Press Releases

Ligand to Acquire Crystal Bioscience, the Leader in Chicken-derived Fully-human Antibody Generation, for $25 Million in Cash plus Additional Potential Payments

SAN DIEGO & EMERYVILLE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ: LGND) and Crystal Bioscience, Inc. (Crystal) announce the signing of a merger agreement…

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Ligand to Receive $2 Million from WuXi Biologics for Licensing Clinical-Stage anti-PD-1 Antibody Discovered Using the OmniAb Technology

SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ: LGND) (“Ligand” or “the Company”) announces that it will receive a $2 million payment from WuXi Biologics…

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Dr. Christel Iffland Joins Ligand as Vice President, Antibody Technologies, Expands Team Focused on OmniAb Drug Discovery Platform

SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ: LGND) announces the appointment of Christel Iffland, Ph.D. as a Vice President of Antibody Technologies…

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