Biotech stars Schleifer and Yancopoulos share $52M in 2017 compensation, even though Regeneron’s share price swooned

Regeneron $REGN CEO Len Schleifer earned compensation totaling $26.5 million for last year, a small step down from the $28.3 million picked up in 2016, according to their newly filed proxy. And his co-founder at the company, George Yancopoulos, was right behind him with $25.2 million in compensation — $2.5 million less than in 2017.