part A and Part B). Both
studies met their primary endpoints (Part A: p < 0.0001 and Part B: p < 0.001). The primary
endpoint of both studies was the change in disease activity, which was measured using a composite
symptom score composed of a daily evaluation of fever/chills, rash, fatigue, joint pain, and eye
redness/pain.
The first study (Part A) was a double-blind and placebo-controlled 6-week trial, in which
patients randomized to receive the IL-1 Trap had an approximately 85% reduction in their mean
symptom score compared to an approximately 13% reduction in patients treated with placebo
(p<0.0001). Following a 9-week interval during which all patients received the IL-1 Trap, a
randomized withdrawal study (Part B) was performed, in which the patients in Part A were
re-randomized to either switch to placebo or continue treatment with the IL-1 Trap in a
double-blind manner. During the 9-week randomized withdrawal period, patients who were switched to
placebo had a five-fold increase in their mean symptom score, compared with those remaining on the
IL-1 Trap who had no significant change (p<0.001). Both the Part A and Part B studies achieved
statistical significance in all of their pre-specified secondary and exploratory endpoints.
Preliminary analysis of the safety data from both studies indicated that there were no
drug-related serious adverse events. Injection site reactions and upper respiratory tract
infections, all mild to moderate in nature, occurred more frequently in patients while on the IL-1
Trap than on placebo. In these studies, the IL-1 Trap appeared to be well tolerated; 46 of 47
randomized patients completed the Part A study, and 44 of 45 randomized patients completed the Part
B study.
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CAPS is a spectrum of rare inherited inflammatory conditions, including Familial Cold
Autoinflammatory Syndrome (FCAS), Muckle-Wells Syndrome (MWS), and Neonatal Onset Multisystem
Inflammatory Disease (NOMID). These syndromes are characterized by spontaneous systemic
inflammation and are termed autoinflammatory disorders. A novel feature of these conditions
(particularly FCAS and MWS) is that exposure to mild degrees of cold temperature can provoke a
major inflammatory episode that occurs within hours. CAPS are caused by a range of mutations in
the gene CIAS1 (also known as NALP3) which encodes a protein named cryopyrin. Currently, there are
no medicines approved for the treatment of CAPS.
We are also evaluating the potential use of the IL-1 Trap in other indications in which IL-1
may play a role. Based on preclinical evidence that IL-1 appears to play a critical role in gout,
we initiated a proof of concept study of the IL-1 Trap in gout in the first quarter of 2007. We
are also preparing to initiate exploratory proof of concept studies of the IL-1 Trap in other
indications.
Under a March 2003 collaboration agreement with Novartis Pharma AG, we retain the right to
elect to collaborate in the future development and commercialization of a Novartis IL-1 antibody,
which is in clinical development. Following completion of Phase 2 development and submission to us
of a written report on the Novartis IL-1 antibody, we have the right, in consideration for an
opt-in payment, to elect to co-develop and co-commercialize the Novartis IL-1 antibody in North
America. If we elect to exercise this right, we are responsible for paying 45% of post-election
North American development costs for the antibody product. In return, we are entitled to
co-promote the Novartis IL-1 antibody and to receive 45% of net profits on sales of the antibody
product in North America. Under certain circumstances, we are also entitled to receive royalties
on sales of the Novartis IL-1 antibody in Europe.
In addition, under the collaboration agreement, Novartis has the right to elect to collaborate
in the development and commercialization of a second generation IL-1 Trap following completion of
its Phase 2 development, should we decide to clinically develop such a second generation product
candidate. Novartis does not have any rights or options with respect to our IL-1 Trap currently in
clinical development.
2. VEGF Trap Oncology
The VEGF Trap is a protein-based product candidate designed to bind all forms of Vascular
Endothelial Growth Factor-A (called VEGF-A, also known as Vascular Permeability Factor or VPF) and
the related Placental Growth Factor (called PlGF), and prevent their interaction with cell surface
receptors. VEGF-A (and to a less validated degree, PlGF) is required for the growth of new blood
vessels that are needed for tumors to grow and is a potent regulator of vascular permeability and
leakage.
The VEGF Trap is being developed in cancer indications in collaboration with sanofi-aventis.
Currently, the collaboration is conducting Phase 2 studies, with patient enrollment underway in
advanced ovarian cancer (AOC), non-small cell lung adenocarcinoma (NSCLA), and AOC patients with
symptomatic malignant ascites (SMA). In 2004, the FDA granted Fast Track designation to the VEGF
Trap for the treatment of SMA. Sanofi-aventis reported in February
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2007 that a registration filing is possible for the VEGF Trap in at least one of these
single-agent indications in 2008.
In addition, six new Phase 2 single-agent studies have begun in conjunction with the National
Cancer Institute (NCI) Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program (CTEP) in relapsed/refractory multiple
myeloma, metastatic colorectal cancer, recurrent or metastatic cancer of the urothelium, locally
advanced or metastatic gynecological soft tissue sarcoma, recurrent malignant gliomas, and
metastatic breast cancer. We and sanofi-aventis are working to finalize plans with NCI/CTEP for at
least four additional trials in different cancer types.
We and sanofi-aventis intend to initiate five Phase 3 trials evaluating the safety and
efficacy of the VEGF Trap in combination with standard chemotherapy regimens in specific cancer
types, the first three of which are planned to begin in 2007. The companies plan to initiate these
Phase 3 trials in the following indications:
|
|
|
first-line metastatic hormone resistant prostate cancer in
combination with Taxotere® (Aventis), |
|
|
|
|
first-line metastatic pancreatic cancer in combination with gemcitabine-based regimen, |
|
|
|
|
first-line gastric cancer in combination with Taxotere® (Aventis), |
|
|
|
|
second-line non-small cell lung cancer in combination with Taxotere® (Aventis), and |
|
|
|
|
second-line metastatic colorectal cancer in combination with FOLFIRI (Folinic Acid
(leucovorin), 5-fluorouracil, and irinotecan). |
Five safety and tolerability studies of the VEGF Trap in combination with standard
chemotherapy regimens are continuing in a variety of cancer types to support the planned Phase 3
clinical program. The companies have previously summarized information from two of these safety
and tolerability trials. One study is evaluating the VEGF Trap in combination with oxaliplatin,
5-flourouracil, and leucovorin (FOLFOX4) in a Phase 1 trial of patients with advanced solid tumors.
Another study is evaluating the VEGF Trap in combination with irinotecan, 5-fluorouracil, and
leucovorin (LV5FU2-CPT11) in a Phase 1 trial of patients with advanced solid tumors. Abstracts
published in the 2006 ASCO Annual Meeting Proceedings reported that the VEGF Trap could be
safely combined with either FOLFOX4 or LV5FU2-CPT11 at the dose levels studied. The companies are
also evaluating the VEGF Trap in separate Phase 1b studies in combination with Taxotere®
(Aventis), cisplatin, and 5-fluorouracil; with Taxotere® (Aventis) and cisplatin; and
with gemcitabine-erlotinib.
Cancer is a heterogeneous set of diseases and one of the leading causes of death in the
developed world. A mutation in any one of dozens of normal genes can eventually result in a cell
becoming cancerous; however, a common feature of cancer cells is that they need to obtain nutrients
and remove waste products, just as normal cells do. The vascular system normally supplies
nutrients to and removes waste from normal tissues. Cancer cells can use the vascular system
either by taking over preexisting blood vessels or by promoting the growth of new blood vessels (a
process known as angiogenesis). VEGF is secreted by many tumors to stimulate the growth of new
blood vessels to supply nutrients and oxygen to the tumor. VEGF blockers have been shown to
inhibit new vessel growth; and, in some cases, can cause regression of existing tumor vasculature.
Countering the effects of VEGF, thereby blocking the blood supply to tumors, has demonstrated
therapeutic benefits in clinical trials. This approach of inhibiting
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angiogenesis as a mechanism of action for an oncology medicine was validated in February 2004,
when the FDA approved Genentech, Inc.s VEGF inhibitor, Avastin®. Avastin®
(Genentech) is an antibody product designed to inhibit VEGF and interfere with the blood supply to
tumors.
Collaboration with the sanofi-aventis Group
In September 2003, we entered into a collaboration agreement with Aventis Pharmaceuticals,
Inc. (predecessor to sanofi-aventis U.S.) to collaborate on the development and commercialization
of the VEGF Trap in all countries other than Japan, where we retained the exclusive right to
develop and commercialize the VEGF Trap. In January 2005, we and sanofi-aventis amended the
collaboration agreement to exclude from the scope of the collaboration the development and
commercialization of the VEGF Trap for intraocular delivery to the eye. In December 2005, we and
sanofi-aventis amended our collaboration agreement to expand the territory in which the companies
are collaborating on the development of the VEGF Trap to include Japan. Under the collaboration
agreement, as amended, we and sanofi-aventis will share co-promotion rights and profits on sales,
if any, of the VEGF Trap outside of Japan for disease indications included in our collaboration.
In Japan, we are entitled to a royalty of approximately 35% on annual sales of the VEGF Trap,
subject to certain potential adjustments. We may also receive up to $400.0 million in milestone
payments upon receipt of specified marketing approvals. This total includes up to $360.0 million
in milestone payments related to receipt of marketing approvals for up to eight VEGF Trap oncology
and other indications in the United States or the European Union. Another $40.0 million of
milestone payments relate to receipt of marketing approvals for up to five VEGF Trap oncology
indications in Japan.
Under the collaboration agreement, as amended, agreed upon worldwide development expenses
incurred by both companies during the term of the agreement will be funded by sanofi-aventis. If
the collaboration becomes profitable, we will be obligated to reimburse sanofi-aventis for 50% of
the VEGF Trap development expenses in accordance with a formula based on the amount of development
expenses and our share of the collaboration profits and Japan royalties, or at a faster rate at our
option.
3. VEGF Trap Eye Diseases
The VEGF Trap-Eye is a form of the VEGF Trap that has been purified and formulated with
excipients and at concentrations suitable for direct injection into the eye. The VEGF Trap-Eye
currently is being tested in a Phase 2 trial in patients with the neovascular form of age-related
macular degeneration (wet AMD) and in a small pilot study in patients with diabetic macular edema
(DME).
In the second quarter of 2006, we initiated a 150 patient, 12 week, Phase 2 trial of the VEGF
Trap-Eye in wet AMD. The trial is evaluating the safety and biological effect of treatment with
multiple doses of the VEGF Trap-Eye using different doses and different dosing regimens. In March
2007, we announced positive preliminary data from a pre-planned interim analysis of this study.
The VEGF Trap-Eye met its primary endpoint of a statistically significant reduction in retinal
thickness after 12 weeks compared with baseline (all groups combined, decrease of 135 microns, p
< 0.0001). Mean change from baseline in visual acuity, a key secondary endpoint of
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the study, also demonstrated statistically significant improvement (all groups combined,
increase of 5.9 letters, p < 0.0001). Moreover, patients in the dose groups that received only
a single dose, on average, compared to baseline, demonstrated a decrease in excess retinal
thickness (p < 0.0001) and an increase in visual acuity (p = 0.012) at 12 weeks. There were no
drug-related serious adverse events, and treatment with the VEGF Trap-Eye was generally
well-tolerated. The most common adverse events were those typically associated with intravitreal
injections. Detailed data from this interim analysis is scheduled for presentation at an upcoming
scientific conference. We also expect to complete three-month data on all 150 patients enrolled in
the study by the end of 2007. We are also conducting a Phase 1 safety and tolerability trial of a
new formulation of the VEGF Trap-Eye in wet AMD. An initial Phase 3 trial of the VEGF Trap-Eye in
wet AMD utilizing the new formulation is planned to begin in the third quarter of 2007, and a
second Phase 3 trial is planned once the full data from the Phase 2 trial has been analyzed.
Also in the second quarter of 2006, we initiated a small pilot study of the VEGF Trap in
patients with DME. We expect to initiate a Phase 2 trial in DME in the second half of 2007.
VEGF-A both stimulates angiogenesis and increases vascular permeability. It has been shown in
preclinical studies to be a major pathogenic factor in both wet AMD and diabetic retinopathy, and
it is believed to be involved in other medical problems affecting the eyes. In clinical trials,
blocking VEGF-A has been shown to be effective in patients with wet AMD, and Macugen®
(OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.) and Lucentis® (Genentech, Inc.) have been approved to treat
patients with this condition.
Wet AMD and diabetic retinopathy (DR) are two of the leading causes of adult blindness in the
developed world. In both conditions, severe visual loss is caused by a combination of retinal
edema and neovascular proliferation. DR is a major complication of diabetes mellitus that can lead
to significant vision impairment. DR is characterized, in part, by vascular leakage, which results
in the collection of fluid in the retina. When the macula, the central area of the retina that is
responsible for fine visual acuity, is involved, loss of visual acuity occurs. This is referred to
as diabetic macular edema (DME). DME is the most prevalent cause of moderate visual loss in
patients with diabetes.
Collaboration with Bayer HealthCare
In October 2006, we entered into a collaboration agreement with Bayer HealthCare for the
global development and commercialization outside the United States of the VEGF Trap-Eye. Under the
agreement we and Bayer HealthCare will collaborate on, and share the costs of, the development of
the VEGF Trap-Eye through an integrated global plan that encompasses wet AMD, diabetic eye
diseases, and other diseases and disorders. The companies will share equally in profits from any
future sales of the VEGF Trap-Eye outside the United States. If the VEGF Trap-Eye is granted
marketing authorization in a major market country outside the United States, we will be obligated
to reimburse Bayer HealthCare for 50% of the development costs that it has incurred under the
agreement from our share of the collaboration profits. Within the United States, we retained
exclusive commercialization rights to the VEGF Trap-Eye and are entitled to all profits from any
such sales. We received an up-front payment of $75.0 million from Bayer HealthCare and can earn up
to $110.0 million in total development and regulatory milestones related to the development of the
VEGF Trap-Eye and marketing approvals in major market
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countries outside the United States. We can also earn up to $135.0 million in sales milestones if
total annual sales of the VEGF Trap outside the United States achieve certain specified levels
starting at $200.0 million.
General
Developing and commercializing new medicines entails significant risk and expense. Since
inception we have not generated any sales or profits from the commercialization of any of our
product candidates and may never receive such revenues. Before revenues from the commercialization
of our product candidates can be realized, we (or our collaborators) must overcome a number of
hurdles which include successfully completing research and development and obtaining regulatory
approval from the FDA and regulatory authorities in other countries. In addition, the
biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries are rapidly evolving and highly competitive, and new
developments may render our products and technologies uncompetitive or obsolete.
From inception on January 8, 1988 through March 31, 2007, we had a cumulative loss of $717.5
million. In the absence of revenues from the commercialization of our product candidates or other
sources, the amount, timing, nature, and source of which cannot be predicted, our losses will
continue as we conduct our research and development activities. We expect to incur substantial
losses over the next several years as we continue the clinical development of the VEGF Trap-Eye and
IL-1 Trap; advance new product candidates into clinical development from our existing research
programs utilizing our new technology for designing fully human monoclonal antibodies; continue our
research and development programs; and commercialize product candidates that receive regulatory
approval, if any. Also, our activities may expand over time and require additional resources, and
we expect our operating losses to be substantial over at least the next several years. Our losses
may fluctuate from quarter to quarter and will depend on, among other factors, the progress of our
research and development efforts, the timing of certain expenses, and the amount and timing of
payments that we receive from collaborators.
The planning, execution, and results of our clinical programs are significant factors that can
affect our operating and financial results. In our clinical programs, key events for 2007 and
plans over the next 12 months are as follows:
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VEGF Trap
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NCI/CTEP initiated six Phase
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Sanofi-aventis to initiate at least three of five Phase 3 studies of the VEGF Trap in combination with standard chemotherapy regimens in specific cancer indications |
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NCI/CTEP to initiate at least four new exploratory efficacy/safety studies |
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Reported positive interim
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Initiate first Phase 3 trial in wet AMD of the VEGF Trap-Eye compared with Lucentis® (Genentech) |
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Report final results of Phase 2 trial in wet AMD |
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Initiate second Phase 3 trial in wet AMD |
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Report results of the Phase 1 trial in DME |
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Initiate Phase 2 trial in DME |
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Explore additional eye disease indications |
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IL-1 Trap (rilonacept)
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Completed the 24 week
open-label safety extension phase
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Submit BLA to the FDA for CAPS |
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Initiate proof-of-concept studies evaluating the IL-1 Trap in gout and report initial data |
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Evaluate the IL-1 Trap in other disease indications in which IL-1 may play an important role |
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License Agreements
AstraZeneca
In February 2007, we entered into a non-exclusive license agreement with AstraZeneca UK
Limited that will allow AstraZeneca to utilize our VelocImmune® technology in its
internal research programs to discover human monoclonal antibodies. Under the terms of the
agreement, AstraZeneca made a $20.0 million non-refundable up-front payment to us. AstraZeneca
also will make up to five additional annual payments of $20.0 million, subject to its ability to
terminate the agreement after making the first three additional payments or earlier if the
technology does not meet minimum performance criteria. We are entitled to receive a
mid-single-digit royalty on any future sales of antibody products discovered by AstraZeneca using
our VelocImmune technology.
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Astellas
In March 2007, we entered into a non-exclusive license agreement with Astellas Pharma Inc.
that will allow Astellas to utilize our VelocImmune technology in its internal research programs to
discover human monoclonal antibodies. Under the terms of the agreement, Astellas made a $20.0
million non-refundable up-front payment to us, which was received in April 2007. Astellas also
will make up to five additional annual payments of $20.0 million, subject to its ability to
terminate the agreement after making the first three additional payments or earlier if the
technology does not meet minimum performance criteria. We are entitled to receive a
mid-single-digit royalty on any future sales of antibody products discovered by Astellas using our
VelocImmune technology.
Results of Operations
Three Months Ended March 31, 2007 and 2006
Net Income (Loss):
Regeneron reported a net loss of $29.9 million, or $0.46 per share (basic and diluted), for
the first quarter of 2007 compared to a net loss of $20.4 million, or $0.36 per share (basic and
diluted), for the first quarter of 2006.
Revenues:
Revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 consist of the following:
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Contract research & development revenue |
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The sanofi-aventis Group |
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$ |
11.8 |
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$ |
13.9 |
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(2.1 |
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1.9 |
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1.2 |
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development revenue |
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14.6 |
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(0.9 |
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Contract manufacturing revenue |
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3.6 |
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Technology licensing revenue |
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2.1 |
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2.1 |
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$ |
15.8 |
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$ |
18.2 |
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(2.4 |
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We recognize revenue from sanofi-aventis, in connection with the companies VEGF Trap
collaboration, in accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 104, Revenue Recognition (SAB 104)
and FASB Emerging Issue Task Force Issue No. 00-21, Accounting for Revenue Arrangements with
Multiple Deliverables (EITF 00-21). We earn contract research and development revenue from
sanofi-aventis which, as detailed below, consists partly of reimbursement for research and
development expenses and partly of the recognition of revenue related to a total of $105.0 million
of non-refundable, up-front payments received in 2003 and 2006. Non-refundable up-front license
payments are recorded as deferred revenue and recognized over the period over which we are
obligated to perform services. We estimate our performance period based on the specific terms of
each agreement, and adjust the performance periods, if appropriate, based on the applicable facts
and circumstances.
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2007 |
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2006 |
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Regeneron expense reimbursement |
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9.6 |
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$ |
10.8 |
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$ |
11.8 |
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13.9 |
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Sanofi-aventis reimbursement of Regeneron VEGF Trap expenses decreased in the first
quarter of 2007 from the same period in 2006, primarily due to higher costs in 2006 related to the
Companys manufacture of VEGF Trap clinical supplies. Recognition of deferred revenue related to
sanofi-aventis up-front payments decreased in the first quarter of 2007 from the same period in
2006, due to an extension of the estimated performance period over which this deferred revenue is
being recognized. As of March 31, 2007, $67.7 million of the original $105.0 million of up-front
payments was deferred and will be recognized as revenue in future periods.
