Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
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February 1, 2006 (February 3, 2006) |
New York | 000-19034 | 133444607 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer | ||
incorporation) | Identification Number) | |||
777 Old Saw Mill River Road, Tarrytown, New York |
10591-6707 | |||
(Address of principal executive offices) |
(Zip Code) |
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement | ||||||||
Item 8.01 Other Events | ||||||||
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits | ||||||||
Exhibit Index | ||||||||
EX-99.1: PRESS RELEASE |
Item 1.01
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Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. | |
On February 1, 2006, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and sanofi-aventis U.S., LLC (successor in interest to Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc.) entered into Amendment No. 4 (the Fourth Amendment) to their Collaboration Agreement dated as of September 5, 2003 (the Collaboration Agreement). The Fourth Amendment added a new section to the Collaboration Agreement granting each party a royalty free, non-exclusive license to certain intellectual property discovered directly in connection with research and development activities performed under the Collaboration Agreement. |
Item 8.01
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Other Events. | |
On February 2, 2006, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. issued a press release announcing preliminary results from an ongoing phase 1 dose-escalation study of the Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Trap eye formulation (VEGF Trap Eye) in patients with the neovascular form of age-related macular degeneration. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K. |
Item 9.01
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Financial Statements and Exhibits. | |
(c) Exhibits | ||
99.1 Press Release dated February 2, 2006 |
REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. |
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Dated: February 3, 2006 | By: | /s/ Stuart Kolinski | ||
Stuart Kolinski | ||||
Vice President and General Counsel |
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