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Organization and Business
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Organization and Business
Organization and Business
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, the "Company" or "Regeneron") is a fully integrated biopharmaceutical company that discovers, invents, develops, manufactures, and commercializes medicines for the treatment of serious medical conditions. The Company has product candidates in development in areas of high unmet medical need, including hypercholesterolemia, oncology, rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, and atopic dermatitis. The Company is a party to collaboration agreements to develop certain of these product candidates (see Note 4). The Company also currently has three marketed products:
EYLEA® (aflibercept) Injection, known in the scientific literature as VEGF Trap-Eye, which is available in the United States, European Union ("EU"), Japan, and certain other countries outside the United States for the treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration ("wet AMD"), macular edema following central retinal vein occlusion ("CRVO"), and diabetic macular edema ("DME"). In addition, EYLEA for the treatment of macular edema following retinal vein occlusion ("RVO"), which includes macular edema following branch retinal vein occlusion ("BRVO"), is available in the United States, and EYLEA for the treatment of myopic choroidal neovascularization ("mCNV") is available in Japan. Bayer HealthCare has additional regulatory applications for various indications pending in other countries. The Company is collaborating with Bayer HealthCare on the global development and commercialization of EYLEA outside the United States. The Company maintains exclusive rights to EYLEA in the United States and is entitled to all profits from such sales.
ZALTRAP® (ziv-aflibercept) Injection for Intravenous Infusion, known in the scientific literature as VEGF Trap, which is available in the United States, EU, and certain other countries for treatment, in combination with 5-fluorouracil, leucovorin, irinotecan ("FOLFIRI"), for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer ("mCRC") that is resistant to or has progressed following an oxaliplatin-containing regimen. Regeneron and Sanofi globally collaborate on the development and commercialization of ZALTRAP.
ARCALYST® (rilonacept) Injection for Subcutaneous Use, which is available in the United States for the treatment of Cryopyrin-Associated Periodic Syndromes ("CAPS"), including Familial Cold Auto-inflammatory Syndrome ("FCAS") and Muckle-Wells Syndrome ("MWS"), in adults and children 12 and older.
The Company operates in one business segment, which includes all activities related to the discovery, development, and commercialization of pharmaceutical products for the treatment of serious medical conditions. The Company's business is subject to certain risks including, but not limited to, uncertainties relating to conducting pharmaceutical research, product development, obtaining regulatory approvals, market acceptance, competition, and obtaining and enforcing patents.