Leonard Schleifer

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

“My luckiest break was convincing George D. Yancopoulos, Regeneron’s President and Chief Scientific Officer, to partner with me to found and build Regeneron. At the time, he was heading toward a prestigious career in academia but, somehow – with a little help from his father – he made the decision to instead pursue breakthrough science at our entrepreneurial biotech, through which we have helped millions of patients since.”

Part of the Power List 2019

Breakthroughs at the bench, novel technologies and groundbreaking policies and regulation have helped the pharma industry grow from strength to strength. After months of collating reader nominations and judging overseen by a panel of industry experts, we proudly present The Medicine Maker 2019 Power List, featuring 100 of the industry’s pioneers across four categories: Industry Influencers, Business Captains, Masters of the Bench, and Champions of Change.

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