As described above, in October 2006 we entered into a VEGF Trap-Eye collaboration with Bayer
HealthCare. In 2007, agreed upon VEGF Trap-Eye development expenses incurred by both companies
under a global development plan will be shared as follows: Up to the first $50.0 million will be
shared equally; Regeneron is solely responsible for the next $40.0 million; over $90.0 million will
be shared equally. Bayer HealthCare reimbursements of shared development expenses incurred by us
are recorded as deferred revenue. We will recognize revenue from Bayer HealthCare, in
connection with the companies collaboration, in accordance with SAB 104 and EITF 00-21. When we
and Bayer HealthCare have formalized our projected global development plans for the VEGF Trap-Eye,
as well as the projected responsibilities of each of the companies under those development plans,
we will begin recognizing contract research and development revenue related to payments from Bayer
HealthCare. As a result, no contract research and development revenue has been earned from Bayer
HealthCare through March 31, 2007 even though Bayer HealthCare will reimburse us for $3.1 million
of first quarter 2007 shared VEGF Trap-Eye expenses. As of March 31, 2007, deferred revenue from
Bayer HealthCare, which will be recognized in future periods, totaled $78.1 million, consisting of
the $75.0 million up-front payment received in October 2006 and reimbursement of $3.1 million of
shared VEGF Trap-Eye expenses related to the first quarter of 2007.
Other contract research and development revenue includes $0.7 million recognized in connection
with our five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Contract manufacturing revenue for the first three months of 2006 related to our long-term
agreement with Merck & Co., Inc., which expired in October 2006, to manufacture a vaccine
intermediate at our Rensselaer, New York facility. Revenue and the related manufacturing expense
were recognized as product was shipped, after acceptance by Merck. Included in contract
manufacturing revenue in the first three months of 2006 was $0.4 million of deferred revenue
associated with capital improvement reimbursements paid by Merck prior to commencement of
production. We do not expect to receive any further contract manufacturing revenue from Merck.
In February 2007, we entered into a non-exclusive license agreement with AstraZeneca which
allows AstraZeneca to utilize Regenerons VelocImmune technology in its internal research
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programs
to discover human monoclonal antibodies. Under the terms of the agreement,
AstraZeneca made a $20.0 million non-refundable up-front payment to us which was deferred and
will be recognized as revenue ratably over approximately the first year of the agreement. In the
first quarter of 2007, we recognized $2.1 million of technology licensing revenue related to the
AstraZeneca agreement.
Expenses:
Total operating expenses increased to $49.4 million in the first quarter of 2007 from $39.9
million in the same period of 2006. Operating expenses in the first quarter of 2007 and 2006
include a total of $6.6 million and $3.9 million, respectively, of non-cash compensation expense
related to employee stock option awards (Stock Option Expense), as detailed below:
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Research and development |
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37.4 |
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3.8 |
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41.2 |
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5.4 |
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2.8 |
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42.8 |
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$ |
6.6 |
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49.4 |
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Research and development |
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30.1 |
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2.0 |
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$ |
32.1 |
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Contract manufacturing |
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1.8 |
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0.1 |
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1.9 |
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4.1 |
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36.0 |
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$ |
3.9 |
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$ |
39.9 |
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The increase in total Stock Option Expense in the first quarter of 2007 was primarily due to
the higher fair market value of our Common Stock on the date of our annual employee option grants
made in December 2006 in comparison to the fair market value of our Common Stock on the dates of
annual employee option grants made in recent prior years.
Research and Development Expenses:
Research and development expenses increased to $41.2 million in the first quarter of 2007 from
$32.1 million in the same period of 2006. The following table summarizes the major categories of
our research and development expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006:
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Three months ended March 31, |
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2007 |
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2006 |
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13.7 |
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10.0 |
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3.7 |
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5.3 |
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3.4 |
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1.9 |
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Clinical manufacturing costs (2) |
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10.5 |
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9.3 |
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1.2 |
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Research and preclinical development costs |
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6.0 |
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3.5 |
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2.5 |
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$ |
41.2 |
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$ |
32.1 |
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$ |
9.1 |
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Includes $3.1 million and $1.6 million of Stock Option Expense for the three months
ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. |
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Represents the full cost of manufacturing drug for use in research, preclinical
development, and clinical trials, including related payroll and benefits, Stock Option
Expense, manufacturing materials and supplies, depreciation, and occupancy costs of our
Rensselaer manufacturing facility. Includes $0.7 million and $0.4 million of Stock Option
Expense for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. |
Payroll and benefits increased primarily due to higher Stock Option Expense, as described
above, and higher compensation expense due, in part, to annual salary increases effective January
1, 2007. Clinical trial expenses increased due to higher VEGF Trap-Eye costs primarily related to
our Phase 1 and 2 studies in wet AMD and higher IL-1 Trap costs. Clinical manufacturing costs
increased due to higher costs related to manufacturing preclinical and clinical supplies of our
first antibody drug candidate, which were partly offset by lower costs related to manufacturing
VEGF Trap clinical supplies. Research and preclinical development costs increased primarily due to
higher preclinical development costs related to our VEGF Trap and human monoclonal antibody
programs.
Contract Manufacturing Expenses:
Contract manufacturing expenses decreased in the first quarter of 2007 compared to the same
period of 2006 due to the expiration of our manufacturing agreement with Merck in October 2006.
General and Administrative Expenses:
General and administrative expenses increased to $8.2 million in the first quarter of 2007
from $5.9 million in the same period of 2006 primarily due to higher Stock Option Expense, as
described above, higher compensation expense due, in part, to annual salary increases effective
January 1, 2007, higher recruitment and related costs associated with expanding our headcount in
2007, and marketing research and related expenses incurred in 2007 in connection with our IL-1 Trap
and VEGF Trap programs.
Other Income and Expense:
Investment income increased to $6.7 million in the first quarter of 2007 from $3.5 million in
the same period of 2006 resulting primarily from higher balances of cash and marketable securities
(due, in part, to the up-front payment received from Bayer HealthCare in October 2006, as described
above, and the receipt of net proceeds from the November 2006 public offering of our Common Stock).
Interest expense was $3.0 million in the first quarter of 2007 and 2006. Interest expense is
attributable primarily to $200.0 million of convertible notes issued in October 2001, which mature
in October 2008 and bear interest at 5.5% per annum.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Since our inception in 1988, we have financed our operations primarily through offerings of
our equity securities, a private placement of convertible debt, revenue earned under our past and
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present research and development and contract manufacturing agreements, including our
agreements with sanofi-aventis, Bayer HealthCare, and Merck, and investment income.
Three Months Ended March 31, 2007 and 2006
At March 31, 2007, we had $515.0 million in cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and
marketable securities compared with $522.9 million at December 31, 2006. In February 2007, we
received a $20.0 million non-refundable up-front payment in connection with our new non-exclusive
license agreement with AstraZeneca.
Cash (Used in) Provided by Operations:
Net cash used in operations was $9.2 million in the first quarter of 2007, compared to net
cash provided by operations of $5.3 million in the first quarter of 2006. Our net losses of $29.9
million in the first quarter of 2007 and $20.4 million in the first quarter of 2006 included $6.6
million and $4.1 million, respectively, of non-cash stock-based employee compensation costs, of
which $6.6 million and $3.9 million, respectively,
represented Stock Option Expense and, in the first quarter of 2006,
$0.2 million represented non-cash compensation expense from
Restricted Stock awards. At March 31,
2007, accounts receivable balances increased by $26.1 million, compared to end-of-year 2006,
primarily due to a $20.0 million non-refundable up-front payment which was receivable from Astellas
in connection with our new non-exclusive license agreement (see
License Agreements above). Also, our deferred revenue balances at March 31, 2007 increased by $37.7
million, compared to end-of-year 2006, primarily due to the $20.0 million up-front payments
received or receivable from AstraZeneca and Astellas, as described above. These payments will be
recognized as revenue ratably over approximately the first year of the respective agreements. At
March 31, 2006, accounts receivable balances decreased by $25.5 million, compared to end-of-year
2005, primarily due to the January 2006 receipt of a $25.0 million up-front payment from
sanofi-aventis, which was receivable at December 31, 2005, in connection with an amendment to our
collaboration agreement to include Japan. Also, our deferred revenue balances at March 31, 2006
decreased by $4.8 million, compared to end-of-year 2005, due primarily to first quarter 2006
revenue recognition of $3.1 million of deferred revenue related to up-front payments from
sanofi-aventis. The majority of our cash expenditures in both the first quarter of 2007 and 2006
were to fund research and development, primarily related to our clinical programs.
Cash Used in Investing Activities:
Net cash used in investing activities was $74.1 million in the first quarter of 2007 compared
to $10.9 million in the same period of 2006, due primarily to an increase in purchases of
marketable securities net of sales or maturities. In the first quarter of 2007, purchases of
marketable securities exceeded sales or maturities by $72.9 million, whereas in the first quarter
of 2006, purchases of marketable securities exceeded sales or maturities by $10.2 million.
Cash Provided by Financing Activities:
Cash provided by financing activities decreased to $2.0 million in the first quarter of 2007
from $3.4 million in the same period in 2006 due to a decrease in issuances of Common Stock in
connection with exercises of employee stock options.
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License Agreements with AstraZeneca and Astellas:
Under these non-exclusive license agreements, AstraZeneca and Astellas each made a $20.0
million non-refundable, up-front payment to us in February and April 2007, respectively.
AstraZeneca and Astellas also will each make up to five additional annual payments of $20.0
million, subject to each licensees ability to terminate its license agreement with us after making
the first three additional payments or earlier if the technology does not meet minimum performance
criteria.
Capital Expenditures:
Our additions to property, plant, and equipment totaled $1.0 million and $0.6 million for the
first three months of 2007 and 2006, respectively. During the remainder of 2007, we expect to
incur approximately $15 million in capital expenditures primarily to support our manufacturing,
development, and research activities.
Funding Requirements:
We expect to continue to incur substantial funding requirements primarily for research and
development activities (including preclinical and clinical testing). Before taking into account
reimbursements from collaborators, we currently anticipate that approximately 55%-65% of our
expenditures for 2007 will be directed toward the preclinical and clinical development of product
candidates, including the IL-1 Trap, VEGF Trap, VEGF Trap-Eye and monoclonal antibodies;
approximately 10%-15% of our expenditures for 2007 will be applied to our basic research activities
and the continued development of our novel technology platforms; and the remainder of our
expenditures for 2007 will be used for capital expenditures and general corporate purposes.
The amount we need to fund operations will depend on various factors, including the status of
competitive products, the success of our research and development programs, the potential future
need to expand our professional and support staff and facilities, the status of patents and other
intellectual property rights, the delay or failure of a clinical trial of any of our potential drug
candidates, and the continuation, extent, and success of our collaborations with sanofi-aventis and
Bayer HealthCare. Clinical trial costs are dependent, among other things, on the size and duration
of trials, fees charged for services provided by clinical trial investigators and other third
parties, the costs for manufacturing the product candidate for use in the trials, supplies,
laboratory tests, and other expenses. The amount of funding that will be required for our clinical
programs depends upon the results of our research and preclinical programs and early-stage clinical
trials, regulatory requirements, the clinical trials underway plus additional clinical trials that
we decide to initiate, and the various factors that affect the cost of each trial as described
above. In the future, if we are able to successfully develop, market, and sell certain of our
product candidates, we may be required to pay royalties or otherwise share the profits generated on
such sales in connection with our collaboration and licensing agreements.
We expect that expenses related to the filing, prosecution, defense, and enforcement of patent
and other intellectual property claims will continue to be substantial as a result of patent
filings and prosecutions in the United States and foreign countries.
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We believe that our existing capital resources will enable us to meet operating needs through
at least early 2010, without taking into consideration the $200.0 million aggregate principal
amount of convertible senior subordinated notes, which mature in October 2008. However, this is a
forward-looking statement based on our current operating plan, and there may be a change in
projected revenues or expenses that would lead to our capital being consumed significantly before
such time. If there is insufficient capital to fund all of our planned operations and activities,
we believe we would prioritize available capital to fund preclinical and clinical development of
our product candidates. Other than the $1.6 million letter of credit issued to our landlord in
connection with our new operating lease for facilities in Tarrytown, New York, we have no
off-balance sheet arrangements. In addition, we do not guarantee the obligations of any other
entity. As of March 31, 2007, we had no established banking arrangements through which we could
obtain short-term financing or a line of credit. In the event we need additional financing for
the operation of our business, we will consider collaborative arrangements and additional public or
private financing, including additional equity financing. Factors influencing the availability of
additional financing include our progress in product development, investor perception of our
prospects, and the general condition of the financial markets. We may not be able to secure the
necessary funding through new collaborative arrangements or additional public or private offerings.
If we cannot raise adequate funds to satisfy our capital requirements, we may have to delay,
scale-back, or eliminate certain of our research and development activities or future operations.
This could harm our business.
Critical Accounting Policies and Significant Judgments and Estimates
During the three months ended March 31, 2007, there were no changes to our critical accounting
policies and significant judgments and estimates, as described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2006.
Future Impact of Recently Issued Accounting Standards
In February 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. (SFAS) 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and
Financial Liabilities. SFAS 159 permits entities to choose to measure many financial instruments
and certain other items at fair value. The objective is to improve financial reporting by
providing entities with the opportunity to mitigate volatility in reported earnings caused by
measuring related assets and liabilities differently without having to apply complex hedge
accounting provisions. SFAS 159 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years
beginning after November 15, 2007. We will be required to adopt SFAS 159 effective for the fiscal
year beginning January 1, 2008. Our management is currently evaluating the potential impact of
adopting SFAS 159 on our financial statements.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk
Our earnings and cash flows are subject to fluctuations due to changes in interest rates
primarily from our investment of available cash balances in investment grade corporate and U.S.
government securities. We do not believe we are materially exposed to changes in interest rates.
Under our current policies we do not use interest rate derivative instruments to manage exposure
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to
interest rate changes. We estimated that a one percent change in interest rates would result in
approximately a $1.8 million and $0.9 million change in the fair market value of our investment
portfolio at March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. The increase in the impact of an interest rate
change at March 31, 2007, compared to March 31, 2006, is due primarily to increases in our
investment portfolios balance and duration to maturity at the end of March 2007 versus the end of
March 2006.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Our management, with the participation of our chief executive officer and chief financial
officer, conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as
such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(the Exchange Act)), as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on this
evaluation, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer each concluded that, as of the
end of such period, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective in ensuring that
information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange
Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in
applicable rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and is accumulated and
communicated to our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer,
as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is
defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the quarter ended March 31,
2007 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal
control over financial reporting.
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
From time to time, we are a party to legal proceedings in the course of our business. We do
not expect any such current legal proceedings to have a material adverse effect on our business or
financial condition.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
We operate in an environment that involves a number of significant risks and uncertainties. We
caution you to read the following risk factors, which have affected, and/or in the future could
affect, our business, operating results, financial condition, and cash flows. The risks described
below include forward-looking statements, and actual events and our actual results may differ
substantially from those discussed in these forward-looking statements. Additional risks and
uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our
business operations. Furthermore, additional risks and uncertainties are described under other
captions in this report and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006
and should be considered by our investors.
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Risks Related to Our Financial Results and Need for Additional Financing
We have had a history of operating losses and we may never achieve profitability. If we continue to
incur operating losses, we may be unable to continue our operations.
From inception on January 8, 1988 through March 31, 2007, we had a cumulative loss of $717.5
million. If we continue to incur operating losses and fail to become a profitable company, we may
be unable to continue our operations. We have no products that are available for sale and do not
know when we will have products available for sale, if ever. In the absence of revenue from the
sale of products or other sources, the amount, timing, nature or source of which cannot be
predicted, our losses will continue as we conduct our research and development activities. Until
the expiration in October 2006 of our agreement with Merck, we received contract manufacturing
revenue pursuant to that agreement. The expiration of that agreement has resulted in a significant
loss of revenue to Regeneron.
We will need additional funding in the future, which may not be available to us, and which may
force us to delay, reduce or eliminate our product development programs or commercialization
efforts.
We will need to expend substantial resources for research and development, including costs
associated with clinical testing of our product candidates. We believe our existing capital
resources will enable us to meet operating needs through at least early 2010, without taking into
consideration the $200.0 million aggregate principal amount of convertible senior subordinated
notes, which mature in October 2008; however, our projected revenue may decrease or our expenses
may increase and that would lead to our capital being consumed significantly before such time. We
will likely require additional financing in the future and we may not be able to raise such
additional funds. If we are able to obtain additional financing through the sale of equity or
convertible debt securities, such sales may be dilutive to our shareholders. Debt financing
arrangements may require us to pledge certain assets or enter into covenants that would restrict
our business activities or our ability to incur further indebtedness and may contain other terms
that are not favorable to our shareholders. If we are unable to raise sufficient funds to complete
the development of our product candidates, we may face delay, reduction or elimination of our
research and development programs or preclinical or clinical trials, in which case our business,
financial condition or results of operations may be materially harmed.
We have a significant amount of debt and may have insufficient cash to satisfy our debt service and
repayment obligations. In addition, the amount of our debt could impede our operations and
flexibility.
We have a significant amount of convertible debt and semi-annual interest payment obligations.
This debt, unless converted to shares of our common stock, will mature in October 2008. We may be
unable to generate sufficient cash flow or otherwise obtain funds necessary to make required
payments on our debt. Even if we are able to meet our debt service obligations, the amount of debt
we already have could hurt our ability to obtain any necessary financing in the future for working
capital, capital expenditures, debt service requirements, or other purposes. In addition, our debt
obligations could require us to use a substantial portion of cash to pay
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principal
and interest on our debt, instead of applying those funds to other purposes, such as research
and development, working capital, and capital expenditures.
Risks Related to Development of Our Product Candidates
Successful development of any of our product candidates is highly uncertain.
Only a small minority of all research and development programs ultimately result in
commercially successful drugs. We have never developed a drug that has been approved for marketing
and sale, and we may never succeed in developing an approved drug. Even if clinical trials
demonstrate safety and effectiveness of any of our product candidates for a specific disease and
the necessary regulatory approvals are obtained, the commercial success of any of our product
candidates will depend upon their acceptance by patients, the medical community, and third-party
payers and on our partners ability to successfully manufacture and commercialize our product
candidates. Our product candidates are delivered either by intravenous infusion or by intravitreal
or subcutaneous injections, which are generally less well received by patients than tablet or
capsule delivery. If our products are not successfully commercialized, we will not be able to
recover the significant investment we have made in developing such products and our business would
be severely harmed.
We intend to study our lead product candidates, the VEGF Trap, VEGF Trap-Eye, and IL-1 Trap,
in a wide variety of indications. We intend to study the VEGF Trap in a variety of cancer
settings, the VEGF Trap-Eye in different eye diseases and ophthalmologic indications, and the IL-1
Trap in a variety of systemic inflammatory disorders. Many of these current trials are exploratory
studies designed to identify what diseases and uses, if any, are best suited for our product
candidates. It is likely that our product candidates will not demonstrate the requisite efficacy
and/or safety profile to support continued development for most of the indications that are to be
studied. In fact, our product candidates may not demonstrate the requisite efficacy and safety
profile to support the continued development for any of the indications or uses.
Clinical trials required for our product candidates are expensive and time-consuming, and their
outcome is highly uncertain. If any of our drug trials are delayed or achieve unfavorable results,
we will have to delay or may be unable to obtain regulatory approval for our product candidates.
We must conduct extensive testing of our product candidates before we can obtain regulatory
approval to market and sell them. We need to conduct both preclinical animal testing and human
clinical trials. Conducting these trials is a lengthy, time-consuming, and expensive process. 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, difficulty in enrolling and maintaining subjects in the clinical trial, lack of
sufficient supplies of the product candidate or comparator drug, and the failure of clinical
investigators, trial monitors and other consultants, or trial subjects to comply with the trial
plan or protocol. A clinical trial may fail because it did not include a sufficient number of
patients to detect the endpoint being measured or reach statistical significance. A clinical trial
may also fail because the dose(s) of the investigational drug included in the trial were either too
low or too
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to determine the optimal effect of the investigational drug in the disease setting. For
example, we are studying higher doses of the IL-1 Trap in different diseases after a Phase 2 trial
using lower doses of the IL-1 Trap in subjects with rheumatoid arthritis failed to achieve its
primary endpoint.
