Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. had more good news to crow about Tuesday, reporting that second quarter global net sales of Eylea (aflibercept) increased 53 percent, to $662 million, over the same period a year earlier, including sales of $415 million in the U.S. – a 26 percent jump based on a modest decrease in distributor inventory in the second quarter of 2013 – and $247 million in the rest of world.