Corporate Profile for Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, dated Friday, Feb. 8, 2002.Business Editors --(BUSINESS WIRE) The following Corporate Profile is available for inclusion in your files. News releases for this client are distributed by Business Wire and also become part of the leading databases and online services, including all of the leading Internet-based services. -0-
Published Date: Feb. 8, 2002
Company Name: Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
Address: 10275 Science Center Drive
San Diego, CA 92121
Main Telephone
Number: 858/550-7500
Internet Home
Page Address
(URL) www.ligand.com
Chief Executive
Officer: David E. Robinson
Chief Financial
Officer: Paul V. Maier
Investor Relations
Contact: Michael J. Watts
Business number: 858/550-7850
E-mail address: investors@ligand.com
Industry: Biotechnology/Pharmaceuticals
Trading Symbol/
Exchange: Nasdaq:LGND
Market Makers: Bear Stearns, CSFB, Dain Rauscher, JP Morgan, Legg
Mason, Lehman, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Spear,
Leeds & Kellogg.
Company description: Ligand ligand (lĭg`ənd), charged or uncharged molecule with one or more unshared pairs of electrons that can attach to a central metallic atom or ion to form an aggregate known as a complex ion (see chemical bond). Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq:LGND LGND Luminance Ground ) discovers, develops and markets new drugs that address critical unmet medical needs of patients in the areas of cancer, skin diseases, and men's and women's hormone-related diseases as well as osteoporosis, metabolic disorders Noun 1. metabolic disorder - a disorder or defect of metabolism disorder, upset - a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning; "the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder"; "everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time" and cardiovascular and inflammatory diseases. Ligand has four drugs approved for marketing in the U.S. -- Targretin(R) capsules, Targretin(R) gel, ONTAK(R), and Panretin(R) gel -- that are being marketed through its specialty oncology and dermatology dermatology (dûrmətŏl`əjē), branch of medicine concerned with diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders of the skin. sales force. Morphelan(TM), a pain relief product licensed from Elan (Emulated LAN) A virtual LAN in the ATM world. See LANE and virtual LAN. Elan - ["Top-down Programming with Elan", C.H.A. Koster, Ellis Horwood 1987]. , is currently under FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. review. |
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