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Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Bernstein Insights: Healthcare Leaders and Disruptors – 3rd Annual Healthcare Forum

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Jeffrey WalchAnalyst

That we're going to Thank you so much for our next conversation with healthcare leaders and disruptors. I have the pleasure of speaking with Regeneron Pharmaceuticals. My name is Jeffrey Walsh. I am one of the analysts at Bernstein. I cover U.S. biotechnology, and I am very excited today to talk to two of the senior leaders at Regeneron. Chris Fenimore, EVP Finance and CFO, and Ryan Crowe, SVP Investor Relations. Before we kick off, I think, Ryan, you have something to read.

Ryan CroweSVP of Investor Relations

I sure do, Jeffrey. Thank you so much for having us. I will just briefly read a forward-looking statement, a reminder, that remarks made today may include forward-looking statements about Regeneron, and each forward-looking statement is subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and events to differ materially from those projected in such statements. A description of material risks and uncertainties can be found in Regeneron's SEC filings. Regeneron does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. With that, Jeffrey, why don't we hop into your questions?

Jeffrey WalchAnalyst

Perfect. Well, thank you once again, both of you, for chatting with us today. I will sort of ask the question, and then whoever or both of you that would like to answer, feel free to do so. First off, congrats on a great quarter. Strong print. Maybe we could start with EYLEA. What are your thoughts on the most recent print and specifically, the performance of EYLEA?

Christopher FenimoreEVP of Finance and CFO

Thanks, Jeffrey, again. Thanks for having us. I think if you look, as you referenced, overall, we had very strong financial performance. Putting EYLEA aside for a second, if you look at both the top line and the bottom line, we had double-digit year-over-year growth. If you look at the performance of our three major growth drivers, whether it is EYLEA HD, DUPIXENT, or LIBTAYO, we basically had the achievement of all-time quarterly net sales for each of those three products. In addition to that, we paid off the Sanofi development balance in the second quarter, which historically had impacted our share of collaboration profits with Sanofi. Going forward in the third quarter and beyond, that will obviously be an uplift on our earnings, particularly related to the Sanofi collaboration profits. Turning to EYLEA HD, you are right. Very, very strong performance from EYLEA HD.

Christopher FenimoreEVP of Finance and CFO

Great commercial execution on the part of our team. If you recall, we had basically label enhancements that were approved in the fourth quarter of 2025, where it was every four-week dosing. That was something as well as an additional indication in RVO. If you look at every four-week dosing, that was something that the physician community was looking for, because it provided them with reimbursement confidence. It was very important for them to know that if they needed the flexibility of going down to potentially every four weeks, that they would get reimbursed. The fact that we had both every four-week dosing as well as the addition of the RVO indication has resulted in what we've seen in terms of very good performance in the first half of 2026.

Christopher FenimoreEVP of Finance and CFO

If you look at proportion of sales, EYLEA HD in the second quarter was roughly 60% of net sales of the EYLEA franchise, which is obviously very encouraging. In terms of market share, we were the only innovative brand to actually grow share in the second quarter, and we're obviously very proud of that. The other thing that we're seeing in terms of EYLEA HD is just real-world experience.

Christopher FenimoreEVP of Finance and CFO

Yeah. The docs have obviously had the ability to use their product now for quite a while with patients, and they're actually seeing durability gains out there.

Christopher FenimoreEVP of Finance and CFO

I think it's roughly on average that when patients switch from another product to EYLEA HD, they're seeing an extension of treatment, roughly an increase of, let's say, close to four weeks.

Christopher FenimoreEVP of Finance and CFO

Which is great in terms of what's happening out there in the marketplace. Again, very encouraged about the performance of EYLEA HD.

Jeffrey WalchAnalyst

That's great to hear. As a forward-looking basis, I'm curious what your perspective is on the potential for EYLEA to maintain and grow market share in the class.

Christopher FenimoreEVP of Finance and CFO

We did say on our second quarter call that we expect sequential demand growth in both the third and the fourth quarter in the low to mid-teens. This is reflective of obviously some of the things that I just spoke about in terms of what's happening out there in the marketplace. Very encouraged and constructive on the brand to continue to grow. Our team has a lot of work out there to obviously continue to execute. There are additional biosimilars that are entering the 2-milligram space, and there are challenges to go out there and continue to convince both providers as well as other constituents out there that EYLEA HD should be their innovative brand of choice.

Jeffrey WalchAnalyst

That's great. Well, switching gears to LIBTAYO, it would be great to hear your thoughts on the most recent performance last quarter for both within non-small cell and also non-melanoma skin cancers.

Ryan CroweSVP of Investor Relations

Jeffrey, that's an overlooked product in my view, so thank you for asking about LIBTAYO. Last quarter, we had growth over 30% year-over-year. In the U.S., revenues coming from the cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma indication comprise about 60% of sales, where non-small cell lung cancer comprised about 40%. We're seeing a pretty significant contribution in the lung cancer segment. We're now second in new-to-brand share as well as total share for lung cancer in the U.S. In terms of new-to-brand share, now outpacing OPDIVO and IMFINZI and TECENTRIQ combined. We continue to see and make inroads in the lung cancer segment, which is very exciting. Of course, we added, about a year ago, adjuvant CSCC to the label.

Ryan CroweSVP of Investor Relations

We are now the only approved immunotherapy for that particular setting, and we believe there is around 10,000 patients in the U.S. that can benefit from LIBTAYO with that particular disease. We are very excited about the future of LIBTAYO in the non-melanoma skin, as well as the lung cancer segments, and certainly anticipate growth to continue there.

Jeffrey WalchAnalyst

Well, that is great. Immunotherapy is really a cornerstone treatment for a lot of patients, especially non-small cell, and there is going to be some changes coming up with Keytruda going LOE, and curious how you are thinking about what potential risks or not may be posed by Keytruda's upcoming LOE, especially in terms of your non-small cell sales.

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