When it comes to executive compensation in the biotech and pharma sectors, it pays to be CEO of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals.
The company’s chief executive, Len Schleifer, took home $453 million in 2021, more than any other executive in the sector, according to a STAT analysis. That amount represents just less than the entire combined compensation — $478 million — of the next nine highest-paid biotech and pharma CEOs.