Aug 5 (Reuters) - Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc reported a more than tripling of its quarterly profit on Thursday, helped mainly by robust demand for its COVID-19 antibody cocktail.

Net profit rose to $3.1 billion, or $27.97 per share, in the second quarter ended June 30, from $897.3 million, or $7.61 per share, a year earlier.

(Reporting by Dania Nadeem and Amruta Khandekar in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila)