Ligand to Host Analyst Day on December 4th in New York City

SAN DIEGO--()--Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ: LGND) will host an Analyst Day in New York City on Tuesday, December 4, 2012 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time (7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time). The event will feature presentations pertaining to the Company’s business and pipeline programs. The event will take place at the Concierge Conference Center, located at 780 Third Avenue.

The presentations will be webcast live and can be accessed at www.ligand.com. A replay of this webcast will be available for 30 days following the event.

About Ligand Pharmaceuticals

Ligand is a biopharmaceutical company that develops and acquires assets it believes will generate royalty revenues and, under its lean corporate cost structure, produce sustainable profitability. Ligand has a diverse asset portfolio addressing the unmet medical needs of patients for a broad spectrum of diseases including thrombocytopenia, multiple myeloma, diabetes, hepatitis, muscle wasting, dyslipidemia, anemia, and osteoporosis. Ligand’s Captisol® platform technology is a patent protected, chemically modified cyclodextrin with a structure designed to optimize the solubility and stability of drugs. Ligand has established multiple alliances with the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies including GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Pfizer, Eli Lilly & Company, Baxter International, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Celgene, Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Lundbeck Inc., The Medicines Company, Curis, Inc. and Rib-X Pharmaceuticals. Please visit www.captisol.com for more information on Captisol. For more information on Ligand, please visit www.ligand.com.

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Contacts

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
John L. Higgins, President and CEO
Jennifer Capuzelo, Investor Relations
(858) 550-7584
or
LHA
Don Markley
dmarkley@lhai.com
(310) 691-7100

Contacts

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
John L. Higgins, President and CEO
Jennifer Capuzelo, Investor Relations
(858) 550-7584
or
LHA
Don Markley
dmarkley@lhai.com
(310) 691-7100