We will need to reevaluate any drug candidate that does not test favorably and either conduct
new trials, which are expensive and time consuming, or abandon the drug development program. Even
if we obtain positive results from preclinical or clinical trials, we may not achieve the same
success in future trials. Many companies in the biopharmaceutical industry, including us, have
suffered significant setbacks in clinical trials, even after promising results have been obtained
in earlier trials. The failure of clinical trials to demonstrate safety and effectiveness for the
desired indication(s) could harm the development of the product candidate(s), and our business,
financial condition, and results of operations may be materially harmed.
The data from the Phase 3 clinical program for the IL-1 Trap in CAPS (Cryopyrin Associated Periodic
Syndromes) may be inadequate to support regulatory approval for commercialization of the IL-1 Trap.
The efficacy and safety data from the Phase 3 clinical program for the IL-1 Trap in CAPS may
be inadequate to support approval for its commercialization in this indication. Moreover, if the
safety data from the ongoing clinical trials testing the IL-1 Trap are not satisfactory, we may not
proceed with the filing of a biological license application, or BLA, for the IL-1 Trap or we may be
forced to delay the filing. The FDA and other regulatory agencies may have varying interpretations
of our clinical trial data, which could delay, limit, or prevent regulatory approval or clearance.
Further, before a product candidate is approved for marketing, our manufacturing facilities
must be inspected by the FDA and the FDA will not approve the product for marketing if we or our
third party manufacturers are not in compliance with current good manufacturing practices. Even if
the FDA and similar foreign regulatory authorities do grant marketing approval for the IL-1 Trap,
they may pose restrictions on the use or marketing of the product, or may require us to conduct
additional post-marketing trials. These restrictions and requirements would likely result in
increased expenditures and lower revenues and may restrict our ability to commercialize the IL-1
Trap profitably.
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, marketing
and approval for drugs, and commercial sales and distribution of drugs in foreign countries. The
foreign regulatory approval process includes all of the risks associated with FDA approval as well
as country-specific regulations. Whether or not we obtain FDA approval for a product in the United
States, we must obtain approval by the comparable regulatory authorities of foreign countries
before we can commence clinical trials or marketing of the IL-1 Trap in those countries.
The development of serious or life-threatening side effects with any of our product candidates
would lead to delay or discontinuation of development, which could severely harm our business.
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During the conduct of clinical trials, patients report changes in their health, including
illnesses, injuries, and discomforts, to their study doctor. Often, it is not possible to determine
whether or not the drug candidate being studied caused these conditions. Various illnesses,
injuries, and discomforts have been reported from time-to-time during clinical trials of our
product candidates. Although our current drug candidates appeared to be generally well tolerated in
clinical trials conducted to date, it is possible as we test any of them in larger, longer, and
more extensive clinical programs, illnesses, injuries, and discomforts that were observed in
earlier trials, as well as conditions that did not occur or went undetected in smaller 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. If additional clinical experience indicates
that any of our product candidates has many side effects or causes serious or life-threatening side
effects, the development of the product candidate may fail or be delayed, which would severely harm
our business.
Our VEGF Trap is being studied for the potential treatment of certain types of cancer and our
VEGF Trap-Eye candidate is being studied in diseases of the eye. There are many potential safety
concerns associated with significant blockade of vascular endothelial growth factor, or VEGF.
These risks, based on the clinical and preclinical experience of systemically delivered VEGF
inhibitors, including the systemic delivery of the VEGF Trap, include bleeding, hypertension, and
proteinuria. These serious side effects and other serious side effects have been reported in our
systemic VEGF Trap studies in cancer and diseases of the eye. In addition, patients given infusions
of any protein, including the VEGF Trap delivered through intravenous administration, may develop
severe hypersensitivity reactions or infusion reactions. Other VEGF blockers have reported side
effects that became evident only after large scale trials or after marketing approval and large
number of patients were treated. These include side effects that we have not yet seen in our
trials such as heart attack and stroke. These and other complications or side effects could harm
the development of the VEGF Trap for the treatment of cancer or the VEGF Trap-Eye for the treatment
of diseases of the eye.
It is possible that safety or tolerability concerns may arise as we continue to test the IL-1
Trap in patients with inflammatory diseases and disorders. Like cytokine antagonists such as
Kineret® (Amgen Inc.), EnbrelÒ (Immunex Corporation), and
RemicadeÒ (Centocor, Inc.), the IL-1 Trap affects the immune defense system of the
body by blocking some of its functions. Therefore, the IL-1 Trap may interfere with the bodys
ability to fight infections. Treatment with Kineret® (Amgen), a medication that works through the inhibition
of IL-1, has been associated with an increased risk of serious
infections, and serious infections
have been reported in patients taking the IL-1 Trap. One subject with adult Stills diseases in a
study of the IL-1 Trap developed an infection in his elbow with mycobacterium intracellulare. The
patient was on chronic glucocorticoid treatment for Stills disease. The infection occurred after
an intraarticular glucocorticoid injection into the elbow and subsequent local exposure to a
suspected source of mycobacteria. One patient with polymayalgia rheumatica in another study
developed bronchitis/sinusitis, which resulted in hospitalization. One patient in an open-label
study of the IL-1 Trap in CAPS developed sinusitis and streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis and subsequently died.
In addition, patients given infusions of the IL-1 Trap have developed hypersensitivity reactions or
infusion reactions. These
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or other complications or side effects could impede or result in us
abandoning the development of the IL-1 Trap.
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. The antibodies
can have no effect or can totally neutralize the effectiveness of the protein, or require that
higher doses be used to obtain a therapeutic effect. In some cases, the antibody can cross react
with the patients own proteins, resulting in an auto-immune type disease. Whether antibodies
will be created can often not be predicted from preclinical or clinical experiments, and their
detection or appearance is often delayed, so that there can be no assurance that neutralizing
antibodies will not be detected at a later date in some cases even after pivotal clinical trials
have been completed. Subjects who received IL-1 Trap in clinical trials have developed antibodies.
It is possible that as we test the VEGF Trap and VEGF Trap-Eye with more sensitive assays in
different patient populations and larger clinical trials, we will find that subjects given the VEGF
Trap and VEGF Trap-Eye develop antibodies to these product candidates, which could adversely impact
the development of such candidates.
We may be unable to formulate or manufacture our product candidates in a way that is suitable for
clinical or commercial use.
Changes in product formulations and manufacturing processes may be required as product
candidates progress in clinical development and are ultimately commercialized. For example, we are
currently testing a new formulation of the VEGF Trap-Eye in a Phase 1 Trial. If we are unable to
develop suitable product formulations or manufacturing processes to support large scale clinical
testing of our product candidates, including the VEGF Trap, VEGF Trap-Eye, and IL-1 Trap, we may be
unable to supply necessary materials for our clinical trials, which would delay the development of
our product candidates. Similarly, if we are unable to supply sufficient quantities of our product
or develop product formulations suitable for commercial use, we will not be able to successfully
commercialize our product candidates.
Risks Related to Intellectual Property
If we cannot protect the confidentiality of our trade secrets or our patents are insufficient to
protect our proprietary rights, our business and competitive position will be harmed.
Our business requires using sensitive and proprietary technology and other information that we
protect as trade secrets. We seek to prevent improper disclosure of these trade secrets through
confidentiality agreements. If our trade secrets are improperly exposed, either by our own
employees or our collaborators, it would help our competitors and adversely affect our business. We
will be able to protect our proprietary rights from unauthorized use by third parties only to the
extent that our rights are covered by valid and enforceable patents or are effectively maintained
as trade secrets. The patent position of biotechnology companies involves complex
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legal and factual
questions and, therefore, enforceability cannot be predicted with certainty. Our patents may be
challenged, invalidated, or circumvented. Patent applications filed outside the United States may
be challenged by third parties who file an opposition. Such opposition proceedings are
increasingly common in the European Union and are costly to defend. We have patent
applications that are being opposed and it is likely that we will need to defend additional patent
applications in the future. Our patent rights may not provide us with a proprietary position or
competitive advantages against competitors. Furthermore, even if the outcome is favorable to us,
the enforcement of our intellectual property rights can be extremely expensive and time consuming.
We may be restricted in our development and/or commercialization activities by, and could be
subject to damage awards if we are found to have infringed, third party patents or other
proprietary rights.
Our commercial success depends significantly on our ability to operate without infringing the
patents and other proprietary rights of third parties. Other parties may allege that they have
blocking patents to our products in clinical development, either because they claim to hold
proprietary rights to the composition of a product or the way it is manufactured or used.
Moreover, other parties may allege that they have blocking patents to antibody products made using
our VelocImmune technology, either because of the way the antibodies are discovered or produced or
because of a proprietary position covering an antibody or the antibodys target.
We are aware of patents and pending applications owned by Genentech that claim certain
chimeric VEGF receptor compositions. Although we do not believe that the VEGF Trap or VEGF
Trap-Eye infringes any valid claim in these patents or patent applications, Genentech could
initiate a lawsuit for patent infringement and assert its patents are valid and cover the VEGF Trap
or VEGF Trap-Eye. Genentech may be motivated to initiate such a lawsuit at some point in an effort
to impair our ability to develop and sell the VEGF Trap or VEGF Trap-Eye, which represents a
potential competitive threat to Genentechs VEGF-binding products and product candidates. An
adverse determination by a court in any such potential patent litigation would likely materially
harm our business by requiring us to seek a license, which may not be available, or resulting in
our inability to manufacture, develop and sell the VEGF Trap or VEGF Trap-Eye or in a damage award.
Any patent holders could sue us for damages and seek to prevent us from manufacturing,
selling, or developing our drug candidates, and a court may find that we are infringing validly
issued patents of third parties. In the event that the manufacture, use, or sale of any of our
clinical candidates infringes on the patents or violates other proprietary rights of third parties,
we may be prevented from pursuing product development, manufacturing, and commercialization of our
drugs and may be required to pay costly damages. Such a result may materially harm our business,
financial condition, and results of operations. Legal disputes are likely to be costly and time
consuming to defend.
We seek to obtain licenses to patents when, in our judgment, such licenses are needed. If any
licenses are required, we may not be able to obtain such licenses on commercially reasonable terms,
if at all. The failure to obtain any such license could prevent us from developing or
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commercializing any one or more of our product candidates, which could severely harm our business.
Regulatory and Litigation Risks
If we do not obtain regulatory approval for our product candidates, we will not be able to market
or sell them.
We cannot sell or market products without regulatory approval. If we do not obtain and
maintain regulatory approval for our product candidates, the value of our company and our results
of operations will be harmed. In the United States, we must obtain and maintain approval from the
United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for each drug we intend to sell. Obtaining FDA
approval is typically a lengthy and expensive process, and approval is highly uncertain. Foreign
governments also regulate drugs distributed in their country and approval in any country is likely
to be a lengthy and expensive process, and approval is highly uncertain. None of our product
candidates has ever received regulatory approval to be marketed and sold in the United States or
any other country. We may never receive regulatory approval for any of our product candidates.
Before approving a new drug or biologic product, the FDA requires that the facilities at which
the product will be manufactured be in compliance with current good manufacturing practices, or
cGMP requirements. Manufacturing product candidates in compliance with these regulatory
requirements is complex, time-consuming, and expensive. To be successful, our products must be
manufactured for development, following approval, in commercial quantities, in compliance with
regulatory requirements, and at competitive costs. If we or any of our product collaborators or
third-party manufacturers, product packagers, or labelers are unable to maintain regulatory
compliance, the FDA can impose regulatory 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. As a result, our business, financial condition, and results of operations may be
materially harmed.
If the testing or use of our products harms people, we could be subject to costly and damaging
product liability claims. We could also face costly and damaging claims arising from employment
law, securities law, environmental law, or other applicable laws governing our operations.
The testing, manufacturing, marketing, and sale of drugs for use in people expose us to
product liability risk. Any informed consent or waivers obtained from people who sign up for our
clinical trials may not protect us from liability or the cost of litigation. Our product liability
insurance may not cover all potential liabilities or may not completely cover any liability arising
from any such litigation. Moreover, we may not have access to liability insurance or be able to
maintain our insurance on acceptable terms.
Our operations may involve hazardous materials and are subject to environmental, health, and safety
laws and regulations. We may incur substantial liability arising from our activities involving the
use of hazardous materials.
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As a biopharmaceutical company with significant manufacturing operations, we are subject to
extensive environmental, health, and safety laws and regulations, including those governing the use
of hazardous materials. Our research and development and manufacturing activities involve the
controlled use of chemicals, viruses, radioactive compounds, and other hazardous materials.
The cost of compliance with environmental, health, and safety regulations is substantial. If
an accident involving these materials or an environmental discharge were to occur, we could be held
liable for any resulting damages, or face regulatory actions, which could exceed our resources or
insurance coverage.
Changes in the securities laws and regulations have increased, and are likely to continue to
increase, our costs.
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which became law in July 2002, has required changes in some of
our corporate governance, securities disclosure and compliance practices. In response to the
requirements of that Act, the SEC and the NASDAQ Stock Market have promulgated new rules and
listing standards covering a variety of subjects. Compliance with these new rules and listing
standards has increased our legal costs, and significantly increased our accounting and auditing
costs, and we expect these costs to continue. These developments may make it more difficult and
more expensive for us to obtain directors and officers liability insurance. Likewise, these
developments may make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified members of our board
of directors, particularly independent directors, or qualified executive officers.
In future years, if we or our independent registered public accounting firm are unable to conclude
that our internal control over financial reporting is effective, the market value of our common
stock could be adversely affected.
As directed by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the SEC adopted rules requiring
public companies to include a report of management on the Companys internal control over financial
reporting in their annual reports on Form 10-K that contains an assessment by management of the
effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. In addition, the independent
registered public accounting firm auditing our financial statements must attest to and report on
managements assessment and on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting.
Our independent registered public accounting firm provided us with an unqualified report as to our
assessment and the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December
31, 2006, which report is included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. However, we cannot assure
you that management or our independent registered public accounting firm will be able to provide
such an assessment or unqualified report as of future year-ends. In this event, investors could
lose confidence in the reliability of our financial statements, which could result in a decrease in
the market value of our common stock.
In addition, if it is determined that
deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls exist
and that they are reasonably
likely to adversely affect our ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial
information, we would likely incur additional costs to remediate these deficiencies and
the costs of such remediation could be material.
Risks Related to Our Dependence on Third Parties
If our collaboration with sanofi-aventis for the VEGF Trap is terminated, our business operations
and our ability to develop, manufacture, and commercialize the VEGF Trap in the time expected, or
at all, would be harmed.
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We rely heavily on sanofi-aventis to assist with the development of the VEGF Trap oncology
program. Sanofi-aventis funds all of the development expenses incurred by both companies in
connection with the VEGF Trap oncology program. If the VEGF Trap oncology program continues, we
will rely on sanofi-aventis to assist with funding the VEGF Trap program, provide commercial
manufacturing capacity, enroll and monitor clinical trials, obtain regulatory approval,
particularly outside the United States, and provide sales and marketing support. While we
cannot assure you that the VEGF Trap will ever be successfully developed and commercialized, if
sanofi-aventis does not perform its obligations in a timely manner, or at all, our ability to
develop, manufacture, and commercialize the VEGF Trap in cancer indications will be significantly
adversely affected. Sanofi-aventis has the right to terminate its collaboration agreement with us
at any time upon twelve months advance notice. If sanofi-aventis were to terminate its
collaboration agreement with us, we would not have the resources or skills to replace those of our
partner, which could cause significant delays in the development and/or manufacture of the VEGF
Trap and result in substantial additional costs to us. We have no sales, marketing, or distribution
capabilities and would have to develop or outsource these capabilities. Termination of the
sanofi-aventis collaboration agreement would create substantial new and additional risks to the
successful development of the VEGF Trap oncology program.
If our collaboration with Bayer HealthCare for the VEGF Trap-Eye is terminated, our business
operations and our ability to develop, manufacture, and commercialize the VEGF Trap-Eye in the time
expected, or at all, would be harmed.
We rely heavily on Bayer HealthCare to assist with the development of the VEGF Trap-Eye. Under
our agreement with them, Bayer HealthCare is required to fund approximately half of the development
expenses incurred by both companies in connection with the global VEGF Trap-Eye development
program. If the VEGF Trap-Eye program continues, we will rely on Bayer HealthCare to assist with
funding the VEGF Trap-Eye development program, provide assistance with the enrollment and
monitoring of clinical trials conducted outside the United States, obtaining regulatory approval
outside the United States, and provide sales, marketing and commercial support for the product
outside the United States. In particular, Bayer HealthCare has responsibility for selling VEGF
Trap-Eye outside the United States using its sales force. While we cannot assure you that the VEGF
Trap-Eye will ever be successfully developed and commercialized, if Bayer HealthCare does not
perform its obligations in a timely manner, or at all, our ability to develop, manufacture, and
commercialize the VEGF Trap-Eye outside the United States will be significantly adversely affected.
Bayer HealthCare has the right to terminate its collaboration agreement with us at any time upon
six or twelve months advance notice, depending on the circumstances giving rise to termination. If
Bayer HealthCare were to terminate its collaboration agreement with us, we would not have the
resources or skills to replace those of our partner, which could cause significant delays in the
development and/or commercialization of the VEGF Trap-Eye outside the United States and result in
substantial additional costs to us. We have no sales, marketing, or distribution capabilities and
would have to develop or outsource these capabilities outside the United States. Termination of the
Bayer HealthCare collaboration agreement would create substantial new and additional risks to the
successful development of the VEGF Trap-Eye development program.
Our collaborators and service providers may fail to perform adequately in their efforts to support
the development, manufacture, and commercialization of our drug candidates.
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We depend upon third-party collaborators, including sanofi-aventis, Bayer HealthCare, and
service providers such as clinical research organizations, outside testing laboratories, clinical
investigator sites, and third-party manufacturers and product packagers and labelers, to assist us
in the development of our product candidates. If any of our existing collaborators or service
providers breaches or terminates its agreement with us or does not perform its development or
manufacturing services under an agreement in a timely manner or at all, we could experience
additional costs, delays, and difficulties in the development or ultimate commercialization of our
product candidates.
Risks Related to the Manufacture of Our Product Candidates
We have limited manufacturing capacity, which could inhibit our ability to successfully develop or
commercialize our drugs.
Our manufacturing facility is likely to be inadequate to produce sufficient quantities of
product for commercial sale. We intend to rely on our corporate collaborators, as well as contract
manufacturers, to produce the large quantities of drug material needed for commercialization of our
products. We rely entirely on third-party manufacturers for filling and finishing services. We will
have to depend on these manufacturers to deliver material on a timely basis and to comply with
regulatory requirements. If we are unable to supply sufficient material on acceptable terms, or if
we should encounter delays or difficulties in our relationships with our corporate collaborators or
contract manufacturers, our business, financial condition, and results of operations may be
materially harmed.
We may expand our own manufacturing capacity to support commercial production of active
pharmaceutical ingredients, or API, for our product candidates. This will require substantial
additional funds, and we will need to hire and train significant numbers of employees and
managerial personnel to staff our facility. Start-up costs can be large and scale-up entails
significant risks related to process development and manufacturing yields. We may be unable to
develop manufacturing facilities that are sufficient to produce drug material for clinical trials
or commercial use. In addition, we may be unable to secure adequate filling and finishing services
to support our products. As a result, our business, financial condition, and results of operations
may be materially harmed.
We may be unable to obtain key raw materials and supplies for the manufacture of our product
candidates. In addition, we may face difficulties in developing or acquiring production technology
and managerial personnel to manufacture sufficient quantities of our product candidates at
reasonable costs and in compliance with applicable quality assurance and environmental regulations
and governmental permitting requirements.
If any of our clinical programs are discontinued, we may face costs related to the unused capacity
at our manufacturing facilities.
