v3.26.1
Legal Matters
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Legal Matters Legal Matters
From time to time, the Company is a party to legal proceedings in the course of the Company's business. The outcome of any such proceedings, regardless of the merits, is inherently uncertain. If the Company is unable to prevail in one or more of such proceedings, its consolidated financial position, results of operations, and future cash flows may be materially adversely impacted. Costs associated with the Company's involvement in legal proceedings are expensed as incurred. The Company recognizes gain contingencies associated with such proceedings when the award or recovery is realized or realizable and loss contingencies when it is probable that a liability will be incurred and the amount of loss can be reasonably estimated. As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the Company's accruals for loss contingencies were not material. There are certain loss contingencies that the Company deems reasonably possible for which the possible loss or range of possible loss is not estimable at this time.
a. Proceedings Relating to EYLEA (aflibercept) Injection
(1) United States
As described in greater detail below, the Company has filed patent infringement lawsuits against various parties in the United States alleging infringement of certain Company patents pertaining to EYLEA, and certain of these patents have also been subject to post-grant proceedings before the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO").
On February 11, 2026, the Company entered into a settlement agreement resulting in the dismissal of the previously disclosed patent infringement lawsuit before the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia against Samsung Bioepis Co., Ltd. ("Samsung Bioepis"). The lawsuit alleged infringement of certain Company patents, including the Company's U.S. Patent No. 11,084,865. Pursuant to the settlement agreement, Samsung Bioepis is precluded from launching its aflibercept 2 mg biosimilar until January 2027.
On January 10, 2024, the Company filed a patent infringement lawsuit (as amended on January 7, 2026) against Amgen Inc. ("Amgen") in the United States District Court for the Central District of California (subsequently transferred to the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia) alleging that Amgen's filing for U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") approval of an aflibercept 2 mg biosimilar infringed certain Company patents (as amended, the "2024 lawsuit"). On September 23, 2024, the court denied the Company's motion for a preliminary injunction, which decision was affirmed by the Federal Circuit on March 14, 2025. On June 17, 2025, the Company filed an additional patent infringement lawsuit against Amgen in the United States District Court for the Central District of California alleging that Amgen's continued commercialization of its aflibercept 2 mg biosimilar infringes the Company's U.S. Patent No. 12,331,099 (the "2025 lawsuit"). On September 12, 2025, Amgen filed its answer and counterclaims in the 2025 lawsuit alleging, among other things, that the Company obtained numerous patents fraudulently, rendering them unenforceable, and that obtaining and enforcing certain Company patents violated Section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, as amended (the "Sherman Antitrust Act"). On November 12, 2025, the Company filed a motion to dismiss certain of Amgen's affirmative defenses and counterclaims in the 2025 lawsuit, and an oral hearing on the motion was held on April 7, 2026. On March 9, 2026, Amgen filed its answer and counterclaims in the 2024 lawsuit; and, on April 20, 2026, the Company filed a motion to dismiss certain of Amgen's affirmative defenses and counterclaims in the 2024 lawsuit.
(2) Outside the United States
As described in greater detail below, the Company has filed patent infringement lawsuits against various parties in several jurisdictions outside the United States alleging infringement of certain Company patents pertaining to EYLEA, and certain of these patents have also been subject to post-grant proceedings before the European Patent Office (the "EPO") and/or other comparable foreign authorities.
(i) Multijurisdictional Settlement Formycon. On February 23, 2026, the Company and Bayer entered into a settlement agreement with Formycon AG ("Formycon") in respect of Europe and certain markets in Latin America and the Asia-Pacific region. Pursuant to the settlement agreement, all pending judicial and administrative proceedings related to Formycon's aflibercept 2 mg biosimilar product have been dismissed, and Formycon is permitted to launch its product in the United Kingdom and, starting in May 2026, the rest of Europe and the other jurisdictions covered by the settlement.
