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Regeneron Tries To Put Focus On PD-1 Program, Not Sluggish Autoimmune Sales

 
• By Joseph Haas

Regeneron promised big things for PD-1 inhibitor cemiplimab during its first quarter earnings call, including studies to test its potential in lung cancer compared to Merck's Keytruda. It hopes to launch the antibody in a smaller indication later this year.

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Perhaps because it was anticipating investor anxiety about unimpressive sales figures for three drugs partnered with Sanofi, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. used much of its first quarter earnings call May 3 to talk up its anticipated first immuno-oncology approval later this year with cemiplimab in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.

The Tarrytown, N.Y.-based firm outlined its development plans for the PD-1 targeting antibody and offered details on how it expects to possibly compete with Merck & Co. Inc.’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab) and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.’s Opdivo (nivolumab) in the non-small cell lung cancer setting. Cemiplumab is under review at the US FDA for metastatic cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC) with an Oct

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