Regeneron's suite deal

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Having done a pair of non-exclusive deals for its VelocImmune antibody technology, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. decided there was a better way to monetize the platform and agreed to give sanofi-aventis Group options to all future therapeutic antibodies the biotech's VelociSuite produces. The partners hope to take two to three antibodies into the clinic each year over five years, which Regeneron will co-develop and have an option to co-promote in the U.S...