(ii) Europe
(I) EPO Post-Grant Proceedings
Various parties, including Amgen and other, anonymous parties, are seeking revocation of the Company's European Patent Nos. 2,944,306 (the "'306 Patent"), 3,716,992 (the "'992 Patent"), and 3,384,049 (the "'049 Patent") before the Opposition Division ("OD") of the EPO. On November 26, 2024, following an oral hearing, the OD announced its decision to revoke the '306 Patent. An oral hearing concerning the Company's appeal of this decision has been scheduled for October 2026. On October 22, 2025, following an oral hearing, the OD upheld the validity of the '992 Patent's claims in amended form, which decision has been appealed by Amgen. On April 21, 2026, following an oral hearing, the OD invalidated the '049 Patent.
(II) Country-Specific Proceedings
The Company is also party to proceedings against various parties, including Sandoz Inc. ("Sandoz"), Sam Chun Dang Pharm. Co., Ltd ("Sam Chun Dang"), and/or their affiliated entities, before several European national courts. In Germany, in a January 2026 preliminary injunction proceeding, the Munich Regional Court issued a decision that found that Sandoz's aflibercept 2 mg biosimilar product infringes the Company's European Patent No. 2,364,691 (the "'691 Patent") and granted the Company's motion for a preliminary injunction, enjoining Sandoz from selling its aflibercept 2 mg biosimilar in Germany until the expiration of the '691 Patent. Following an appeal by Sandoz, in February 2026 the Munich Higher Regional Court suspended enforcement of, and the Company subsequently withdrew its request for, the preliminary injunction. On March 31, 2026, the Company initiated a patent infringement lawsuit in the Munich Regional Court against Sandoz alleging its aflibercept 2 mg biosimilar infringes the '691 Patent. In addition, on April 1, 2026, the Company initiated a patent infringement lawsuit in the Munich Regional Court against Sam Chun Dang alleging its aflibercept 2 mg biosimilar infringes the '691 Patent.
(iii) South Korea
The Company and Bayer Consumer Care AG have filed patent infringement lawsuits in the Seoul Central District Court against Sam Chun Dang and OPTUS Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. These lawsuits seek damages and/or injunctive relief and allege that the
making, constructing, using, or selling of an aflibercept 2 mg biosimilar by the defendants would infringe one or more claims of the Company's Korean Patent Nos. 1406811, 659477, and 2519234.
(iv) Japan
On October 10, 2025, the Company filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the Osaka District Court against Fuji Pharma Co., Ltd. alleging that the making, constructing, using, or selling of an aflibercept 2 mg biosimilar by the defendant would infringe one or more claims of the Company's Japanese Patent No. 7,733,706. On January 28, 2026, the parties entered into a settlement agreement, pursuant to which this lawsuit has been dismissed.
b. Proceedings Relating to EYLEA (aflibercept) Injection Pre-filled Syringe
On July 17, 2020, the Company filed an antitrust lawsuit (as amended on January 25, 2021) against Novartis Pharma AG, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, and Novartis Technology LLC (collectively, "Novartis") and Vetter Pharma International GmbH in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (the "SDNY") seeking a judgment that the defendants' conduct relating to Novartis's attempt to assert its U.S. Patent No. 9,220,631 against Regeneron in 2020 violated Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act, and constituted tortious interference with contract. The Company is also seeking injunctive relief and treble damages. On September 21, 2021, this lawsuit was transferred to the Northern District of New York. On June 10, 2022, the Company filed an appeal of the District Court's decision to dismiss the amended complaint with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (the "Second Circuit"). On March 18, 2024, the Second Circuit reversed the District Court's decision to dismiss the amended complaint and remanded the lawsuit to the District Court for further proceedings consistent with the Second Circuit's opinion. On November 19, 2024, the Company moved to transfer the lawsuit back to the SDNY, which motion was granted on December 5, 2024.