We have large-scale manufacturing operations in Rensselaer, New York. We use our facilities to
produce bulk product for clinical and preclinical candidates for ourselves and our
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collaborations.
If our clinical candidates are discontinued, we will have to absorb one hundred percent of related
overhead costs and inefficiencies.
Certain of our raw materials are single-sourced from third parties; third-party supply failures
could adversely affect our ability to supply our products.
Certain raw materials necessary for manufacturing and formulation of our product candidates
are provided by single-source unaffiliated third-party suppliers. We would be unable to obtain
these raw materials for an indeterminate period of time if these third-party single-source
suppliers were to cease or interrupt production or otherwise fail to supply these materials or
products to us for any reason, including due to regulatory requirements or action, due to adverse
financial developments at or affecting the supplier, or due to labor shortages or disputes. This,
in turn, could materially and adversely affect our ability to manufacture our product candidates
for use in clinical trials, which could materially and adversely affect our business and future
prospects.
Also, certain of the raw materials required in the manufacturing and the formulation of our
clinical candidates may be derived from biological sources, including mammalian tissues, bovine
serum, and human serum albumin. There are certain European regulatory restrictions on using these
biological source materials. If we are required to substitute for these sources to comply with
European regulatory requirements, our clinical development activities may be delayed or
interrupted.
Risks Related to Commercialization of Products
If we are unable to establish sales, marketing, and distribution capabilities, or enter into
agreements with third parties to do so, we will be unable to successfully market and sell future
products.
We have no sales or distribution personnel or capabilities and have only a small staff with
marketing capabilities. If we are unable to obtain those capabilities, either by developing our own
organizations or entering into agreements with service providers, we will not be able to
successfully sell any products that we may obtain regulatory approval for and bring to market in
the future. In that event, we will not be able to generate significant revenue, even if our product
candidates are approved. We cannot guarantee that we will be able to hire the qualified sales and
marketing personnel we need or that we will be able to enter into marketing or distribution
agreements with third-party providers on acceptable terms, if at all. Under the terms of our
collaboration agreement with sanofi-aventis, we currently rely on sanofi-aventis for sales,
marketing, and distribution of the VEGF Trap in cancer indications, should it be approved in the
future by regulatory authorities for marketing. We will have to rely on a third party or devote
significant resources to develop our own sales, marketing, and distribution capabilities for our
other product candidates, including the VEGF Trap-Eye in the United States, and we may be
unsuccessful in developing our own sales, marketing, and distribution organization.
Even if our product candidates are approved for marketing, their commercial success is highly
uncertain because our competitors have received approval for products with the same mechanism of
action, and competitors may get to the marketplace before we do with better or
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lower cost drugs or
the market for our product candidates may be too small to support commercialization or sufficient
profitability.
There is substantial competition in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries from
pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and chemical companies. Many of our competitors have substantially
greater research, preclinical and clinical product development and manufacturing capabilities, and
financial, marketing, and human resources than we do. Our smaller competitors
may also enhance their competitive position if they acquire or discover patentable inventions,
form collaborative arrangements, or merge with large pharmaceutical companies. Even if we achieve
product commercialization, our competitors have achieved, and may continue to achieve, product
commercialization before our products are approved for marketing and sale.
Genentech has an approved VEGF antagonist, Avastin® (Genentech), on the market for
treating certain cancers and many different pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies are working
to develop competing VEGF antagonists, including Novartis, OSI Pharmaceuticals, and Pfizer. Many of
these molecules are farther along in development than the VEGF Trap and may offer competitive
advantages over our molecule. Novartis has an ongoing Phase 3 clinical development program
evaluating an orally delivered VEGF tyrosine kinase inhibitor in different cancer settings. Each
of Pfizer and Onyx Pharmaceuticals (together with its partner Bayer HealthCare) has received
approval from the FDA to market and sell an oral medication that targets tumor cell growth and new
vasculature formation that fuels the growth of tumors. The marketing approvals for Genentechs
VEGF antagonist, Avastin® (Genentech), and their extensive, ongoing clinical development
plan for Avastin® (Genentech) in other cancer indications, may make it more difficult
for us to enroll patients in clinical trials to support the VEGF Trap and to obtain regulatory
approval of the VEGF Trap in these cancer settings. This may delay or impair our ability to
successfully develop and commercialize the VEGF Trap. In addition, even if the VEGF Trap is ever
approved for sale for the treatment of certain cancers, it will be difficult for our drug to
compete against Avastin® (Genentech) and the FDA approved kinase inhibitors, because
doctors and patients will have significant experience using these medicines. In addition, an oral
medication may be considerably less expensive for patients than a biologic medication, providing a
competitive advantage to companies that market such products.
The market for eye disease products is also very competitive. Novartis and Genentech are
collaborating on the commercialization and further development of a VEGF antibody fragment
(Lucentis®) for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD) and other
eye indications that was approved by the FDA in June 2006. OSI Pharmaceuticals and Pfizer are
marketing an approved VEGF inhibitor for wet AMD. Many other companies are working on the
development of product candidates for the potential treatment of wet AMD that act by blocking VEGF,
VEGF receptors, and through the use of soluble ribonucleic acids (sRNAs) that modulate gene
expression. In addition, ophthalmologists are using off-label a third-party reformulated version
of Genentechs approved VEGF antagonist, Avastin®, with success for the treatment of wet
AMD. The National Eye Institute recently has received funding for a Phase 3 trial to compare
Lucentis® (Genentech) to Avastin® (Genentech) in the treatment of wet AMD.
The marketing approval of Lucentis® (Genentech) and the potential off-label use of
Avastin® (Genentech) make it more difficult for us to enroll patients in our clinical
trials and successfully develop the VEGF Trap-Eye. Even if the VEGF Trap-Eye is ever approved for
sale for the treatment of eye diseases, it may be difficult for our drug to compete against
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(Genentech), because doctors and patients will have significant experience
using this medicine. Moreover, the relatively low cost of therapy with Avastin®
(Genentech) in patients with wet AMD presents a further competitive challenge in this indication.
The availability of highly effective FDA approved TNF-antagonists such as Enbrel®
(Immunex), Remicade® (Centocor), and Humira® (Abbott Biotechnology Ltd.), and
the IL-1 receptor antagonist Kineret® (Amgen), and other marketed therapies makes it
more difficult to
successfully develop and commercialize the IL-1 Trap. This is one of the reasons we
discontinued the development of the IL-1 Trap in adult rheumatoid arthritis. In addition, even if
the IL-1 Trap is ever approved for sale, it will be difficult for our drug to compete against these
FDA approved TNF-antagonists in indications where both are useful because doctors and patients will
have significant experience using these effective medicines. Moreover, in such indications these
approved therapeutics may offer competitive advantages over the IL-1 Trap, such as requiring fewer
injections.
There are both small molecules and antibodies in development by third parties that are
designed to block the synthesis of interleukin-1 or inhibit the signaling of interleukin-1. For
example, Eli Lilly and Company and Novartis are each developing antibodies to interleukin-1 and
Amgen is developing an antibody to the interleukin-1 receptor. These drug candidates could offer
competitive advantages over the IL-1 Trap. The successful development of these competing molecules
could delay or impair our ability to successfully develop and commercialize the IL-1 Trap. For
example, we may find it difficult to enroll patients in clinical trials for the IL-1 Trap if the
companies developing these competing interleukin-1 inhibitors commence clinical trials in the same
indications.
We are developing the IL-1 Trap for the treatment of a spectrum of rare diseases associated
with mutations in the CIAS1 gene. These rare genetic disorders affect a small group of people,
estimated to be between several hundred and a few thousand. There may be too few patients with
these genetic disorders to profitably commercialize the IL-1 Trap in this indication.
The successful commercialization of our product candidates will depend on obtaining coverage and
reimbursement for use of these products from third-party payers and these payers may not agree to
cover or reimburse for use of our products.
Our products, if commercialized, may be significantly more expensive than traditional drug
treatments. Our future revenues and profitability will be adversely affected if United States and
foreign governmental, private third-party insurers and payers, and other third-party payers,
including Medicare and Medicaid, do not agree to defray or reimburse the cost of our products to
the patients. If these entities refuse to provide coverage and reimbursement with respect to our
products or provide an insufficient level of coverage and reimbursement, our products may be too
costly for many patients to afford them, and physicians may not prescribe them. Many third-party
payers cover only selected drugs, making drugs that are not preferred by such payer more expensive
for patients, and require prior authorization or failure on another type of treatment before
covering a particular drug. Payers may especially impose these obstacles to coverage on
higher-priced drugs, as our product candidates are likely to be.
We intend to file an application with the FDA seeking approval to market the IL-1 Trap for
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treatment of a spectrum of rare genetic disorders called CAPS. There may be too few patients with
CAPS to profitably commercialize the IL-1 Trap. Physicians may not prescribe the IL-1 Trap and
CAPS patients may not be able to afford the IL-1 Trap if third party payers do not agree to
reimburse the cost of IL-1 Trap therapy and this would adversely affect our ability to
commercialize the IL-1 Trap profitably.
In addition to potential restrictions on coverage, the amount of reimbursement for our
products may also reduce our profitability. In the United States, there have been, and we
expect will continue to be, actions and proposals to control and reduce healthcare costs.
Government and other third-party payers are challenging the prices charged for healthcare products
and increasingly limiting, and attempting to limit, both coverage and level of reimbursement for
prescription drugs.
Since our products, including the IL-1 Trap, will likely be too expensive for most patients to
afford without health insurance coverage, if our products are unable to obtain adequate coverage
and reimbursement by third-party payers our ability to successfully commercialize our product
candidates may be adversely impacted. Any limitation on the use of our products or any decrease in
the price of our products will have a material adverse effect on our ability to achieve
profitability.
In certain foreign countries, pricing, coverage and level of reimbursement of prescription
drugs are subject to governmental control, and we may be unable to negotiate coverage, pricing, and
reimbursement on terms that are favorable to us. In some foreign countries, the proposed pricing
for a drug must be approved before it may be lawfully marketed. The requirements governing drug
pricing vary widely from country to country. For example, the European Union 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. 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. Our results of operations may suffer if we are unable to market our products
in foreign countries or if coverage and reimbursement for our products in foreign countries is
limited.
Risk Related to Employees
We are dependent on our key personnel and if we cannot recruit and retain leaders in our research,
development, manufacturing, and commercial organizations, our business will be harmed.
We are highly dependent on certain of our executive officers. If we are not able to retain any
of these persons or our Chairman, our business may suffer. In particular, we depend on the services
of P. Roy Vagelos, M.D., the Chairman of our board of directors, Leonard Schleifer, M.D., Ph.D.,
our President and Chief Executive Officer, George D. Yancopoulos, M.D., Ph.D., our Executive Vice
President, Chief Scientific Officer and President, Regeneron Research Laboratories, and Neil Stahl,
Ph.D., our Senior Vice President, Research and Development Sciences. There is intense competition
in the biotechnology industry for qualified scientists and managerial personnel in the development,
manufacture, and commercialization of drugs. We may
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the qualified personnel necessary for developing our business.
Risks Related to Our Common Stock
Our stock price is extremely volatile.
There has been significant volatility in our stock price and generally in the market prices of
biotechnology companies securities. Various factors and events may have a significant impact on
the market price of our common stock. These factors include, by way of example:
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The trading price of our common stock has been, and could continue to be, subject to wide
fluctuations in response to these and other factors, including the sale or attempted sale of a
large amount of our common stock in the market. Broad market fluctuations may also adversely affect
the market price of our common stock.
Future sales of our common stock by our significant shareholders or us may depress our stock price
and impair our ability to raise funds in new share offerings.
A small number of our shareholders beneficially own a substantial amount of our common stock.
As of April 12, 2007, our seven largest shareholders beneficially owned 44.1% of our outstanding
shares of Common Stock, assuming, in the case of Leonard S. Schleifer, M.D. Ph.D., our Chief
Executive Officer, and P. Roy Vagelos, M.D., our Chairman, the conversion of their Class A Stock
into Common Stock and the exercise of all options held by them which are exercisable within 60 days
of April 12, 2007. As of April 12, 2007, sanofi-aventis owned 2,799,552 shares of Common Stock,
representing approximately 4.4% of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding. Under our stock
purchase agreement with sanofi-aventis, sanofi-aventis may sell no more than 500,000 of these
shares in any calendar quarter. If sanofi-aventis, or our other significant shareholders or we,
sell substantial amounts of our Common Stock in the public market, or the perception that such
sales may occur exists, the market price of our Common Stock could fall. Sales of Common Stock by
our significant shareholders, including sanofi-aventis, also might make it more difficult for us to
raise funds by selling equity or equity-related securities in the future at a time and price that
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Our existing shareholders may be able to exert significant influence over matters requiring
shareholder approval.
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. As of April 12, 2007, holders of Class A Stock held
26.4% of the combined voting power of all of Common Stock and Class A Stock then outstanding.
These shareholders, if acting together, would be in a position to significantly
influence the election of our directors and to effect or prevent certain corporate
transactions that require majority or supermajority approval of the combined classes, including
mergers and other business combinations. This may result in our company taking corporate actions
that you may not consider to be in your best interest and may affect the price of our Common Stock.
As of April 12, 2007:
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our current executive officers and directors beneficially owned 13.2% 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 12, 2007, and 30.4% of the combined voting power of our outstanding shares of Common
Stock and Class A Stock, assuming the exercise of all options held by such persons which
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our seven largest shareholders beneficially owned 44.1% of our outstanding shares of
Common Stock, assuming, in the case of Leonard S. Schleifer, M.D., Ph.D., our Chief
Executive Officer, and P. Roy Vagelos, M.D., our Chairman, the conversion of their Class A
Stock into Common Stock and the exercise of all options held by them which are exercisable
within 60 days of April 12, 2007. In addition, these seven shareholders held 51.0% 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 and our Chairman which are
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The anti-takeover effects of provisions of our charter, by-laws, and of New York corporate law,
could deter, delay, or prevent an acquisition or other change in control of us and could
adversely affect the price of our common stock.
Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, our by-laws and the New York Business
Corporation Law contain various provisions that could have the effect of delaying or preventing a
change in control of our company or our management that shareholders may consider favorable or
beneficial. Some of these provisions could discourage proxy contests and make it more difficult for
you and other shareholders to elect directors and take other corporate actions. These provisions
could also limit the price that investors might be willing to pay in the future for shares of our
common stock. These provisions include:
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be created and issued by the board of directors without prior shareholder approval, with
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a requirement that removal of directors may only be effected for cause and only upon the
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without a meeting, only if, prior to such action, all of our shareholders consent, the
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under the New York Business Corporation Law, a plan of merger or consolidation of the
Company must be approved by two-thirds of the votes of all outstanding shares entitled to
vote thereon. See the risk factor immediately above captioned Our existing shareholders
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In addition, we have a Change in Control Severance Plan and our chief executive officer has an
employment agreement that provides severance benefits in the event our officers are terminated as a
result of a change in control of the Company. Many of our stock options issued under our 2000
Long-Term Incentive Plan may become fully vested in connection with a change in control of our
company, as defined in the plan.
Item 6. Exhibits
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Non-Exclusive License and Material Transfer Agreement, dated as of March 30, 2007, by
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the Commission pursuant to requests for confidential treatment
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused
this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
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EX-10.1
Exhibit 10.1
NON-EXCLUSIVE LICENSE AND MATERIAL TRANSFER AGREEMENT
This Non-Exclusive License and Material Transfer Agreement (Agreement) is entered into with an
effective date as of March 30, 2007 (the Effective Date), by and between Astellas Pharma Inc., a
Japanese company with a principal place of business located at 2-3-11 Nihonbashi-Honcho, Chuo-ku,
Tokyo 103-8411, Japan (Company), and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Regeneron), a New York
corporation, with a principal place of business located at 777 Old Saw Mill River Road, Tarrytown,
New York 10591-6707.
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, Regeneron has developed antibody technology, including genetically modified mice and
related know-how, useful to generate human monoclonal antibodies;
WHEREAS, Regeneron owns certain patents and patent applications covering its human antibody
technology;
WHEREAS, Company desires to obtain certain non-exclusive licenses under Regeneron Technology
(as defined below), including the right to commercialize Antibodies (as defined below) generated
from the Mice (as defined below), on the terms and conditions set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual promises and covenants
herein contained, Company and Regeneron agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
When used in this Agreement, each of the following terms shall have the meanings set forth in
this Article I:
1.1 Adjusted Annual Fee shall mean twenty million United States dollars
(US$20,000,000) adjusted in accordance with the US CPI to reflect any increase in the US CPI from
the month and year of the Transfer Date until the month and year of the most recently reported US
CPI available on the fourth anniversary of the Transfer Date.
1.2 Affiliate shall mean, with respect to a Person, any Person that controls, is
controlled by, or is under common control with such Person. For purposes of this Section 1.2,
control shall refer to (a) in the case of a Person that is a corporate entity, direct or
indirect ownership of fifty percent (50%) or more of the stock or shares having the right to vote
for the election of a majority of the directors of such Person or (b) in the case of a Person that
is an entity, whether or not he, she or it is a corporate entity, the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct, or cause the direction of, the management or policies of such
Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
1.3 Antibody shall mean any antibody, or any derivative, or fragment thereof,
including any fusions comprising any such antibody, derivative or fragment, that has been
Derived from Mice and/or Mice Materials pursuant to this Agreement and any composition or
formulation that incorporates or includes any such antibody, derivative, fragment or fusion
molecule.
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1.4 Antibody Materials shall mean *********************.
1.5 Applicable Law shall mean all applicable laws, statutes, rules, regulations,
ordinances and other pronouncements having the effect of law of any court, tribunal, arbitrator,
agency, commission, official or other instrumentality of (a) any government of any country, (b) a
federal, state, province, county, city or other political subdivision thereof or (c) any
supranational body.
1.6 Approved Third Party shall mean a Third Party approved by Regeneron pursuant to
Section 3.6.
1.7 Breeding Pair shall mean one (1) male Mouse and one (1) female Mouse.
1.8 Company Know How shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(c).
1.9 Company Patent Rights shall mean all Patent Rights owned or Controlled by
Company and/or its Affiliates, in each case, which claim any composition (or portion thereof) or
use of the Antibody, Antibody Materials, Subject Products or Company Know-How.
1.10 Company Technology shall mean Company Patent Rights and Company Know-How.
1.11 Control and cognates thereof shall mean the ability by a Person to grant
(whether directly or through its Affiliates) the right to access or use, or to grant a licence or a
sublicense to, or the right to disclose or transfer Regeneron Technology (including, without
limitation, Mice), Company Technology or other intellectual property right, or Confidential
Information, as the case may be, without violating the terms of any agreement or other arrangement
with, or the rights of, any Third Party.
1.12 Derived and cognates thereof shall mean obtained, developed, acquired, made,
invented, discovered, created, synthesized, designed, or otherwise generated or resulting from.
For the avoidance of doubt, an antibody or antibody material shall not be deemed Derived from Mice
if Company only uses Company Know-How (other than DNA or amino acid sequence information) to derive
antibodies from sources other than Mice or Mice Materials.
1.13 Diagnostic Subject Product shall mean each Subject Product approved and sold or
offered for sale for diagnostic use.
1.14 Distributor shall mean a Third Party appointed to distribute, market and sell
the Subject Products in a country or region other than the United States, Canada, France, Germany,
Italy, Japan, Spain, or the United Kingdom, even if that Third Party is supplied Subject Products
in unpackaged bulk form; provided that such Third Party does not make any royalty or other payment
to Company or any of its Affiliates or Licensees with respect to the Subject Product or
intellectual property rights outside of the amounts included in the calculation of Net Sales (other
than a reasonable and customary up-front payment that is comparable to payments made by Company to
a Distributor for the distribution of its other products in the applicable country or region).
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1.15 Exploit means to make, have made, import, use, sell, or offer for sale,
including to research, develop, register, modify, enhance, improve, manufacture, have manufactured,
hold/keep (whether for disposal or otherwise), formulate, optimise, have used, export, transport,
distribute, promote, market or have sold or otherwise dispose or offer to dispose of a product or
process and Exploitation shall be construed accordingly.
