( FORT LAUDERDALE Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-...)VEGF Trap-Eye Phase 2 Wet AMD Results Reported at ARVO Annual,Meeting,Health

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 9, 2007 - Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: REGN) today announced positive results from several studies evaluating the VEGF Trap-Eye in the neovascular form of age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD) and diabetic macular edema (DME). These findings were presented this week at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO). The data reported at the meeting from a pre-planned interim analysis of a Phase 2 randomized study of the VEGF Trap-Eye in patients with wet AMD and a Phase 1 DME trial are available on the Regeneron website (www.regeneron.com on the Events page, under the Investor Relations heading).

"We are very encouraged by the preliminary observation in the Phase 2 wet AMD trial that the most intense dosing regimen studied, 2 milligrams delivered by intravitreal injection every 4 weeks, resulted in an average gain of more than 10 letters after 12 weeks of treatment," said George D. Yancopoulos, M.D., Ph.D., President of Regeneron Research Laboratories. "Perhaps equally important is that after receiving only a single dose of the VEGF Trap-Eye, patients on average had an improvement in the number of letters read both 8 and 12 weeks after treatment. Although significantly more clinical testing is required, the VEGF Trap-Eye may offer the potential to improve vision in patients with wet AMD with a regular dosing regimen that is less frequent than monthly."

Regeneron and Bayer HealthCare AG plan to initiate the VEGF Trap-Eye Phase 3 program in wet AMD in the third quarter of 2007. In the first Phase 3 trial, the companies currently plan to evaluate the VEGF Trap-Eye using 4 and 8 week dosing intervals in direct comparison with ranibizumab (Lucentis(R), a registered trademark of Genentech, Inc.) administered every 4 weeks according to its label. The companies are collaborating on the global development of the VE
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