c. Proceedings Relating to Praluent (alirocumab) Injection
On May 27, 2022, the Company filed a lawsuit against Amgen in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, alleging that, beginning in 2020, Amgen engaged in an anticompetitive bundling scheme which was designed to exclude Praluent from the market in violation of federal and state laws. The lawsuit seeks damages for harm caused by the alleged scheme, as well as injunctive relief restraining Amgen from continuing its alleged anticompetitive conduct. A trial was held in May 2025. On May 15, 2025, the jury reached a verdict in Regeneron's favor on nine of the ten counts submitted to it and awarded Regeneron $135.6 million in compensatory damages and $271.2 million in punitive damages. On June 20, 2025, Amgen filed a post-trial motion for judgment as a matter of law or, in the alternative, for a new trial. Also on June 20, 2025, the Company filed a post-trial motion for (i) permanent injunctive relief, (ii) a constructive trust, and (iii) prejudgment interest. An oral hearing on Amgen's and Regeneron's respective post-trial motions was held on August 27, 2025.
d. Department of Justice Matters
On June 24, 2020, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts filed a civil complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts alleging violations of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute and asserting causes of action under the federal False Claims Act and state law (the "June 2020 Civil Complaint") relating to the Company's support of 501(c)(3) organizations that provide financial assistance to patients. On September 27, 2023, the court (i) denied in part and granted in part the Company's motion for summary judgment and (ii) denied in its entirety the motion for partial summary judgment filed by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts. On October 25, 2023, the court certified for interlocutory appeal a portion of the court's September 27, 2023 order that addressed the causation standard applicable to the alleged violations of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute and federal False Claims Act. On February 18, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed the portion of the court's September 27, 2023 order that had been certified for interlocutory appeal. On October 1, 2025, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts filed a second motion for partial summary judgment.
On June 3, 2021, the United States District Court for the Central District of California unsealed a qui tam complaint (as amended on October 29, 2021) filed against the Company, Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc., and Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC by two qui tam plaintiffs (known as relators) purportedly on behalf of the United States and various states (the "State Plaintiffs"). The amended complaint alleges violations of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute and asserts causes of action under the federal False Claims Act and state law relating to allegedly unlawful remuneration and assistance provided to prescribers. Also on June 3, 2021, the United States and the State Plaintiffs notified the court of their decision to decline to intervene in the case. On January 14, 2022, the Company filed a motion to dismiss the amended complaint in its entirety. On July 25, 2023, the court granted in part and denied in part the Company's motion to dismiss. On September 1, 2023, the Company filed a second motion to dismiss the amended complaint or, in the alternative, a motion for judgment on the pleadings. On July 31, 2024 and August 15, 2024, respectively, the District Court granted the Company's second motion to dismiss the amended complaint with respect to the remaining causes of action under federal law and declined to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over the
remaining causes of action under state law. On August 26, 2024, the qui tam plaintiffs filed a notice of appeal. Oral argument on the appeal was held on November 18, 2025.
In June 2021, the Company received a civil investigative demand ("CID") from the U.S. Department of Justice pursuant to the federal False Claims Act relating to, among other things, alleged inflated reimbursement rates for EYLEA by excluding applicable discounts, rebates, and benefits from the average sales price reported to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. On March 28, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts unsealed a qui tam complaint against the Company and others by two qui tam plaintiffs, purportedly on behalf of the United States and various states and municipalities, asserting causes of action under the federal False Claims Act and state and local laws, and alleging violations of the federal Anti-Kickback statute related to, among other things, the alleged conduct described above. Also on March 28, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts filed a civil complaint in partial intervention (the "March 2024 Civil Complaint") of the qui tam action, in the same court, asserting causes of action under the federal False Claims Act and a claim for unjust enrichment related to the alleged conduct described above. On June 25, 2024, the States of Colorado, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Texas, and Washington filed a civil complaint in partial intervention (the "June 2024 Civil Complaint") in the same court asserting causes of action under various state laws related to the same alleged conduct. On April 29, 2025, the court denied the Company's motion to dismiss the March 2024 Civil Complaint and the June 2024 Civil Complaint. On June 18, 2025, the States of Maine, Nebraska, Ohio, Oregon, and Wyoming intervened in the action and filed a consolidated complaint asserting causes of action under their respective state laws.
