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Ligand Pharmaceuticals

Jupiter, Florida, United Statesligand.com ↗
Ownership
Public · LGND
Employees
~68
Development stage
Commercial
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Overview

Ligand has built one of the industry’s largest portfolios of partnered royalty assets with consistent revenue streams from multiple approved drugs such as Kyprolis®, Promacta®, Melphalan®, Baxdela®, among others. Its proprietary Captisol® technology enables improved drug formulations and has been widely licensed to major pharmaceutical companies. The company continues to invest in new technologies and expand its portfolio through acquisitions and partnerships[2][3].

Therapeutic areas
GastroenterologyNephrologyEndocrinologyOncologyRare Diseases
Modalities
Small moleculesmonoclonal antibodies (mAbs)drug delivery technologies (notably Captisol®)
Industry
Biotech
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Drug pipeline

32 assets

alitretinoin

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Partnerships

PfizerGlaxoSmithKline/Glaxo WellcomeAmgen/Onyx Pharmaceuticals (Kyprolis)Novartis/GSK (Promacta/Revolade)Baxter/Baxalta/Shire/Takeda (Melphalan/Evomela)Merck & Co.Eli Lilly & Co.AbbVie
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Financials

Market cap
$5.8B
Total revenue
$63.7M
Enterprise value
$5.5B

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