1.16 Launch shall mean the first commercial sale of any Subject Product by Company
or its Affiliate or Licensee to a Third Party in a given country.
1.17 Licensee shall mean any Third Party that licenses, either directly or through a
sublicense, a Subject Product from Company or any of its Affiliates. For the avoidance of doubt,
the term Licensee shall include any Third Party that licenses a Subject Product from a Licensee
but shall not include a Distributor.
1.18 Mice shall mean (a) Regenerons proprietary, genetically modified mice that are
described in Exhibit A ******************* ***********************.
1.19 Mice Inventions shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.4.
1.20 Mice Materials shall mean *************************************, but excluding
Antibodies and Antibody Materials.
1.21 Net Sales shall mean the gross amounts invoiced by Company, Companys
Affiliates and/or Licensees on sales of Subject Products, less the following items:
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tariffs, duties, excises and sales taxes imposed upon and paid
directly with respect to such sales (reduced by any refunds of such taxes
deducted in the calculation of Net Sales for prior periods and, for the
avoidance of doubt, no deduction shall be permitted for income or similar
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invoiced amounts that are written off as uncollectible in
accordance with Companys accounting policies, as consistently applied over all
products of Company, Companys Affiliates and/or Licensees (reduced by any
collections of such amounts deducted in the calculation of Net Sales for prior
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expenses, special packaging and related insurance charges,
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The deductions set forth in clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) above shall be determined in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, as consistently applied by Company across
all of its
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products. The amounts set forth in clause (b) above shall only be deducted from gross invoiced
sales to the extent included in gross invoiced sales.
Transfers of Subject Products among Company and Companys Affiliates and Licensees for the purpose
of subsequent resale to Third Parties shall not be counted for purposes of calculating Net Sales;
with respect to such transfers, the gross amounts invoiced in connection with the subsequent resale
of such Subject Products by Company or its Affiliates or Licensees to Third Parties shall be
included in the calculation of Net Sales.
For purposes of determining Net Sales, the Subject Product(s) shall be deemed to be sold when
invoiced and a sale shall not include transfers or dispositions made without financial
consideration for charitable, promotional, preclinical, clinical, regulatory or governmental
purposes.
As used in this paragraph, Combination Products means Subject Products that contain an Antibody
as an active ingredient together with one or more other active ingredients. With respect to
Combination Products, the Net Sales used for the calculation of the royalties under Section 4.2
will be adjusted by multiplying actual Net Sales of such Combination Product by the fraction A /
(A+B), where A is the standard sales price of the Subject Product, containing the same amount of
Antibody as its sole active ingredient as does the Combination Product in question, in the given
country, and B is the standard sales price of the ready-for-sale form of a product containing, as
its sole active ingredient(s) the same amount of the other therapeutically active ingredient(s)
that is contained in the Combination Product in question, in the given country. If, on a
country-by-country basis, the therapeutically active ingredient(s) in the Combination Product other
than the Subject Product are not sold separately in that country, Net Sales shall be adjusted by
multiplying actual Net Sales of such Combination Product by the fraction A / C, where C is the
standard sales price of the Combination Product in such country. If, on a country-by-country
basis, neither the Subject Product nor the other active ingredient(s) of the Combination Product is
sold separately in said country, Net Sales shall be determined between the Parties in good faith.
1.22 Party shall mean Regeneron or Company; Parties shall mean Regeneron and
Company.
1.23 Patent Rights shall mean all patents and patent applications (including
provisional patent applications and any continuations of any such patent applications, claims in
continuations-in-part to the extent such claims are entirely supported by the specifications of any
such patent applications, and any divisionals, provisionals or substitute applications with respect
to any such patent applications), any patent issued with respect to any such patent applications,
any reissue, reexamination, renewal or extension (including any supplemental patent certificate) of
any such patent, and any confirmation patent, registration patent, patent of addition, or
inventors certificate based on or directed to the same invention as any such patent, and all
patents and patent applications anywhere in the world that at any time, directly or indirectly,
claim priority from, support a claim of priority of or contain substantially identical disclosure
as any of the foregoing.
1.24 Person shall mean any natural person or any corporation, company, partnership,
limited liability company, joint venture, firm or other entity, including without limitation a
Party.
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1.25 Progeny shall mean any mice that are produced or developed by breeding or
otherwise reproducing Mice.
1.26 Regeneron Know-How shall mean the trade secrets, unpatented technical
information, specifications, protocols, and procedures described or referred to in Exhibit
A and any unpatented Mice Inventions.
1.27 Regeneron Patent Rights shall mean all Patent Rights owned or Controlled by
Regeneron and/or its Affiliates as at the Effective Date and, subject to Section 2.5, during the
term of this Agreement, in each case, which claim the Mice, Mice Materials or Mice Inventions or
the use of the Mice, Mice Materials or Mice Inventions to make Antibodies in general, including,
without limitation, the Patent Rights that are listed in Exhibit B. For the avoidance of
doubt, Regeneron Patent Rights shall not include (i) any Patent Rights claiming methods relating to
Antibody or Antibody Material generation that are not directly related to the Mice or Mice
Materials and (ii) any Patent Rights claiming the use of Mice or Mice Materials to make Antibodies
against any specific target.
1.28 Regeneron Technology shall mean the Regeneron Know-How and Regeneron Patent
Rights including with respect to any Mice Invention.
1.29 Royalty Term shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.3.
1.30 SEC shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
1.31 Site shall mean ********************************* and any site of a Companys
Affiliate or Approved Third Party upon prior written notification of the address of such
facility(ies) to Regeneron.
1.32 Subject Product shall mean any product (including, without limitation, any
therapeutic or diagnostic for human or veterinary use) that contains as an ingredient or component
an Antibody or Antibody Materials.
1.33 Therapeutic Subject Products shall mean all Subject Products except for
Diagnostic Subject Products.
1.34 Third Party shall mean any Person other than Regeneron, Company, or their
respective Affiliates.
1.35 Transfer Date shall mean the date upon which the first delivery of Mice from
Regeneron are received by Company pursuant to Section 3.3 or ********************.
1.36 US CPI shall mean the Consumer Price Index Urban Wage Earners and Clerical
Workers, U.S. City Average, All Items, 1982-1984 = 100, published by the United States Department
of Labor, Bureau of Statistics (or its successor equivalent index) or such other index as may be
mutually agreed upon by the Parties.
1.37 Valid Claim shall mean a claim which satisfies both of the conditions set forth
in (i) and (ii) below: (i) the relevant claim is either (a) a claim of an issued and unexpired
patent
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which has not been held permanently revoked, unenforceable or invalid by a decision of a court
or other governmental agency of competent jurisdiction, unappealable or unappealed within the time
allowed for appeal, and which has not been admitted to be invalid or unenforceable through re-issue
or disclaimer or otherwise or (b) a claim of a pending patent application which claim was filed in
good faith and which has not been pending for more than seven (7) years and that has not been
abandoned or finally rejected without the possibility of appeal or refilling, and (ii) the relevant
claim would be infringed by a Third Party if such Third Party Exploits a Subject Product.
ARTICLE II
LICENSE
2.1 License Grant. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, Regeneron on behalf of
itself and its Affiliates hereby grants to Company a non-exclusive, worldwide license under the
Regeneron Technology:
(a) to make Mice at the Site (but not to have Mice made other than by an Approved Third
Party) (i) solely by means of breeding Mice with other Mice in accordance with the breeding
practices outlined on Exhibit A as supplemented by disclosures made by Regeneron
pursuant to Section 3.1 and Section 3.2 and (ii) as specifically set forth in the last
sentence of Section 5.4;
(b) to use Mice at the Site (but not to have Mice used other than by an Approved Third
Party) supplied by Regeneron or made by or for Company in accordance with (a) above to
Derive Mice Materials for the purpose of making or having made Antibodies and/or Antibody
Materials for internal research purposes, including for use in human clinical trials; and
(c) to use Mice Materials at the Site (but not to have Mice Materials used other than
by an Approved Third Party) to Derive Antibodies and Antibody Materials.
As of the Effective Date, Regeneron has no Affiliates that Control any Regeneron Technology.
2.2 No Sublicense. Company shall not sublicense or otherwise transfer its rights
(except as specifically provided in Sections 3.6 and 10.1) granted under Regeneron Technology;
provided, however, that Company shall have the right to grant sublicenses under the licenses
granted pursuant to Section 2.1 to its Affiliates; provided, further, that Company shall ensure
that the terms of each such sublicense are consistent with the terms of this Agreement and that its
Affiliates shall not commit any act (including any act of omission) which Company is prohibited
from committing directly.
2.3 No Implied Licenses. The grant of the license to Company under Regeneron
Technology set forth herein shall not constitute a grant of a license to Company under any Patent
Rights or know-how other than the Regeneron Technology.
2.4 Mice Inventions. Company acknowledges and agrees that (a) the licenses granted to
it pursuant to Section 2.1 permit Company (and Affiliates and Approved Third Parties) to use the
Mice and Mice Materials solely for the purposes set forth therein, (b) neither Company nor any
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of its Affiliates shall use the Mice or Mice Materials other than for the purposes set forth
in Section 2.1, (c) Company has no right to use and shall not use the Mice or Mice Materials to
discover, develop or otherwise make improvements that directly relate to the Mice or Mice Materials
(Mice Inventions) under such grants except for inventions made in the ordinary course of using
the Mice and Mice Materials for the purpose of making (or having made) and using Antibodies and
Antibody Materials under the grants in Sections 2.1(a) through (c). For the avoidance of doubt,
Regeneron acknowledges that Mice Inventions shall not include Antibodies or Antibody Materials and
general methods relating to the generation of antibodies or antibody materials. Without limiting
any of Regenerons rights under this Agreement or otherwise, should Company make any Mice
Inventions, Company shall promptly disclose to Regeneron, in writing, any such Mice Inventions and
shall, and hereby does, assign, for itself and on behalf of its Affiliates, to Regeneron all right,
title, and interest it or they have in Mice Inventions without additional compensation. Company
agrees, for itself and on behalf of its Affiliates, to execute any and all further instruments,
forms of assignments and other documents, and to take such further actions as Regeneron may
request, in order to transfer all of Companys (and/or its Affiliates) rights in the Mice
Inventions. Without limiting the foregoing, Regeneron shall have the right to prepare, file and
prosecute, in Regenerons name as assignee, patent applications on all Mice Inventions.
2.5 New Regeneron Patent Rights.
If Regeneron acquires rights to additional intellectual property from a Third Party required by
Company for its use of the Mice or Regeneron Technology under this Agreement that requires no
payments to such Third Party and that permits Regeneron to include such intellectual property in
the scope of the license grants in Section 2.1 of this Agreement, such intellectual property shall
be included in this Agreement at no additional charge to Company. In the event that Regeneron
acquires rights to such additional intellectual property from a Third Party relating to the Mice or
Regeneron Technology pursuant to an agreement that requires payments to such Third Party and that
permits Regeneron to include such intellectual property in the scope of the license grants in
Section 2.1 of this Agreement, Regeneron and Company shall negotiate in good faith the terms under
which such intellectual property shall be included in this Agreement, including without limitation,
additional payments to be made by Company for the right to use such intellectual property. Such
additional payments (including, without limitation, pass through royalties) shall not exceed the
payments required to be made by Regeneron to such Third Party in consideration for Controlling and
sublicensing the intellectual property rights.
*****************************************************. In the event Regeneron and Company are
unable to agree on such terms, then the subject matter of such intellectual property shall not be
included within the definition of Regeneron Technology, and Company shall have no license or rights
with respect to such intellectual property.
2.6 Prohibited Uses. Notwithstanding Section 2.1, Company agrees, for itself and on
behalf of its Affiliates, that it and they shall not Derive Mice, Mice Materials, Antibodies or
Antibody Materials for any Third Party as a contractor or service provider of such Third Party.
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ARTICLE III
MATERIAL TRANSFER; OWNERSHIP OF MICE
3.1 Technology Transfer. Subject to Section 3.5, Regeneron shall transfer to Company
the materials, including Regeneron Know-How and Mice, set forth on Exhibit A. Subject to
Section 8.1, all such Regeneron Know-How and Mice listed in Exhibit A shall be considered
Confidential Information. Other than the grant of license in Section 2.1, Regeneron retains all
right, title and interest in and to the Regeneron Technology, Mice, and Mice Materials described in
Exhibit A. Except as set forth in this Article III, Regeneron shall not have any
obligation to provide to Company any trade secrets, know-how, information, specifications,
protocols or procedures.
3.2 Transition Support. The Parties agree to work diligently and in good faith to
complete the transfers set forth in Section 3.1 from Regeneron to Company as soon as reasonably
practicable. Regeneron, at its sole cost and expense, shall provide reasonable telephonic
assistance to Company to help identify and solve issues relating to unsuccessful breeding of Mice
(including ********************** ***********). At Companys request and expense, upon reasonable
prior notice and at mutually convenient dates, Regeneron personnel shall
****************************to help identify and solve issues relating to unsuccessful breeding of
Mice at the Site designated by Company.
3.3 Delivery Terms and Conditions. Regeneron shall be responsible for (a) making
arrangements for all Mice identified in Exhibit A to be shipped from Regeneron to Company
or any Approved Third Party; Regeneron shall take reasonable steps to ensure that all Mice shall be
free of any pathogen prior to shipment; (b) the proper packaging of Mice, such packaging to comply
with Applicable Law and Regenerons veterinary handling procedures and protocols; and (c) shipment
of all such Mice. All Mice identified in Exhibit A will be shipped ***************** to
such Sites as Company may designate from time to time (Incoterms 2000). The Mice to be shipped
promptly following the Effective Date pursuant to Section 1.35 shall be sent to the Site designated
by Company. Company shall be required to notify Regeneron of the Site for the delivery of Mice
pursuant to this Section 3.3 **********************. Company shall provide Regeneron with prompt
written notice of the date that is the Transfer Date. Company shall be responsible for (y) paying
all shipment and delivery charges and import or export duties in connection therewith and (z)
complying with all customs regulations and obtaining any and all permits, forms or permissions that
may be required for Company to accept shipment of such Mice from Regeneron.
3.4 Failure to Produce Progeny. Company shall be responsible for establishing a
colony of Mice. *************************** **************************
3.5 Ownership of Mice and Mice Materials; Assignment. Company agrees, for
itself and on behalf of its Affiliates, that Regeneron retains all right, title and interest in the
Mice and Mice Materials. Without limiting the foregoing, Company hereby assigns, for itself and on
behalf of its Affiliates, to Regeneron any right, title and interest it or they may have in Progeny
and Mice Materials. Company agrees, for itself and on behalf of its Affiliates, to execute any and
all further instruments, forms of assignments and other documents, and to take such further actions
as
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Regeneron may reasonably request at Regenerons cost, in order to transfer all of Companys
(and/or its Affiliates) rights, if any, in Mice (including, without limitation, Progeny) and Mice
Materials to Regeneron and on such transfer any such rights shall be included in Regeneron
Technology and subject to the licenses granted pursuant to Section 2.1. During the term of this
Agreement, it is agreed that (i) Company shall have the right to transfer the Mice and Mice
Materials to Sites solely for purposes of this Agreement, and (ii) Company, its Affiliates and
Approved Third Parties may use Mice (including, without limitation, Progeny) and Mice Materials
only in the manner contemplated by Section 2.1.
3.6 Approved Third Party. Company may use Approved Third Party service providers (a)
to have Mice made solely by means of breeding Mice with other Mice in accordance with the terms of
the license grant in Section 2.1(a); and (b) to have Mice or Mice Materials made or used in
accordance with the license grants in Sections 2.1(b) and 2.1(c), in each case, under the following
conditions: (i) Regeneron shall within thirty (30) days of receiving written notice from the
Company of the identity of the relevant Third Party and such other information as Regeneron may
reasonably require to assess such appointment have notified Company in writing whether such Third
Party is approved or not (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); and (ii) such
Third Party service provider shall have entered into a separate writing with Regeneron
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit C. Company shall remain responsible
for the performance of its Approved Third Party with the obligations of Company under this
Agreement and shall ensure that any such Approved Third Party does not commit any act (including
any act of omission) which Company is prohibited from committing directly and commits such acts as
Company is obligated to hereunder.
ARTICLE IV
PAYMENTS AND RECORDS
4.1 Up-Front Fee/Annual Fees. Company shall pay Regeneron a non-refundable amount of
twenty million United States dollars (US$20,000,000) within seven (7) days of the execution of this
Agreement. In addition, Company shall pay Regeneron a non-refundable amount of twenty million
United States dollars (US$20,000,000) on each of the first, second, and third anniversaries of the
Transfer Date. Company shall pay to Regeneron the Adjusted Annual Fee on each of the fourth and
fifth anniversaries of the Transfer Date unless this Agreement shall have been terminated prior to
the fourth anniversary of the Transfer Date in accordance with Section 9.2. All payments to be
made pursuant to this Section 4.1 shall be made by bank wire transfer in immediately available
funds to an account designated by Regeneron.
4.2 Royalties. Subject to Section 4.3, Company shall pay royalties to Regeneron on
aggregate worldwide Net Sales of all Subject Products sold during the Royalty Term.
**************************************************************. Payments due under this section
shall be due in each calendar quarter in arrears, and shall be paid no later than sixty (60) days
after the last business day of each such calendar quarter. An example of
*******************************is set forth on Schedule 4.2 for purposes of illustration.
4.3 Royalty Term. The royalties payable under Section 4.2 shall be paid to Regeneron
for the period of time, as determined on a Subject Product by Subject Product and
country-by-country basis, commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the later of (a)
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*************** after the Launch of a given Subject Product in a given country and (b) the
expiration of the last Valid Claim of Royalty Bearing Company Patent Rights claiming or covering
such Subject Product in such country (the Royalty Term). For the avoidance of doubt, the Royalty
Term may extend beyond the term of this Agreement. As used above, the term Royalty Bearing
Company Patent Rights shall mean with respect to an Antibody either (a) all issued patents in a
country owned or Controlled by Company and/or its Affiliates, in each case, which includes a Valid
Claim claiming the composition of such *********************, or (b) if a patent described in (a)
above never issues in a country, then the first issued patent in such country that is owned or
Controlled by Company and/or its Affiliate with a Valid Claim claiming *********************** or
any approved use of such an Antibody (*******************) in a country.
4.4 Reports. Company shall keep and maintain, and shall cause its Affiliates and
Licensees to keep and maintain, records and books of account, in accordance with generally accepted
accounting practices, detailing full written accountings of Net Sales of Subject Products subject
to royalty obligations to Regeneron, and all other information necessary for the accurate
determination of royalty payments (including, without limitation, currency conversion rate
methodologies). Company shall deliver to Regeneron each calendar quarter commencing upon the first
calendar quarter following the first sale of a Subject Product, a report detailing the information
on which the royalty payments were calculated, including a breakdown of Net Sales of each Subject
Product on a country-by-country basis, which report shall accompany the royalty due under Section
4.2. Furthermore, for each Subject Product, Company shall notify Regeneron in writing promptly
following (a) the date on which Company first initiates a Phase 2 trial (as defined in 21 CFR
312.21(b), as amended from time to time) (or a Phase 3 trial (as defined in 21 CFR 312.21(c), as
amended from time to time), if no Phase 2 trial is conducted) of a Subject Product, and (b) each
receipt, on a country-by-country basis, by Company (or by any of its Affiliates or Licensees) of
regulatory approval to market and sell Subject Products.
4.5 Records and Audits.
(a) Company shall keep, and shall cause its Affiliates and Licensees to keep, complete
and accurate records of the latest three (3) years relating to gross sales, Net Sales, and
all information reasonably relevant under Sections 4.2 and 4.3. For the sole purpose of
verifying amounts payable to Regeneron, Regeneron shall have the right, no more than once
each calendar year, to review such records, through independent certified public accountants
proposed by Regeneron and reasonably acceptable to Company (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed), upon fifteen (15) days prior written notice. The
accounting firm shall disclose to Regeneron and Company only whether the royalty reports are
correct and details concerning any discrepancies, but no other information shall be
disclosed to Regeneron.
