Ligand Pharmaceuticals (United Kingdom)

Our diversified portfolio of royalty assets generates consistent and predictable revenue streams for our shareholders. It includes treatments for cancer, kidney disease, diabetes, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, and other rare conditions that threaten lifespan and quality of life for billions of people. We also maintain and license our Captisol® and NITRICIL™ technology platforms with broad applicability in drug development to a large network of biopharmaceutical partners, including the largest ph

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Our diversified portfolio of royalty assets generates consistent and predictable revenue streams for our shareholders. It includes treatments for cancer, kidney disease, diabetes, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, and other rare conditions that threaten lifespan and quality of life for billions of people. We also maintain and license our Captisol® and NITRICIL™ technology platforms with broad applicability in drug development to a large network of biopharmaceutical partners, including the largest ph

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United Kingdom

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1987

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https://www.ligand.com/

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