e. Proceedings Initiated by Other Payors
The Company is party to several lawsuits relating to the conduct alleged in the June 2020 Civil Complaint discussed under "d. Department of Justice Matters" above. These lawsuits were filed by UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company and United Healthcare Services, Inc. (collectively, "UHC") and Humana Inc. ("Humana") in the SDNY on December 17, 2020 and July 22, 2021, respectively; and by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Inc. and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts HMO Blue, Inc. (collectively, "BCBS"), Medical Mutual of Ohio ("MMO"), Horizon Healthcare Services, Inc. d/b/a Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey ("Horizon"), and Local 464A United Food and Commercial Workers Union Welfare Service Benefit Fund ("Local 464A") in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts on December 20, 2021, February 23, 2022, April 4, 2022, and June 17, 2022, respectively. These lawsuits allege causes of action under state law and the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO") and seek monetary damages and equitable relief. The MMO and Local 464A lawsuits are putative class action lawsuits. On December 29, 2021, the lawsuits filed by UHC and Humana were stayed by the SDNY pending resolution of the proceedings before the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts concerning the allegations in the June 2020 Civil Complaint. On September 27, 2022, the lawsuits filed by BCBS, MMO, and Horizon were stayed by the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts pending resolution of the proceedings before the same court concerning the allegations in the June 2020 Civil Complaint; and, in light of these stays, the parties to the Local 464A action have also agreed to stay that matter.
On June 24, 2024, a group of plaintiffs purporting to be assignees of claims by various Medicare Advantage plans and related entities filed a putative class action complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on behalf of Medicare Advantage plans and other payors. The lawsuit relates to the conduct alleged in the June 2020 Civil Complaint, March 2024 Civil Complaint, and June 2024 Civil Complaint discussed under "d. Department of Justice Matters" above. The lawsuit alleges causes of action under state law and RICO and seeks monetary damages and equitable relief. On October 22, 2024, the Company filed a motion to transfer the proceedings to the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts or, in the alternative, to stay the proceedings or dismiss the proceedings. On January 28, 2025, pursuant to a stipulation among the parties, the proceedings were transferred to the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. On February 1, 2025, the parties jointly filed a stipulation to stay the action pending resolution of the proceedings before the same court concerning the allegations in the June 2020 Civil Complaint.
f. Shareholder Derivative Complaint – Department of Justice June 2020 Civil Complaint Matters
On June 29, 2021, an alleged shareholder filed a shareholder derivative complaint in the Supreme Court of the State of New York (the "NY Supreme Court"), naming the then-current and certain former members of the Company's board of directors and certain then-current and former executive officers of the Company as defendants and Regeneron as a nominal defendant. The complaint asserts that the individual defendants breached their fiduciary duties in relation to the allegations in the June 2020 Civil Complaint discussed under "d. Department of Justice Matters" above. The complaint seeks an award of damages allegedly sustained by the Company; an order requiring Regeneron to take all necessary actions to reform and improve its corporate governance and internal procedures; disgorgement from the individual defendants of all profits and benefits obtained by them resulting from their sales of Regeneron stock; and costs and disbursements of the action, including attorneys' fees. On July 28, 2021, the defendants filed a notice of removal, removing the case from the NY Supreme Court to the SDNY. On September 23, 2021, the plaintiff moved to remand the case to the NY Supreme Court. Also on September 23, 2021, the individual defendants moved to dismiss the complaint in its entirety. On December 19, 2022, the SDNY denied the plaintiff's motion to remand the case and granted a motion to stay the case pending resolution of the proceedings before the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts concerning the allegations in the June 2020 Civil Complaint. As a result of the stay, the court also terminated the Company's motion to dismiss the complaint without prejudice. The Company can therefore renew the motion to dismiss upon conclusion of the stay.
