Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

About Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

Ligand Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company focused on being a technology and capital partner in the healthcare sector. They invest in the clinical development and commercialization of high-value medicines, managing one of the largest and most diverse portfolios of biopharmaceutical royalties with over 90 partnered programs. Their mission is to advance tomorrow's medicines through technology and financing solutions.

Products & Services

Royalty Portfolio:A diverse portfolio of over 90 commercial and development stage biopharmaceutical programs, including more than 30 marketed products generating royalties across various disease areas like cancer, kidney disease, diabetes, and rare conditions.

Captisol® Technology:A technology platform licensed to biopharmaceutical partners for drug development, applicable with major pharmaceutical manufacturers worldwide.

Specialties

Healthcare Investing Biopharmaceutical Royalties Drug Development Technologies Clinical Development and Commercialization of Medicines

Funding History

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#	Type	Amount Fields	Date Fields	Investors
1	RT: Convertible Debt T: - FT: Convertible Debt	A: 460000000 MR: - FA: 460.0 million FAN: 460000000	D: 2025-08-14 FD: 2025-08-14	-
2	RT: Debt T: - FT: Debt	A: 400000000 MR: - FA: $400.0 million FAN: 400000000	D: 2025-08-11 FD: 2025-08-11	-

Convertible Debt Latest

2025-08-14

$460.0M

Debt 2025-08-11

$400.0M

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Growth Metrics

+45%

Employee Growth

YoY

3.2x

Funding Growth

Last Round

12

Markets

Operating

10K+

Customers

Active

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Team & Leadership

T

Todd Davis

Chief Executive Officer

T

Tavo Espinoza

Chief Financial Officer

A

Andrew Reardon

Chief Legal Officer

V

Vince Antle

Senior Vice President, Technical Operations and Quality Assurance

R

Richard Baxter

Senior Vice President, Investment Operations

P

Paul J. Hadden

Senior Vice President, Investments and Business Development

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