In 1990 they cloned a breakthrough product: ciliary neurotrophic factor, or CNTF, a nerve growth hormone they later named Axokine.

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Now comes a new glimmer of hope: a hunger-fighter called Axokine, from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (nasdaq: REGN - news - people ) of Tarrytown, N.

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Regeneron's Axokine aims to break that losing streak.

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