Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company that involves clinical development and commercialization of high-value medicines. The company is headquartered in Jupiter, Florida and currently employs 47 full-time employees. The company operates as a royalty aggregator, partnering with biopharmaceutical companies to finance and advance late-stage clinical development programs. The company owns and manages portfolios of biopharmaceutical royalties, with economic interests in more than 200 development and commercial-stage assets. The company funds high-value programs in exchange for long-term economic interests. The company also licenses its proprietary technologies, Captisol and NITRICIL, to support drug development and formulation across its global partner network. Its commercial products include Roche's VABYSMO (faricimab-svoa), Servier's OJEMDA (tovorafenib), and Zevra Therapeutics' MIPLYFFA (arimoclomol). Additionally, it includes 14 late-stage development programs, featuring Takeda’s mezagitamab and certain assets from Takeda’s externalized asset portfolio, such as osavampator, volixibat, and OHB-607, along with more than 100 assets in various stages of development.