(b) If any review pursuant to Section 4.5(a) reflects an underpayment to Regeneron,
such underpayment shall be promptly remitted to Regeneron, together with interest calculated
in the manner provided in Section 4.8. If the underpayment is equal to or greater than five
percent (5%) of the amount that was otherwise due for any calendar quarter, Regeneron shall
be entitled to have Company pay all of the reasonable costs of
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such review otherwise such costs will be paid by Regeneron. If the review reflects an
overpayment by Company, then, at Companys option, such overpayment shall either be promptly
refunded to Company by Regeneron or creditable against amounts payable by Company in
subsequent payment periods.
4.6 United States Dollars (or U.S.dollars). All dollar ($) amounts specified in this
Agreement are United States (U.S.) dollar amounts.
4.7 Currency Exchange. With respect to sales of Subject Products invoiced in a
currency other than U.S. dollars and other amounts received by Company, Companys Affiliates and/or
Licensees in a currency other than U.S. dollars, such amounts shall be expressed in their local
currency and in their U.S. dollar equivalents calculated using the exchange rate conversion
methodology then in consistent use by Company throughout its business in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles and used in its preparation of the financial statements filed with
the SEC (or similar regulatory agency in another country if no financial statements are filed with
the SEC).
4.8 Late Payments. Company shall pay interest to Regeneron on the aggregate amount of
any payments that are not paid on or before the date such payments are due under this Agreement at
a rate per annum equal to the lesser of (a) ****** above LIBOR; or (b) the highest rate permitted
by Applicable Law, calculated on the number of days such payments are received by Regeneron after
the date such payments are due. In addition, Company shall reimburse Regeneron for all costs and
expenses, including without limitation reasonable attorney fees and legal expenses, incurred in the
collection of late payments. For the purposes of this Agreement, LIBOR shall mean the London
Interbank Offered Rate as calculated by the British Bankers Association or, if LIBOR ceases to be
available, the base rate of a London bank selected by Regeneron.
4.9 No Set Off. Except as set forth in Section 4.10, (a) neither Party shall set off
any of its obligations against or otherwise withhold from, any amount payable by it to the other
Party hereunder without the other Partys prior written consent and (b) there shall be no deduction
or withholding from the amounts payable hereunder.
4.10 Taxes.
(a) General. The royalties and other amounts payable by Company to Regeneron
pursuant to this Agreement (Payments) shall not be reduced on account of any taxes unless
required by Applicable Law. Regeneron alone shall be responsible for paying any and all
taxes (other than withholding taxes required by Applicable Law to be paid by Company) levied
on account of, or measured in whole or in part by reference to, any Payments it receives.
Company shall deduct or withhold from the Payments any taxes that it is required by
Applicable Law to deduct or withhold. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Regeneron is
entitled under any applicable tax treaty to a reduction of rate of, or the elimination of,
applicable withholding tax, it may deliver to Company or the appropriate governmental
authority (with the assistance of Company to the extent that this is reasonably required and
is expressly requested in writing) the prescribed forms necessary to reduce the applicable
rate of withholding or to relieve Company of its
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obligation to withhold tax, and Company shall apply the reduced rate of withholding, or
dispense with withholding, as the case may be, provided that Company has received evidence,
in a form satisfactory to Company, of Regenerons delivery of all applicable forms (and, if
necessary, its receipt of appropriate governmental authorization) at least fifteen (15) days
prior to the time that the Payments are due. If, in accordance with the foregoing, Company
withholds any amount, it shall pay to Regeneron the balance when due, make timely payment to
the proper taxing authority of the withheld amount, and send to Regeneron proof of such
payment within sixty (60) days following that payment.
(b) Indirect Taxes. Notwithstanding anything contained in Section 4.10(a),
this Section 4.10(b) shall apply with respect to value added taxes, sales taxes, consumption
taxes and other similar taxes (Indirect Taxes). All Payments are exclusive of Indirect
Taxes. If any Indirect Taxes are chargeable in respect of any Payments, Company shall pay
such Indirect Taxes at the applicable rate in respect of any such Payments following the
receipt, where applicable, of an Indirect Taxes invoice in the appropriate form issued by
Regeneron in respect of those Payments, such Indirect Taxes to be payable on the due date of
the payment of the Payments to which such Indirect Taxes relate.
(c) Changes Following Assignment. If following an assignment of this Agreement
under Section 10.1 the treatment of any Payments or Indirect Taxes for either Party is
affected by the assignment, then the Parties shall use their best efforts to promptly
negotiate a provision in replacement of the affected sections of this Agreement that is
consistent with and achieves as nearly as possible the original treatment of such Payments
and Indirect Taxes immediately prior to any such assignment.
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; COVENANTS
5.1 Representations and Warranties of Company. Company represents and warrants as
follows:
(a) Company is validly incorporated under the laws of Japan;
(b) Company has the corporate and legal right, authority and power to enter into this
Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder;
(c) Company has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement;
(d) upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement, this Agreement shall constitute
a valid and binding obligation of Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except
as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors and contracting parties rights generally
and except as enforceability may be subject to general principles of equity (regardless of
whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); and
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(e) the performance of Companys obligations under this Agreement will not conflict
with its charter documents or result in a breach of any agreements, contracts or other
arrangements to which it is a party.
5.2 Representations and Warranties of Regeneron. Regeneron represents and warrants to
Company that, subject to the terms of Schedule 5.2,
(a) Regeneron is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the State of New York, United States of America;
(b) Regeneron has the corporate and legal right, authority and power to enter into this
Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder;
(c) Regeneron has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement;
(d) upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement, this Agreement shall constitute
a valid and binding obligation of Regeneron, enforceable in accordance with its terms,
except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors and contracting parties
rights generally and except as enforceability may be subject to general principles of equity
(regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law);
(e) the performance of Regenerons obligations under this Agreement will not conflict
with its charter documents or result in a breach of any agreements, contracts or other
arrangements to which it is a party;
(f) Regeneron has the right to grant the licenses granted to Company on the terms set
forth herein;
(g) as of the Effective Date and with no further duty to update (except pursuant to
Section 7.3), (i) there is no pending litigation that alleges that any of Regenerons
activities directly relating to the Regeneron Technology, Mice, or Mice Materials have
violated, or would violate, any of the intellectual property rights of any Third Party (nor
has it received any written communication threatening such litigation); and (ii) to its
knowledge, no litigation has been otherwise threatened which alleges that any of its
activities directly relating to the Regeneron Technology, Mice, or Mice Materials have
violated or would violate, any of the intellectual property rights of any Third Party;
(h) Regeneron has disclosed or made available to Company all the Regeneron Technology
needed for Company to make and use VelocImmune 2 Mice pursuant to Section 2.1 (a) and (b)
of this Agreement;
(i) to its knowledge, Companys use of the Mice and other Regeneron Technology
generally hereunder (but not with respect to a specific Antibody or antigen or any methods
relating to Antibody or Antibody Material generation) will not infringe or otherwise violate
any Third Party patent issued *********************** claiming
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genetically modified mice or the use thereof to make antibodies.
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(j) to its knowledge, the issued patents included in the Regeneron Technology existing
at the Effective Date are not invalid or unenforceable in whole or part;
(k) to its knowledge, the development or reproduction of the Mice or the conception,
development and reduction to practice of the Regeneron Technology existing as of the
Effective Date has not constituted or involved the misappropriation of trade secrets or
other rights of any Person; and
(l) to its knowledge, the Know-How listed or referred to in Exhibit A is
sufficient to establish a colony of Mice.
For purposes hereof, to its knowledge shall mean actual knowledge with no duty of inquiry
or investigation
5.3 Disclaimer of Warranty. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT, ALL
REGENERON TECHNOLOGY AND MICE ARE PROVIDED TO COMPANY (a) AS IS AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, TITLE OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE AND (b) WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY THAT THE USE OF REGENERON TECHNOLOGY OR MICE
WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY THIRD PARTYS PATENT OR OTHER RIGHT.
5.4 Covenants. Company agrees, for itself and on behalf of its Affiliates, that it and
they:
(a) will abide by all industry accepted guidelines applicable to the use, handling and
disposal of genetically modified animals and comply in all material respects with all
Applicable Laws which relate to the use of the Mice and Mice Materials;
(b) will use diligent efforts to ensure that the Mice do not come into contact with any
mice other than Mice; and in particular will not intentionally or recklessly breed Mice with
any mice other than Mice, except as specifically set forth in the last sentence of this
Section 5.4;
(c) will not make any heritable genetic modifications to the Mice;
(d) will not Derive embryonic or other stem cells from the Mice or other Mice Material
that could be used to make Mice;
(e) will not use Mice or Mice Materials to directly manufacture or produce Subject
Products for sale. For the avoidance of doubt, Regeneron acknowledges that Company may (i)
isolate cDNA from Mice which code for a given antibody (the Isolated Mice Sequences), (ii)
modify DNA sequences of cell lines derived from sources other than the Mice and mice to
incorporate the Isolated Mice Sequence or modifications
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thereof, and (iii) manufacture Subject Products for sale using such modified cell lines
or using other Antibody Materials and such use shall not constitute a breach of Section
5.4(e);
(f) will not use Mice Materials to create Mice, mice or any transgenic animals; and
(g) will ensure that all Mice (including Progeny) and Mice Material supplied to it or
Derived under this Agreement remain in the possession of Company, its Affiliates or Approved
Third Parties.
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ARTICLE VI
INDEMNIFICATION
6.1 Indemnification by Company. Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
Regeneron and Regenerons Affiliates and their respective shareholders, directors, officers,
employees and agents (Regeneron Indemnitees) from and against any liabilities, losses, costs,
damages, fees or expenses arising out of any Third Party claim relating to (a) any breach by
Company or any of its Affiliates or Approved Third Parties of any of its representations,
warranties or obligations pursuant to this Agreement (or, in the case of the Approved Third Party,
the letter agreement with Regeneron in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit C), (b) any
product liability, personal injury, property damage or other damage resulting from the testing,
manufacture, use, offer for sale, sale or importation of Antibodies, Antibody Materials, or Subject
Products, or (c) infringement or misappropriation of any patent or other intellectual property
rights of any Third Party (other than Third Party patents specifically covering Regeneron
Technology, such patents being referred to as Regeneron Technology Blocking Patents) resulting
from the manufacture, use, offer for sale, sale or importation of Antibodies, Antibody Materials,
or Subject Products, by Company or Companys Affiliates, Licensees, Distributors, Approved Third
Parties or contract manufacturers, provided, however, that Company shall not be obligated to
indemnify or hold harmless Regeneron Indemnitees from any such liabilities, losses, costs, damages,
fees or expenses to the extent that (i) such liabilities, losses, costs, damages, fees or expenses
have resulted from the grossly negligent (or more culpable) act or omission of a Regeneron
Indemnitee or (ii) Regeneron has an obligation to indemnify any Company Indemnitee pursuant to
Section 6.2 in respect of such liabilities, losses, costs, damages, fees or expenses.
6.2 Indemnification by Regeneron. Regeneron agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
Company and Companys Affiliates, Approved Third Parties, Companys contract manufacturers of
Subject Products, Distributors, and Licensees, and their respective shareholders, directors,
officers, employees and agents (Company Indemnitees) from and against any liabilities, losses,
costs, damages, fees or expenses arising out of any Third Party claim relating to any breach by
Regeneron of any of its representations, warranties or obligations pursuant to this Agreement;
provided, however, that Regeneron shall not be obligated to indemnify or hold harmless Company
Indemnitees from any such liabilities, losses, costs, damages, fees or expenses to the extent that
such liabilities, losses, costs, damages, fees or expenses have resulted from the grossly negligent
(or more culpable) act or omission of a Company Indemnitee.
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6.3 Claims for Indemnification. A Person entitled to indemnification under this
Article VI (an Indemnified Party) shall give prompt written notification to the Person from whom
indemnification is sought (the Indemnifying Party) of the commencement of any action, suit or
proceeding relating to a Third Party claim for which indemnification may be sought or, if earlier,
upon the assertion of any such claim by a Third Party (it being understood and agreed, however,
that the failure by an Indemnified Party to give notice of a Third-Party claim as provided in this
Section 6.3 shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its indemnification obligation under this
Agreement except and only to the extent that such Indemnifying Party is actually damaged as a
result of such failure to give notice). Within thirty (30) days after delivery of such
notification, the Indemnifying Party may, upon written notice thereof to the Indemnified Party,
assume control of the defense of such action, suit, proceeding or claim with counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the Indemnified Party. If the Indemnifying Party does not assume control of such
defense, the Indemnified Party shall control such defense and, without limiting the Indemnifying
Partys indemnification obligations, the Indemnifying Party shall reimburse the Indemnified Party
for all reasonable and verifiable out-of-pocket costs, including attorney fees, incurred by the
Indemnified Party in defending itself within sixty (60) days after receipt of any invoice therefor
from the Indemnified Party. The Party not controlling such defense may participate therein at its
own expense; provided that, if the Indemnifying Party assumes control of such defense and the
Indemnified Party in good faith concludes, based on advice from counsel, that the Indemnifying
Party and the Indemnified Party have conflicting interests with respect to such action, suit,
proceeding or claim, the Indemnifying Party shall be responsible for the reasonable and verifiable
fees and expenses of counsel to the Indemnified Party in connection therewith. The Party
controlling such defense shall keep the other Party advised of the status of such action, suit,
proceeding or claim and the defense thereof and shall consider recommendations made by the other
Party with respect thereto. The Indemnified Party shall not agree to any settlement of such
action, suit, proceeding or claim without the prior written consent of the Indemnifying Party,
which shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. The Indemnifying Party shall not
agree to any settlement of such action, suit, proceeding or claim or consent to any judgment in
respect thereof without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, which shall not be
unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned.
ARTICLE VII
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION AND RELATED MATTERS
7.1 Ownership of Intellectual Property.
(a) Subject to the license grants to Company under Section 2.1 and the ownership and
assignment provisions in Section 2.4 and Section 3.5, as between the Parties, each Party
shall own and retain all right, title and interest in and to any and all information,
improvements and inventions that are conceived, discovered, developed or otherwise made, as
necessary to establish authorship, inventorship or ownership, by or on behalf of such Party
(or its Affiliates or its licensees (excluding, in the case of Regeneron, Company, its
Affiliates and Licensees) under or in connection with this Agreement, whether or not
patented or patentable, and any and all Patent Rights and intellectual property rights with
respect thereto. Determination of authorship, inventorship or ownership shall be made in
accordance with applicable United States law.
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(b) Except as specifically set forth herein, Regeneron and Regenerons Affiliates shall
retain all right, title and interest in and to all Regeneron Technology.
(c) Company and Companys Affiliates shall retain all right, title and interest in and
to (i) all Antibodies, Antibody Materials and Subject Products and (ii) subject to Section
2.4,Section 3.5, and Article VIII, all results, technical information, inventions, materials
and data, and any intellectual property rights therein, or otherwise resulting from
Companys or Companys Affiliates use of (A) the Mice, Mice Materials and other Regeneron
Technology in accordance with this Agreement, or (B) Antibodies, Antibody Materials and
Subject Products (Company Know-How).
7.2 Prosecution of Patent Rights.
(a) Regeneron shall have the right and option (but not the obligation) to file and
prosecute any patent applications and to maintain any patents within the Regeneron Patent
Rights in Regenerons name, and to control any interferences, reissue proceedings and
re-examinations relating thereto; provided, however, that, Regeneron shall use commercially
reasonable efforts (i) to prosecute the patent applications listed in Exhibit B in
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Exhibit B and the patents resulting from the patent applications listed in
Exhibit B in ***********************************************.
(b) Company shall have the right and option (but not the obligation) to file and
prosecute any patent applications and to maintain any patents within the Company Patent
Rights in Companys name, and to control any interferences, reissue proceedings and
re-examinations relating thereto.
7.3 Infringement. Company shall promptly report in writing to Regeneron during the
term of this Agreement any (a) known or suspected infringement of any of the Regeneron Patent
Rights, or (b) unauthorized use of any of the Regeneron Know-How of which the Company becomes
aware. In the event that either Party or any of its Affiliates shall receive written notice from a
Third Party claiming that the Mice, Mice Materials or Regeneron Technology infringes or otherwise
violates the intellectual property rights of such Third Party, then such Party shall promptly
notify the other Party in writing of this notice of infringement. Regeneron shall promptly report
to Company the initiation of any formal legal proceedings during the term of this Agreement
claiming the infringement of or unauthorized use of any Regeneron Patent Rights or Regeneron
Know-How.
7.4 Enforcement. Regeneron shall have the sole right to initiate a suit or take other
appropriate action that it believes is reasonably required to protect Regeneron Patent Rights from
any known or suspected infringement or to prevent the unauthorised use or disclosure of Regeneron
Know-How. Company shall have the sole right to initiate a suit or take other appropriate action
that it believes is reasonably required to protect Company Patent Rights from any known or
suspected infringement or to prevent the unauthorised use or disclosure of any Company Know-How.
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7.5 Defense. In the event that a Third Party asserts, as a defense or as a
counterclaim in any infringement action under Section 7.4 or in a declaratory judgment action or
similar action or claim filed by such Third Party, that Regeneron Patent Rights are invalid or
unenforceable, Regeneron shall have the sole right, but not the obligation, through counsel of its
choosing, to respond to such defense or defend against such counterclaim, action or claim (as
applicable), including the right to settle or otherwise compromise such claim.
7.6 Third Party Litigation. Notwithstanding Section 7.4 or Section 7.5, in the event
of any actual or threatened suit against Company, or its Affiliates, Licensees, distributors or
customers alleging that the use of Regeneron Technology, the Mice, Mice Materials, Antibodies or
Antibody Materials or the Exploitation of Subject Products by or on behalf of Company under this
Agreement infringes the Patent Rights or other intellectual property rights of any Person (an
Infringement Suit), Company shall be solely responsible for assuming direction and control of the
defense of claims arising therefrom (including the right to settle such claims at its sole
discretion), unless Company is seeking indemnification under the terms of Section 6.2.
7.7 Co-operation. Each Party shall provide to the other all reasonable assistance
requested by the other Party (and at the other Partys reasonable expense) in connection with any
action claim or suit under this Article VII, including allowing access to the other Partys files
and documents and to such other Partys personnel who may have possession of relevant information.
7.8 Recoveries.
(a) With respect to any suit or action to protect Regeneron Technology brought or taken
by Regeneron, Regeneron shall retain one hundred percent (100%) of any recovery obtained by
it as a result of any suit or action to protect Regeneron Technology.
(b) With respect to any suit or action to protect Company Technology brought or
undertaken by Company or its Affiliate, Company shall retain one hundred percent (100%) of
any recovery obtained by it as a result of or in connection with any such suit or action to
protect Company Technology; provided that to the extent that such recovery includes royalty
amounts otherwise payable to Regeneron hereunder during the Royalty Term, Company shall pay
to Regeneron the royalty amounts calculated in accordance with Section 4.2 based on the
estimated Net Sales corresponding to the recovered lost profits.
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ARTICLE VIII
CONFIDENTIALITY
8.1 Definition of Confidential Information. Subject to the last paragraph in this
Section 8.1, Confidential Information includes all information, data and know-how disclosed by
either Party or its Affiliates (the Disclosing Party) to the other Party or its Affiliates (the
Receiving Party) hereunder, whether orally or as embodied in tangible materials, including
research, inventions, discoveries, writings, drawings, graphs, charts, photographs, recordings,
designs, plans, processes, models, technical information, facilities, methods, assays, data,
chemical formulas, compositions, compounds, instrumentation, trade secrets, copyrights, systems,
patents, patent applications, procedures, manuals, specifications, prototypes, samples, structures,
models,
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any other intellectual property, and confidential reports. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
Confidential Information shall not include information which the Receiving Party can demonstrate
is:
(a) already in the possession of the Receiving Party, without obligation of
confidentiality, at or before the time of disclosure hereunder as shown by the Receiving
Partys files existing at the time of disclosure; or
(b) now or hereafter becomes publicly known through no wrongful act of the Receiving
Party (provided that if Confidential Information becomes publicly known this shall not
excuse a prior disclosure by the Receiving Party); or
(c) lawfully received by the Receiving Party from a Third Party not under an obligation
of confidence to the Disclosing Party; or
(d) developed by the Receiving Party independent of the Confidential Information
received hereunder; or
(e) approved for release by written authorization of the Disclosing Party.