g. Shareholder Derivative Complaints – Department of Justice March 2024 Civil Complaint Matters
In 2025, various purported shareholders of the Company filed several shareholder derivative complaints in the SDNY or the NY Supreme Court against members of the Company's board of directors and certain current and former executive officers of the Company as defendants and Regeneron as a nominal defendant. The complaints allege that the individual defendants, among other things, breached their fiduciary duties to the Company by failing to properly manage and oversee the Company in connection with the conduct alleged in the March 2024 Civil Complaint discussed under "d. Department of Justice Matters" above, and one lawsuit also alleges a breach of fiduciary duty relating to the conduct alleged in the second amended putative class action civil complaint discussed under "i. Class Action Civil Complaint" below. The complaints also allege that the individual defendants breached the federal securities laws, wasted corporate assets, and unjustly enriched themselves at the expense of the Company. The complaints seek, among other things, an award of damages allegedly sustained by the Company as a result of the alleged misconduct of the individual defendants; an order requiring the individual defendants to take all necessary actions to reform and improve the Company's corporate governance and internal procedures; and costs and disbursements of the applicable action, including attorneys' fees. The cases filed in the SDNY were consolidated and stayed pending resolution of the motion to dismiss filed in the putative class action discussed under "i. Class Action Civil Complaint" below. The shareholder derivative complaints filed in the NY Supreme Court were removed to the SDNY, and the purported shareholders filed motions to remand. On March 16, 2026, the SDNY denied the motions to remand and consolidated the cases with the other shareholder derivative lawsuits pending in the SDNY (which, as noted above, are subject to a stay).
h. Shareholder Derivative Complaint – Director Compensation
On July 22, 2025, an alleged shareholder filed a shareholder derivative complaint in the NY Supreme Court, naming the current non-employee members of our board of directors, and the co-Chairs of our board of directors (who also serve as our President and Chief Executive Officer and our President and Chief Scientific Officer, respectively) as defendants and Regeneron as a nominal defendant. The complaint asserts that the individual defendants breached their fiduciary duties and/or were unjustly enriched when they approved and/or received allegedly excessive non-employee director compensation in 2024 and 2025, and that this allegedly excessive compensation was a waste of corporate assets. The complaint seeks damages in favor of Regeneron for the alleged breaches of fiduciary duties, unjust enrichment, and waste of corporate assets; improvements to Regeneron's corporate governance and internal procedures; equitable relief, including restitution from the individual defendants; and award of the costs of the action, including attorneys' fees. An oral hearing on the Company's motion to dismiss the complaint was held on April 17, 2026.
i. Class Action Civil Complaint
On January 7, 2025 (as amended on September 8, 2025 and October 30, 2025), a purported shareholder filed a putative class action civil complaint, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, in the SDNY against the Company and certain current and former executive officers of the Company. The second amended complaint asserts violations of federal securities laws in connection with statements or disclosures purportedly related to the conduct alleged in the March 2024 Civil Complaint discussed under "d. Department of Justice Matters" above as well as allegations relating to the launch of EYLEA HD. On July 10, 2025, the court appointed a lead plaintiff and lead counsel for the action. On November 17, 2025, the Company filed a motion to dismiss the second amended complaint.
j. Sanofi Litigation
On November 18, 2024, the Company filed a lawsuit (as amended on December 20, 2024) in the SDNY against Sanofi and certain of its affiliated entities (collectively, "Sanofi"). The lawsuit alleges that the defendants breached certain provisions of the parties' Amended and Restated License and Collaboration Agreement, dated as of November 10, 2009 (as amended, the "Collaboration Agreement"), concerning Sanofi's obligation to provide Regeneron with full access to material information relating to the commercialization of Dupixent or other products commercialized pursuant to the Collaboration Agreement and Regeneron's audit rights under the Collaboration Agreement. The lawsuit seeks a declaratory judgment, injunctive relief, damages, and other relief. On March 17, 2026, the court denied Sanofi's motion to dismiss the complaint.