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George D. Yancopoulos,
M.D., Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Officer
and President
Regeneron Laboratories:
Shortly
after Regeneron was founded in
1988 by Dr. Leonard Schleifer
out of a one-bedroom apartment
in Manhattan, Dr. Yancopoulos
joined Dr. Schleifer and together
they opened the laboratories in
Tarrytown, and under their joint
leadership the company has grown
to one of the ten largest biotechnol-
ogy companies. The Tarrytown-
based company has over 1,700 em-
ployees and two approved products
– ARCALYST® (rilonacept) for a
rare autoinflammatory disease and
EYLEA® (aflibercept) Injection for
the wet form of age-related macu-
lar degeneration – and a robust
pipeline based on leading genetic
technologies.
MOST VALUABLE RESOURCES:
“The small group of ‘think tank’ scientific
geniuses who have produced the ideas,
innovations and therapeutics over the last
20 years.”
SECRET TO SUCCESS:
“You have to
be willing to risk failing, while being open
to learn from failure and re-invent yourself
if necessary.”
MOST REWARDING MOMENTS:
“First with ARCALYST®, when the pa-
tients talked about how our drug helped
them to manage their symptoms and, for
the first time, lead a more normal life… and
just recently, with the launch of EYLEA®…
the heartfelt reports we received back from
doctors and patients of those who were re-
sponding to our drug [EYLEA®] and seeing
improvements in their vision. … It made
us feel that we were realizing our childhood
dreams of using science to make a difference
in people’s lives!”
Rooted In
Success
Tara Meenan
Lansen
President/CEO
Compufit:
Provider of end-
to-end technology solutions
for businesses throughout
the eastern United States,
including high-level
partnerships with global
technology leaders such as
Microsoft, Cisco, Citrix, Dell
and IBM. Headquartered in
White Plains, Compufit began
17 years ago and has 17
employees.
WHY WESTCHESTER:
“Westchester is more affordable
from a business perspective with an
incredible talent pool, so it is attractive
to a lot of companies. Though we are
close to Manhattan, the majority of
Compufit’s clients are in Westchester
County, because we have found that
Westchester businesses want to do
business with a company that is local.”
SECRET TO SUCCESS:
“Listening to our clients – knowing
what they want and need, and
especially what they think of us – has
been very important to our success.”
WHAT’S NEXT:
“We are going to
continue to focus on growing Compufit
in an organized, profitable manner.
We will continue to hire talented and
motivated people. We will continue
to develop technology solutions that
will help our clients’ businesses grow
efficiently and profitably.”
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