Specific aspects or details of Confidential Information will not be deemed to be within the
public knowledge or in the prior possession of a Person merely because such aspects or details of
the Confidential Information are embraced by general disclosures in the public domain. In
addition, any combination of Confidential Information will not be considered in the public
knowledge or in the prior possession of either Person merely because individual elements thereof
are in the public domain or in the prior possession of a Person unless (i) the combination and its
principles are in the public knowledge or in the prior possession of that Person and (ii) the
combination is documented, in a single contemporaneous document, as in the public knowledge or in
the prior possession of a Person.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 8.1, Companys Confidential
Information shall be limited to (i) confidential information in the reports delivered to Company in
accordance with Section 4.4, (ii) confidential information discovered by Regeneron during any Site
visit in accordance with Section 3.2, (iii) confidential information discovered by Regeneron during
any audit conducted pursuant to Section 4.5, (iv) confidential information provided to Regeneron
in connection with any claim for indemnification under ARTICLE VI, (v) confidential information
provided to Regeneron pursuant to Section 7.7, (vi) confidential information related to Approved
Third Parties disclosed to Regeneron pursuant to Section 3.6, and (vii) information disclosed by
prior mutual agreement specifically certified by Company as being confidential prior to its
disclosure, in each case, unless such information falls under the exceptions described in clause
(a), (b), (c), (d), or (e) above in this Section 8.1. All other information, data or know-how
disclosed by Company or its Affiliates hereunder shall be non-confidential and shall not be subject
to the confidentiality obligations and restrictions on use in this Article VIII.
8.2 Confidentiality and Non-Use Obligations. Each Party agrees, subject to Section
8.4, that it will hold in strict confidence and not disclose, disseminate or distribute to any
Third Party Confidential Information received from the Disclosing Party and use such Confidential
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Information for no purpose other than those contemplated by this Agreement. Each Party
agrees that access to Confidential Information will be limited to its Affiliates, Licensees and
its Approved Third Parties (in each case, which are bound by the confidentiality obligations
herein), as well as such Partys and its Affiliates, Licensees and Approved Third Parties
employees (including temporary staff), agents, or other authorized representatives who: (a) need
to know such Confidential Information in connection with their work and (b) have signed agreements
obligating them to maintain the confidentiality of the Confidential Information, provided that
each Party shall remain responsible for any failure by its Affiliates, Licensees and Approved
Third Parties and their respective employees (including temporary staff), consultants, advisors,
to treat such information and materials as Confidential Information. Each Party further agrees to
inform such employees (including temporary staff), agents or authorized representatives of the
confidential nature of Confidential Information received from the Disclosing Party and agrees to
take all necessary steps to ensure that the terms of this Agreement are not violated by them.
8.3 Loss of Confidential Information. Each Party shall maintain reasonable
procedures to prevent accidental or other loss of any Confidential Information received from the
Disclosing Party and shall exert at least the same degree of care as it uses to protect its own
Confidential Information. Each Party shall immediately notify the other in the event of any
actual or suspected loss or unauthorized disclosure of that Partys Confidential Information.
Each Party will take all reasonable further steps requested by the other Party to prevent, control
or remedy such violation.
8.4 Permitted Disclosure. Each Party may disclose Confidential Information to the
extent that such disclosure is:
(a) made in response to a valid order of a court of competent jurisdiction or other
competent authority; provided, however, that the Receiving Party shall first have given
notice to the Disclosing Party and given the Disclosing Party a reasonable opportunity to
quash any such order or obtain a protective order requiring that the Confidential
Information and documents that are the subject of such order be held in confidence by such
court or authority or, if disclosed, be used only for the purpose for which the order was
issued; and provided further that if such order is not quashed or a protective order is not
obtained, the Confidential Information disclosed in response to such court or governmental
order shall be limited to that information that is legally required to be disclosed in
response to such court or governmental order;
(b) otherwise required by Applicable Law or the requirements of a national securities
exchange or another similar regulatory body; provided, however, that the Receiving Party
shall (i) provide the Disclosing Party with reasonable advance notice of and an opportunity
to comment on any such required disclosure, (ii) if requested by the Disclosing Party, seek
confidential treatment with respect to any such disclosure to the extent available, and
(iii) consider in good faith the comments of the Disclosing Party in any such disclosure or
request for confidential treatment; or
(c) made by Company, its Affiliates or Licensees to a regulatory authority in
connection with any filing, application or request for any approval, license, registration
or authorization relating to a Subject Product; provided, however, that Company will (i)
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provide Regeneron with reasonable advance notice of and an opportunity to comment on
any such required disclosure, (ii) seek confidential treatment with respect to any such
disclosure to the extent available, and (iii) consider in good faith the comments of
Regeneron in any such disclosure or request for confidential treatment;
8.5 Return of Confidential Information. Confidential Information disclosed by the
Disclosing Party, including permitted copies, shall remain the property of the Disclosing Party.
Subject to Section 8.6, upon termination or expiration of this Agreement, or upon written request
of the Disclosing Party, the Receiving Party shall promptly return to the Disclosing Party or, at
the Disclosing Partys request, destroy, all documents or other tangible materials representing
the Disclosing Partys Confidential Information (or any designated portion thereof); provided that
one (1) copy may be maintained in the confidential files of the Receiving Party for the purpose of
complying with the terms of this Agreement. An officer of the Receiving Party also shall certify
in writing that it has satisfied its obligations under this Section 8.5 within ten (10) days of a
written request by the Disclosing Party.
8.6 Retention of Confidential Information by Company. Section 8.5 shall not apply to
Regeneron Confidential Information during the term of this Agreement or on the expiry or
termination of this Agreement if and to the extent that Companys rights under the Regeneron
Technology survive such termination or expiry pursuant to Section 9.4.
8.7 Publicity. During the term of this Agreement, the content of any press release
or public disclosure relating to this Agreement shall be mutually agreed by the Parties, which
agreement shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned, except that a Party may,
without the other Partys agreement, (a) issue such press release or make such public disclosure
if the contents of such press release or public disclosure have previously been made public other
than through a breach of this Agreement by the issuing Party or (b) subject to Section 8.4 issue
such press release or make such public disclosure if such press release or public disclosure is
required by Applicable Law, regulation or legal process, including without limitation by the rules
or regulations of the SEC (or similar regulatory agency in a country other than the United States)
or of any stock exchange or other securities trading institution. It is the intent of the Parties
to issue one press release announcing the execution of this Agreement. In any press releases
issued by Company regarding the discovery, development or approval of a Subject Product, Antibody
or Antibody Materials, Company shall include a statement regarding the role of Regeneron
Technology and Mice, which statement shall be reasonably acceptable to Regeneron. The Parties
shall issue a joint press release on the Effective Date with respect to the execution of this
Agreement in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit D.
8.8 Disclosure of Provisions of Agreement.
(a) Subject to Sections 8.7 and 8.8(b), each Party agrees to hold as confidential the
terms of this Agreement that have not been disclosed publicly except that (i) each Party
shall have the right to disclose such terms to investors, potential investors, lenders,
potential lenders, acquirers, potential acquirers, investment bankers and other Third
Parties in connection with financing and acquisition activities, provided that any such
Third Party has entered into a written obligation with the disclosing Party to treat such
information and materials as confidential which is at least as stringent as the conditions
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imposed by this Agreement and (ii) each Party shall have the right to disclose such
terms as required by applicable law, regulation or legal process, including without
limitation by the rules or regulations of the SEC (or similar regulatory agency in a
country other than the United States) or of any stock exchange or other securities trading
institution.
(b) In the event that this Agreement shall be included in any report, statement or
other document filed by either Party or an Affiliate of either Party with the SEC or
similar regulatory agency in a country other than the United States or any stock exchange
or other securities trading institution, such Party shall consider in good faith any
requests for confidential treatment as may be reasonably requested by the other Party.
8.9 Approvals. Each Party shall submit any press release or any disclosure requiring
the other Partys approval pursuant to this Article VIII to the other Party, and the Party
receiving such request shall have three (3) business days to review and approve any such press
release or disclosure, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. If the Party receiving
such request does not respond in writing within such three (3) business day period, the press
release or disclosure shall be deemed approved. In addition, if a public disclosure is required
by law, rule or regulation, including without limitation in a filing with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, the disclosing Party shall provide copies of the disclosure reasonably in
advance of such filing or other disclosure for the non- disclosing Partys prior review and
comment, which comments shall be considered in good faith by the disclosing Party.
8.10 Term. All obligations of confidentiality imposed under this Article VIII shall
only survive the expiration or early termination of this Agreement for a period of seven (7)
years.
ARTICLE IX
TERM AND TERMINATION
9.1 Term. The term of this Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and,
subject to the last sentence of Section 9.2 (d), shall expire on the sixth anniversary of the
Transfer Date unless earlier terminated under the terms of this Agreement. For the avoidance of
doubt, Company shall have the right but not the obligation to terminate this Agreement without
cause upon written notice prior to the fourth anniversary of the Transfer Date in accordance with
Section 9.2(a).
9.2 Termination.
(a) Convenience. Company may elect to terminate this Agreement at any time by
providing ninety (90) days prior written notice to Regeneron. If such notice is sent with
an effective date of termination prior to the fourth anniversary of the Transfer Date, such
notice shall be accompanied (or preceded) by the payment of all sums which were not
previously paid and which have become or would have become due and payable pursuant to the
first or second sentence of Section 4.1 but for the termination under this Section
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9.2(a). For example, if the Transfer Date is April 30, 2007 and Company pays to Regeneron
twenty million United States dollars (US$20,000,000) on April 30, 2007 and on July 15, 2007
delivers a notice of termination with an effective date of termination on October 15, 2007,
Company would be obligated to pay to Regeneron on July 15, 2007 sixty million United States
dollars (US$60,000,000) representing twenty million United States dollars (US$20,000,000)
that would have otherwise been payable on April 30, 2008, plus twenty million United States
dollars (US$20,000,000) that would otherwise have been payable on April 30, 2009, plus
twenty million United States dollars (US$20,000,000) that would have otherwise been payable
on April 30, 2010. However, for example, if the Transfer Date is April 30, 2007 and Company
has paid all amounts previously due and payable under Section 4.1 and on July 15, 2010
delivers a notice of termination with an effective date of termination on October 15, 2010,
Company would not be obligated to pay to Regeneron any further sums pursuant to Section 4.1.
If such notice of termination under this Section 9.2(a) is sent with an effective
termination date on or after the fourth anniversary of the Transfer Date, such notice shall
be accompanied (or preceded) by the payment of all sums which were not previously paid and
which have become or would have become due and payable pursuant to the first, second, or
third sentence of Section 4.1 but for the termination under this Section 9.2(a). For
example, if the Transfer Date is April 30, 2007 (and Company has paid all amounts previously
due and payable under Section 4.1) and on June 20, 2011 Company delivers a notice of
termination with an effective date of termination on September 20, 2011, Company would be
obligated to pay Regeneron on June 20, 2011 twenty million United States dollars
(US$20,000,000), as adjusted to reflect the Adjusted Annual Fee pursuant to the terms of the
third sentence of Section 4.1, representing the Adjusted Annual Fee that would have
otherwise been payable on April 30, 2012.
(b) Breach. Either Party shall have the right (but not the obligation) to
terminate this Agreement upon written notice to the other Party if the other Party
materially breaches or defaults in the performance of any of the provisions of this
Agreement; provided that such material breach or default has not been cured (if capable of
being cured) within sixty (60) days after the giving of notice by the first Party specifying
such breach or default. For purposes of this Section 9.2(b), the term material breach
shall mean a breach or default in performance hereunder by a Party that substantially
undermines the contractual rights, protections or benefits of the non-breaching Party under
this Agreement.
(c) Technical Event. Company may terminate this Agreement upon providing
thirty (30) days prior written notice to Regeneron together with adequate written records to
document its claim of the occurrence of a Technical Event. Such records shall be subject to
review by an independent Third Party expert designated by Regeneron within ten (10) business
days of receipt of the written notice of termination and approved by Company, such approval
not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Such expert shall review such written records
and promptly determine whether or not a Technical Event has occurred. The experts decision
shall be final and binding upon the Parties as to this issue. Following the provision of
any such notice of termination all obligations to make payments due under this Agreement by
the Company to Regeneron shall be suspended from the date of such notice until the date of
the publication of the experts determination. Any notice of
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event that the expert determines that a Technical Event has occurred. As used above, the
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9.3 Rights in Bankruptcy. All rights and licenses granted under or pursuant to this
Agreement by Regeneron are, and shall otherwise be deemed to be, for purposes of Section 365(n) of
the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or analogous provisions of Applicable Law outside the United States,
licenses of right to intellectual property as defined under Section 101 of the U.S. Bankruptcy
Code or analogous provisions of Applicable Law outside the United States (hereinafter IP). The
Parties agree that Company, as licensee of such rights under this Agreement, shall retain and may
fully exercise all of its rights and elections under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or any other
provisions of Applicable Law outside the United States that provide similar protection for IP. The
Parties further agree that, in the event of the commencement of a bankruptcy proceeding by or
against Regeneron under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or analogous provisions of Applicable Law outside
the United States, Company shall be entitled to a complete duplicate of (or complete access to, as
appropriate) any such IP and all embodiments of such IP, which, if not already in Companys
possession, shall be promptly delivered to it upon Companys written request therefor.
9.4 Effects of Termination.
(a) Termination or Expiration of License. Except as set forth below in this
Section 9.4, upon expiration or termination of this Agreement, the licenses granted by
Regeneron to Company under Section 2.1 shall terminate and revert to Regeneron as of the
effective date of such expiration or termination. Subject to the terms of the last sentence
of Section 9.4(c), upon termination of this Agreement for any reason, Company may continue
to use and Exploit any Antibodies, Antibody Materials and Subject Products generated
pursuant to this Agreement and Company shall pay royalties during the Royalty Term in
accordance with Article IV. Upon termination of this Agreement by Company in accordance
with Section 9.2(b), 9.2(c), or 9.2(d), Company shall not be required to make any further
payments to Regeneron under Section 4.1, except that neither Party shall be relieved of any
obligations arising prior to such termination, including any payment obligations which arose
and are due with respect to any period prior to such termination. Upon termination of this
Agreement by Regeneron in accordance with Section 9.2(b), (i) in addition to any other
amounts payable by Company to Regeneron under this Agreement, under law or pursuant to any
contractual remedies available to Regeneron (but giving full allowance in due course for any
sums paid hereunder), Company shall pay the amounts otherwise payable by Company under
Section 9.2(a) as if Company had terminated this Agreement for convenience, and (ii)
Regeneron may seek equitable remedies from a court of competent jurisdiction, including, if
appropriate, destruction of Antibodies and Antibody Materials.
(b) Discontinuation of Use; Return of Material. Upon expiration of the term of
the Agreement or earlier termination of this Agreement, Company (and its Affiliates and, if
applicable, Approved Third Parties) will discontinue use of Regenerons Confidential
Information as of the effective date of such expiration or termination, except to the extent
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that such use of such Confidential Information is reasonably necessary for the Company
to continue to use and Exploit all Antibodies and Antibody Materials generated using the
Mice and Mice Materials prior to the date of expiration or termination, subject to Companys
obligations to pay royalties to Regeneron during the Royalty Term pursuant to Article IV,
and if requested by Regeneron will return Regenerons Confidential Information to which
Company does not retain any rights hereunder in accordance with Section 8.5.
(c) Destruction of Mice and Mice Materials; Treatment of Antibodies and Antibody
Materials. Except as set forth in paragraph (d) below, within ten (10) business days
after the effective date of expiration or termination of this Agreement for any reason,
Company shall destroy (or cause the destruction of) all Mice (including any Progeny) and
Mice Materials held by Company, its Affiliates and, if applicable, Approved Third Parties.
Within seven (7) days of destruction, an officer of Company shall deliver to Regeneron a
signed letter, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Regeneron and the Company,
certifying that all Mice (including, without limitation, any Progeny) and, if applicable,
Mice Materials have been destroyed. Except as set forth in the next sentence, upon
expiration or termination of this Agreement for whatever reason, Company shall have the
right to continue to use and Exploit all Antibodies and Antibody Materials generated using
the Mice and Mice Materials prior to the date of termination, subject to Companys
obligations to pay royalties to Regeneron during the Royalty Term pursuant to Article IV.
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(d) Tail Period. No later than sixty (60) days prior to the expiration date of
this Agreement or the termination of this Agreement by Company pursuant to Section 9.2 (such
date being referred to herein as the Expiration Date), Company may provide a written
notice to Regeneron, which shall be accompanied by a payment of *********************** to
permit Company to retain and use for a period of one calendar year from the Expiration Date
(the Tail Period) any Mice Materials generated by Company prior to the Expiration Date
solely in order to allow Company to ******************************** prior to the Expiration
Date to optimize the development of Antibodies. At the end of such one year Tail Period,
Company shall destroy and certify as destroyed all Mice Materials in accordance with the
terms in paragraph (c) above.
9.5 Survival. The expiration or termination of this Agreement shall not relieve the
parties of any obligation accruing prior to such expiration or termination. The second and third
sentences of Section 3.1, Section 3.5, Article IV (to the extent applicable, including without
limitation, Section 4.2 during the Royalty Term), Section 5.3, Article VI, Section 7.1, Article
VIII, subject to Section 8.10, Article IX and Article X, together with any relevant defined terms,
shall survive any termination or expiration of this Agreement.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
10.1. Assignment; Successors and Assigns. (a) Company may not assign its rights or
delegate its obligations under this Agreement in whole or in part without the prior written consent
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of Regeneron, except that Company shall have the right, without such consent, (i) to perform
any or all of its obligations and exercise any or all of its rights under this Agreement through
any of its Affiliates, or (ii) on written notice to Regeneron, to assign all its rights and
obligations under this Agreement to any successor in interest in connection with a merger,
consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of Company; provided, that
Companys rights and obligations under this Agreement shall be assumed by its successor in interest
in any such transaction. Company absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to
Regeneron prompt performance when due and at all times thereafter of the responsibilities,
liabilities, covenants, warranties, agreements and undertakings of its Affiliates pursuant to this
Agreement. (b) Regeneron may not assign its rights or delegate its obligations under this
Agreement in whole or in part without the prior written consent of Company, except that Regeneron
shall have the right, without such consent, (i) to perform any or all of its obligations and
exercise any or all of its rights under this Agreement through any of its Affiliates, or (ii) on
written notice to Company, to assign all its rights and obligations under this Agreement (A) to any
of its Affiliates that has the resources to meet Regenerons obligations under this Agreement, or
(B) to a successor in interest in connection with (1) a merger, consolidation or sale of all or
substantially all of the assets of Regneron, or (2) the sale or license of all or substantially all
of the assets of Regeneron related to the Regeneron Technology; provided that Regenerons rights
and obligations under this Agreement shall be assumed by its successor in interest in any such
transaction. Regeneron absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to Company prompt
performance when due and at all times thereafter of the responsibilities, liabilities, covenants,
warranties, agreements and undertakings of its Affiliates pursuant to this Agreement. (c) Any
purported assignment in violation of this Section 10.1 shall be void ab initio. Without limiting
the foregoing, neither Party shall cause or permit any of its Affiliates to commit any act
(including any act of omission) which such Party is prohibited hereunder from committing directly.
No assignment of this Agreement shall be made in bad faith to limit or restrict the contractual
rights and benefits of the other Party under this Agreement.
10.2. Notices.
Notices to Company shall be addressed to:
Astellas Pharma Inc.
