Regeneron Pharmaceuticals — Jan 12, 2026 release
Fiscal 2025 fourth-quarter results · 8-K Item 2.02 · Exhibit 99.1 · 0001104659-26-002691
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Non-GAAP R&D spend expected in 2026
“$7B+”
Period
FY2026
Measure
Company-defined measure
Source
Prose
All guidance in this release · 3
GAAP R&D expense for FY2026
“~$6.5 billion”
Investment committed to U.S. manufacturing a…
“~$6B”
Non-GAAP R&D spend expected in 2026 for FY2026
“$7B+”
Exhibit 99.1 · the passage around this item
… earlier in the release
Internal Investment
Investing in world-class
R&D capabilities and
infrastructure to support
sustainable growth
Leveraging external
innovation to complement
internal R&D
Expand through complementary
opportunities across early and
late development stages
• Collaboration with Alnylam, including
in-licensing of cemdisiran (C5 siRNA)
• GLP-1/GIP in-licensed for obesity
franchise expansion†
• Global collaborations for investigative
gene editing therapies with Intellia,
Mammoth and Tessera ‡
Rewarding shareholders
through opportunistic share
repurchases and dividends
~$6B
committed to U.S.
manufacturing and
R&D infrastructure
expansion over the
coming years
Non-GAAP R&D* spend
expected in 2026
$7B+
Capital returned to
shareholders in 2025 $3.8B §
~$3.4B
~$0.4B
share repurchases
dividends
Quarterly dividend initiated in 2025
($0.88/share)
Business Development
Return Capital to Shareholders 7
Driving shareholder value with internal innovation while continuing our
disciplined and opportunistic approach to business development
Over-reliance on business development (BD) to build pipelines poses challenges to delivering long-term shareholder value
Cash flow allocation: Level of investment in our pipeline
in-line with biopharma industry average*
43%
27%
65%
3%
70% 68%
Internal R&D Spend External BD Spend
R&D/BD Investment as a Percentage of Commercial Cash Flow†
(2010-2025 for Industry vs. 2024-2025 for REGN)
BioPharma
median
Regeneron internal analysis suggests that a large majority of the
450+ Big Biopharma deals‡ since 2010 could end up being failures§
Looking at the return on the ~$350B+ that was spent
on the 290 deals where the outcome is now known
~8% Overall 18%Licensing deals 4% (n=165)
M&A deals
(n=125)
Internal Rate of Return (IRR) on 290 deals
458 Deals
48 Winners (10%)
22 Too Early (5%)
22 Commercial
Failures (5%)
92 Approved (20%)
168 In-Flight (37%)
198 Failed (43%)
*
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other guidance in this release
Text is the filed exhibit, verbatim.