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Len Schleifer

Len Schleifer

Co-founder, President & CEO of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, MD-PhD who built the biotech behind Dupixent, Eylea, and the COVID antibody cocktail used to treat President Trump.

Jun 2, 2026

2:09
Take us back to 1988 when you started the company, what the vision was and maybe how that has turned into what Regeneron is today.
2:18
Yeah, it's been a long time.
2:19
And you mentioned Warren Buffett, by the way, before we get to 1988.
2:23
So a couple of people in my family keep track of who's the longest continuous serving CEO of a large public company.
2:31
And that was always Warren Buffett, Warren Buffett.
2:33
I just ran into Warren at a conference and I thanked him for retiring because that moved me up in the longest serving CEO, continuous labor public position.
2:43
company.

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Big opportunity
18:24
Should there be an opt-in policy instead of an opt-out policy as it exists today? How do I know that you're going to protect my safety and my standards and my privacy?
18:32
Yeah, you know, the details of the consent forms and what have you is something that the court is looking over very carefully.
18:40
As far as if we were the winner, I think we have a long history of protecting people's genetic and other health information, and we take that extremely seriously.
18:50
But once again, we're trying to set this balance.
18:52
You know, there's a commission called the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology.
18:58
And actually, Eric Schmidt of Google fame is one of the commissioners.
19:02
They recognize that we're in a big competitive situation here.

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