2-3-11 Nihonbashi-Honcho Chuo-ku
Tokyo 103-8411, Japan
Telefacsimile: ******************
Attention: Vice President, Legal
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a copy to: Vice President, Molecular Medicine Research Labs, Drug Discovery Research
Notices to Regeneron shall be addressed to:
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
777 Old Saw Mill River Road
Tarrytown, New York 10591-6707
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Attention: Vice President, Strategic Alliances
With a copy to: Vice President & General Counsel
All notices and other correspondence sent under this Agreement shall be in English. Any Party
may change its address by giving notice to the other Party in the manner herein provided. Any
notice required or provided for by the terms of this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be (a)
sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (b) sent via a
reputable international courier service, (c) sent by facsimile transmission with an original
following the same day via a reputable international courier service or (d) personally delivered,
in each case properly addressed in accordance with the paragraph above. The effective date of
notice shall be the actual date of receipt by the Party receiving the same.
10.3. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed and the respective rights of
the Parties determined according to the substantive laws of the State of New York notwithstanding
any provisions governing conflict of laws under such New York law to the contrary and without
giving effect to the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.
10.4. Submission to Jurisdiction. Each Party (a) submits to the exclusive
jurisdiction of any state or federal court sitting in New York, New York, with respect to actions
or proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement, (b) agrees that all claims in respect
of such action or proceeding may be heard and determined only in any such court, subject to any
rights of removal from state court in New York to federal court in New York, and (c) agrees not to
bring any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any other court;
provided that either Party may bring an action in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce a
final judgment entered by such New York courts. Each Party waives any defense of inconvenient
forum to the maintenance of any action or proceeding so brought and waives any bond, surety or
other security that might be required of the other Party with respect thereto. Each Party may make
service on the other Party by sending or delivering a copy of the process to the Party to be served
at the address and in the manner provided for the giving of notices in Section 10.2. Nothing in
this Section 10.4, however, shall affect the right of any Party to serve legal process in any other
manner permitted by law.
10.5. Force Majeure. No Party shall be held liable or responsible to the other Party
nor be deemed to have defaulted under or breached this Agreement for failure or delay in fulfilling
or performing any obligation under this Agreement when such failure or delay is caused by or
results from causes beyond the reasonable control of the affected Party, including fire, floods,
pandemic, epidemic, embargoes, war, acts of war (whether war is declared or not), acts of terrorism
insurrections, riots, civil commotions, strikes, lockouts or other labor disturbances, acts of God
or acts, omissions or delays in acting by any governmental authority or the other Party; provided,
however, that the Party so affected shall use reasonable commercial efforts to avoid or remove such
causes of nonperformance, and shall continue performance hereunder with reasonable dispatch
whenever such causes are removed. Each Party shall provide the other Party with prompt written
notice of any delay or failure to perform that occurs by reason of force majeure. The Parties
shall mutually seek a resolution of the delay or the failure to perform as noted above.
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10.6. Independent Contractors. It is understood and agreed that the relationship
between the Parties hereunder is that of independent contractors and that nothing in this Agreement
shall be construed as authorization for either Regeneron or Company to act as agent for the other.
10.7. Headings. The captions or headings of the sections or other subdivisions hereof
are inserted only as a matter of convenience or for reference and shall have no effect on the
meaning of the provisions hereof.
10.8. Entire Agreement. The Parties acknowledge that this Agreement (together with
the confidentiality agreement dated ******************* sets forth the entire Agreement and
understanding of the Parties as to the subject matter hereof and each Party confirms that it is not
relying on any representations, warranties or covenants of the other Party except as specifically
set out in this Agreement. This Agreement shall not be subject to any change or modification except
by the execution of a written instrument subscribed to by the Parties. All other previous or
currently existing agreements and understandings or other arrangements of any kind with respect to
the said subject matter shall be canceled and superseded completely by this Agreement as of the
date hereof. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to limit or exclude any liability for fraud. All
Schedules and Exhibits referred to in this Agreement are intended to be and are hereby specifically
incorporated into and made part of this Agreement. In the event of any inconsistency between any
such Schedules or Exhibits and this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall govern.
10.9. No Implied Waivers; Rights Cumulative. No failure on the part of Regeneron or
Company to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right, power, remedy or privilege under this
Agreement, or provided by statute or at law or in equity or otherwise, shall impair, prejudice or
constitute a waiver of any such right, power, remedy or privilege or be construed as a waiver of
any breach of this Agreement or as an acquiescence therein. To be effective any waiver must be in
writing. No right, power, remedy or privilege herein conferred upon or reserved to a Party is
intended to be exclusive of any other right, power, remedy or privilege, and each and every right,
power, remedy and privilege of a Party pursuant to this Agreement or now or hereafter existing at
law or in equity shall to the extent permitted by law be cumulative, concurrent and in addition to
every other right, power, remedy or privilege pursuant to this Agreement or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity.
10.10. Severability. To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Parties
waive any provision of law that would render any provision of this Agreement invalid or illegal or
unenforceable in any respect. To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law and if the rights
or obligations of any Party will not be materially and adversely affected: (a) such provision will
be given no effect by the Parties and shall not form part of this Agreement, (b) all other
provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect, and (c) the Parties shall use
their best efforts to negotiate a provision in replacement of the provision held invalid, illegal
or unenforceable that is consistent with Applicable Law and achieves, as nearly as possible, the
original intention of the Parties.
10.11. Execution in Counterparts; Facsimile Signatures. This Agreement may be
executed in counterparts, each of which counterparts, when so executed and delivered, shall be
deemed to be an original, and all of which counterparts, taken together, shall constitute one and
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same instrument even if both Parties have not executed the same counterpart. Signatures
provided by facsimile transmission shall be deemed to be original signatures.
10.12. Construction. Except where the context requires otherwise, whenever used the
singular includes the plural, the plural includes the singular, the use of any gender is applicable
to all genders and the word or has the inclusive meaning represented by the phrase and/or.
Whenever this Agreement refers to a number of days, unless otherwise specified, such number refers
to calendar days. The term including or includes as used in this Agreement means including,
without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term. The wording of this
Agreement shall be deemed to be the wording mutually chosen by the Parties and no rule of strict
construction shall be applied against any Party.
10.13. No Benefit to Third Parties. The provisions of this Agreement are for the sole
benefit of the Parties and their successors and permitted assigns, and they shall not be construed
as conferring any rights in any other Persons except as otherwise expressly provided in Section
10.1.
10.14 Limitation of Damages EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BELOW IN THIS SECTION 10.14, IN NO
EVENT SHALL REGENERON OR COMPANY BE LIABLE FOR SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF PROFITS) SUFFERED BY THE OTHER PARTY,
REGARLDESS OF THE THEORY OF LIABILITY AND REGLARDLESS OF ANY PRIOR NOTICE OF SUCH DAMAGES.
HOWEVER, NOTHING IN THIS SECTION 10.14 IS INTENDED TO LIMIT OR RESTRICT THE INDEMNIFICATION RIGHTS
AND OBLGIATIONS OF EITHER PARTY HEREUNDER WITH RESPECT TO THIRD-PARTY CLAIMS. MOREOVER, NOTHING IN
THIS SECTION 10.14 IS INTENDED TO LIMIT OR RESTRICT ANY LIABILITY FOR FRAUD OR ANY LIABILITY
ARISING FROM A BREACH OF SECTION 2.6 OR 5.4.
10.15 Further Assurance. Each Party shall perform all further acts and things and
execute and deliver such further documents as may be necessary or as the other Party may reasonably
require to implement or give effect to this Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the Effective Date.
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EXHIBIT A
REGENERON KNOW-HOW AND MICE
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EXHIBIT B
REGENERON PATENT RIGHTS
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EXHIBIT C
LETTER AGREEMENT WITH APPROVED THIRD PARTIES
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
777 Old Saw Mill River Road
Tarrytown, New York USA 10591
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with the [ ] agreement (the Agreement) dated [ ] between [ ] (Service
Provider), a [ ], with principal offices located at [ ] and [ASTELLAS] (Astellas), a [ ] with
principal offices located at [ ], Service Provider hereby enters into the following agreement with
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Regeneron), a New York corporation, with principal offices
located at 777 Old Saw Mill River Road, Tarrytown, New York USA 10591:
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receiving (i) confidential and proprietary genetically modified mice owned by Regeneron
(referred to as Regeneron Mice), [(ii) ********************* (referred to as Mice
Materials)] and (iii) Regenerons confidential information related to the breeding of
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other Regeneron Mice solely in accordance with the breeding practices supplied by
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the Regeneron Mice and Mice Materials. Without limiting the foregoing, Service
Provider hereby assigns to Regeneron any right, title and interest in the Regeneron
Mice and Mice Materials. Service Provider agrees to execute any and all further
instruments, forms of assignments and other documents, and to take such further actions
as Regeneron may request, in order to transfer all of Service Providers rights, if
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Materials to discover, develop or otherwise make improvements to the Regeneron Mice or
Mice Materials (referred to as Mice Inventions). Accordingly, Service Provider shall
promptly disclose to Regeneron, in writing, any Mice Inventions and shall, and hereby
does, assign, all right, title, and interest it has in Mice Inventions without
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Regeneron Mice; (c) will not derive embryonic or other stem cells from the Regeneron
Mice or other Mice Material that could be used to make Regeneron Mice; (d) will not use
Regeneron Mice or Mice Materials to manufacture or produce products for sale; and (e)
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any third party other than Astellas or its Affiliates and will destroy all Regeneron
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shall be determined according to the laws of the State of New York notwithstanding any
provisions governing conflict of laws under such New York law to the contrary and
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counterpart, when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original, and all
of which counterparts, taken together, shall constitute one and the same instrument
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letter agreement as of the date set forth below.
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EXHIBIT D
PRESS RELEASE
ASTELLAS LICENSES REGENERONS VELOCIMMUNE®
TECHNOLOGY FOR DISCOVERING
HUMAN MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES
Tokyo, Japan and Tarrytown, NY (March xx, 2007) Astellas Pharma Inc. (Astellas;
Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan; President & CEO: Masafumi Nogimori) and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(Nasdaq: REGN) announced today that they have entered into a non-exclusive license agreement that
will allow Astellas to utilize Regenerons VelocImmune® technology in its internal
research programs to discover human monoclonal antibody product candidates.
Astellas will pay $20 million upfront and will make up to five additional annual payments of $20
million, subject to the ability to terminate the agreement after making the first three additional
payments. Upon commercialization of any antibody products discovered utilizing VelocImmune,
Astellas will pay a mid-single-digit royalty on product sales. Astellas will report the $80
million license fee for the initial four years as an R&D expense on its income statements for the
fiscal year ending March 31, 2007.
"VelocImmune is the centerpiece of Regenerons suite of technologies for the discovery and
development of fully human monoclonal antibodies, said George D. Yancopoulos, M.D., Ph.D.,
President of Regeneron Research Laboratories and Regenerons Chief Scientific Officer. We are
pleased that Astellas, a company with a clear strategic commitment to developing therapeutic
antibodies, has selected the VelocImmune platform for its internal development programs.
We are excited about this license agreement with Regeneron, said Toshinari Tamura, Ph.D.,
Astellas Executive Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer. As described in our recently
announced medium term plan, Astellas is building a new technological platform for the development
of antibody drugs, and VelocImmune will become an important cornerstone for our R&D capabilities.
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VelocImmune
Regenerons VelocImmune technology offers the potential to increase dramatically the speed and
efficiency of discovering fully-human, therapeutic monoclonal antibodies. The VelocImmune platform
generates fully human monoclonal antibodies (hMAbs) to address clinically relevant targets of
therapeutic interest. The VelocImmune mouse, unlike other hMAb mice, mounts a robust immune
response that is virtually indistinguishable from that of a wild type mouse, resulting in a
reliable and efficient platform for discovering fully human monoclonal antibodies.
About Astellas Pharma Inc.
Astellas Pharma Inc., located in Tokyo, Japan, is a pharmaceutical company dedicated to improving
the health of people around the world through the provision of innovative and reliable
pharmaceutical products. The organization is committed to becoming a global pharmaceutical company
by combining outstanding R&D and marketing capabilities and continuing to grow in the world
pharmaceutical market. For more information on Astellas Pharma Inc., please visit the companys
website at http://www.astellas.com.
About Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Regeneron is a biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, and intends to commercialize
therapeutic medicines for the treatment of serious medical conditions. Regeneron has therapeutic
candidates in clinical trials for the potential treatment of cancer, eye diseases, and inflammatory
diseases, and has preclinical programs in other diseases and disorders.
Regeneron has developed and validated a suite of inter-related technology platforms
VelociGene®, VelociMouse®, and VelocImmune that the Company believes can
increase the speed and efficiency through which human monoclonal antibody therapeutics may be
discovered and validated. These discovery platforms are designed to identify specific genes of
therapeutic interest for a particular disease or cell type and validate targets through
high-throughput production of mammalian models. VelociGene uses a proprietary process to create
genetic modifications in a mouse in a precise and high-throughput manner and was recently selected
by the National Institutes of Health for use in its Knockout Mouse Project. VelociGene allows
Regeneron to produce mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells rapidly for elucidating the function of the
altered genes. VelociMouse allows Regeneron scientists to generate mammalian models directly from
ES cells without the need for chimeras or breeding. VelocImmune provides antibodies that address
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potential therapeutics. For more information on Regeneron, please visit the companys website at
www.regeneron.com.
This news release discusses historical information and includes forward-looking statements about
Regeneron and its products, programs, finances, and business, all of which involve a number of
risks and uncertainties, such as risks associated with preclinical and clinical development of our
drug candidates, determinations by regulatory and administrative governmental authorities which may
delay or restrict our ability to continue to develop or commercialize our drug candidates,
competing drugs that are superior to our product candidates, unanticipated expenses, the
availability and cost of capital, the costs of developing, producing, and selling products, the
potential for any collaboration agreement, including our agreements with the sanofi-aventis Group
and Bayer HealthCare, to be canceled or to terminate without any product success, risks associated
with third party intellectual property, and other material risks. A more complete description of
these and other material risks can be found in Regenerons filings with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including its Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2006. Regeneron does not undertake any obligation to update publicly any forward-looking
statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise unless required by
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Akihiro Tanaka, Ph.D.
VP, Corporate Communications
Astellas Pharma Inc.
Tel.: +81-3-3244-3201
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Exhibit 12.1
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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|
2002 |
|
2003 |
|
2004 |
|
2005 |
|
2006 |
|
2007 |
Earnings: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) from continuing operations
before income (loss) from equity investee |
|
$ |
(124,350 |
) |
|
$ |
(107,395 |
) |
|
$ |
41,565 |
|
|
$ |
(95,456 |
) |
|
$ |
(103,150 |
) |
|
$ |
(29,917 |
) |
Fixed charges |
|
|
13,685 |
|
|
|
14,108 |
|
|
|
14,060 |
|
|
|
13,687 |
|
|
|
13,643 |
|
|
|
3,425 |
|
Amortization of capitalized interest |
|
|
|
|
|
|
33 |
|
|
|
78 |
|
|
|
78 |
|
|
|
73 |
|
|
|
6 |
|
Interest capitalized |
|
|
(222 |
) |
|
|
(276 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjusted earnings |
|
$ |
(110,887 |
) |
|
$ |
(93,530 |
) |
|
$ |
55,703 |
|
|
$ |
(81,691 |
) |
|
$ |
(89,434 |
) |
|
$ |
(26,486 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fixed charges: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest expense |
|
$ |
11,859 |
|
|
$ |
11,932 |
|
|
$ |
12,175 |
|
|
$ |
12,046 |
|
|
$ |
12,043 |
|
|
$ |
3,011 |
|
Interest capitalized |
|
|
222 |
|
|
|
276 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Assumed interest component of rental charges |
|
|
1,604 |
|
|
|
1,900 |
|
|
|
1,885 |
|
|
|
1,641 |
|
|
|
1,600 |
|
|
|
414 |
|
|
|
|
Total fixed charges |
|
$ |
13,685 |
|
|
$ |
14,108 |
|
|
$ |
14,060 |
|
|
$ |
13,687 |
|
|
$ |
13,643 |
|
|
$ |
3,425 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges |
|
|
(A |
) |
|
|
(A |
) |
|
|
3.96 |
|
|
|
(A |
) |
|
|
(A |
) |
|
|
(A |
) |
|
|
|
(A) |
|
Due to the registrants losses for the years ended December 31, 2002,
2003, 2005, and 2006, and for the three months ended March 31, 2007,
the ratio coverage was less than 1:1. To achieve a coverage ratio of
1:1, the registrant must generate additional earnings of the amounts
shown in the table below. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three months |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
ended |
|
|
Years ended December 31, |
|
March 31, |
|
|
2002 |
|
2003 |
|
2005 |
|
2006 |
|
2007 |
Coverage deficiency |
|
$ |
124,572 |
|
|
$ |
107,638 |
|
|
$ |
95,378 |
|
|
$ |
103,077 |
|
|
$ |
29,911 |
|
EX-31.1
Exhibit 31.1
Certification of CEO Pursuant to
Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to
Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
I, Leonard S. Schleifer, certify that:
1. |
|
I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; |
|
2. |
|
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
covered by this report; |
|
3. |
|
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in
this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of
operations, and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
report; |
|
4. |
|
The registrants other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and
maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: |
|
a) |
|
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure
that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated
subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
|
|
b) |
|
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused
such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our
supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
financial reporting and preparation of financial statements for external purposes
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; |
|
|
c) |
|
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls
and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the
effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the
period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and |
|
d) |
|
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal
control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants most recent
fiscal quarter (the registrants fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual
report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
affect, the registrants internal control over financial reporting; and |
5. |
|
The registrants other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent
evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants auditors and the
audit committee of the registrants board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
functions): |
|
a) |
|
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely
to adversely affect the registrants ability to record, process, summarize and
report financial information; and |
|
|
b) |
|
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the registrants internal control over
financial reporting. |
|
|
|
|
|
Date: May 4, 2007
|
|
|
|
/s/ Leonard S. Schleifer |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Leonard S. Schleifer, M.D., Ph.D. |
|
|
|
|
President and Chief Executive Officer |
EX-31.2
Exhibit 31.2
Certification of CFO Pursuant to
Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to
Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
I, Murray A. Goldberg, certify that:
1. |
|
I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; |
|
2. |
|
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
covered by this report; |
|
3. |
|
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in
this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of
operations, and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
report; |
|
4. |
|
The registrants other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and
maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: |
|
a) |
|
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure
that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated
subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
|
|
b) |
|
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused
such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our
supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
financial reporting and preparation of financial statements for external purposes
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; |
|
|
c) |
|
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls
and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the
effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the
period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and |
|
d) |
|
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal
control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants most recent
fiscal quarter (the registrants fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual
report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
affect, the registrants internal control over financial reporting; and |
5. |
|
The registrants other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent
evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants auditors and the
audit committee of the registrants board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
functions): |
|
a) |
|
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely
to adversely affect the registrants ability to record, process, summarize and
report financial information; and |
|
|
b) |
|
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the registrants internal control over
financial reporting. |
|
|
|
|
|
Date: May 4, 2007
|
|
|
|
/s/ Murray A. Goldberg |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Murray A. Goldberg |
|
|
|
|
Senior Vice President, Finance & |
|
|
|
|
Administration, Chief Financial Officer, |
|
|
|
|
Treasurer, and Assistant Secretary |
EX-32
Exhibit 32
Certification of CEO and CFO Pursuant to
18 U.S.C. Section 1350,
As Adopted Pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the Company) on Form
10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2007 as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on the date hereof (the Report), Leonard S. Schleifer, M.D., Ph.D., as Chief Executive
Officer of the Company, and Murray A. Goldberg, as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, each
hereby certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002, to the best of his knowledge, that:
(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the
financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
|
|
|
/s/ Leonard S. Schleifer
Leonard S. Schleifer, M.D., Ph.D.
|
|
|
Chief Executive Officer |
|
|
May 4, 2007 |
|
|
|
|
|
/s/ Murray A. Goldberg
Murray A. Goldberg
|
|
|
Chief Financial Officer |
|
|
May 4, 2007 |
|
|