Regeneron Reports Third Quarter 2009 Financial and Operati...( TARRYTOWN N.Y. Nov. 3 /- Regeneron Ph...),Health

TARRYTOWN, N.Y., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: REGN) today announced financial and operating results for the third quarter of 2009. The Company reported a net loss of $1.0 million, or $0.01 per share (basic and diluted), for the third quarter of 2009 compared with a net loss of $19.1 million, or $0.24 per share (basic and diluted), for the third quarter of 2008. The Company reported a net loss of $31.3 million, or $0.39 per share (basic and diluted), for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 compared with a net loss of $49.6 million, or $0.63 per share (basic and diluted), for the same period in 2008. During the third quarter of 2009, the Company recognized as revenue a $20.0 million milestone payment from Bayer HealthCare, as described below.

At September 30, 2009, cash, restricted cash, and marketable securities totaled $438.6 million compared with $527.5 million at December 31, 2008.

Current Business Highlights

ARCALYST® (rilonacept) - Inflammatory Diseases

The Company shipped $5.3 million of ARCALYST® (rilonacept) Injection for Subcutaneous Use to its U.S. distributors during the third quarter of 2009, compared to $4.3 million in the same quarter of 2008. Shipments during the first nine months of 2009 were $15.0 million compared to $6.7 million for the same period of 2008. ARCALYST, an interleukin-1 (IL-1) blocker, was approved in the United States in February 2008 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 currently projects shipments of ARCALYST to its U.S. distributors to total approximately $20 million in 2009. In October 2009, rilonacept was approved under exceptional circumstances by the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) for the treatment of CAPS with severe
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