Ligand Earns Milestone from SAGE Therapeutics for SAGE-547
Business Wire - Wed Apr 22, 11:00AM CDT
Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ: LGND) today announced that it has earned a $500,000 milestone payment from SAGE Therapeutics (SAGE) relating to the treatment of the first patient in SAGE's Phase 3 open-label expanded access protocol, designated Study 302. Study 302 is designed to offer SAGE-547 to patients affected by super-refractory status epilepticus (SRSE) and to evaluate the safety of SAGE-547 in patients with SRSE. SAGE has reported that the results from this clinical trial, along with results from SAGE's planned Phase 3 placebo-controlled clinical trial - called the STATUS Trial - and other clinical data obtained from the SAGE-547 development program are intended to form the basis of a New Drug Application (NDA) submission.
SAGE: 59.50 (-2.56), LGND: 87.71 (-0.58)
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Ligand Partner TG Therapeutics Presents Positive Pre-clinical Data on IRAK4 Compounds at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting
Business Wire - Mon Apr 20, 6:40AM CDT
Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ: LGND) partner TG Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:TGTX) today announced the first presentation of preclinical data demonstrating single agent and combination activity of two of TG Therapeutics' IRAK4 inhibitor compounds under development. This pre-clinical data was presented yesterday at the 106th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), held in Philadelphia, PA.
TGTX: 16.39 (-0.18), LGND: 87.71 (-0.58)
Uptrend Call Working As Ligand Pharmaceuticals Stock Rises 12.5% (LGND)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Fri Apr 17, 9:44AM CDT
SmarTrend identified an Uptrend for Ligand Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:LGND) on March 31st, 2015 at $76.78. In approximately 2 weeks, Ligand Pharmaceuticals has returned 12.52% as of today's recent price of $86.39.
LGND: 87.71 (-0.58)
Watch for Ligand Pharmaceuticals to Potentially Pullback After Gaining 2.27% Yesterday
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Thu Apr 16, 5:20PM CDT
Ligand Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:LGND) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $84.18 to a high of $87.17. Yesterday, the shares gained 2.3%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $85.11 on volume of 698,000 shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
LGND: 87.71 (-0.58)
Ligand Pharmaceuticals
at Investor's Business Daily - Fri Apr 10, 5:56PM CDT
Ligand Pharmaceuticals (LGND) will get higher royalty rates from Viking Therapeutics for 3 compounds under a revised agreement. Ligand stock rose 3.3% to 83.20.
LGND: 87.71 (-0.58)
Biotech Ligand Gets Sweeter Deal From Partner Viking
at Investor's Business Daily - Fri Apr 10, 3:36PM CDT
Shares of early-stage development biotech Ligand Pharmaceuticals (LGND) rose 3.3% to 83.20 after it disclosed that it would receive higher royalty rates on drugs licensed to partner Viking Therapeutics, which on Friday re-filed terms for an IPO. The...
PFE: 34.93 (+0.04), MRK: 57.69 (+0.03), LGND: 87.71 (-0.58)
Ligand Pharma amends agreement with Viking Therapeutics before IPO
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Apr 10, 9:23AM CDT
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3 Top-Rated Biotechs Could Take Buy Points Soon
at Investor's Business Daily - Tue Mar 31, 5:15PM CDT
Three highly rated stocks in the No. 1 Biomed/Biotech industry group are getting close to buy points: Ligand Pharmaceuticals (LGND), Amgen (AMGN) and Alexion Pharmaceuticals (ALXN). Watch this video to find out what their buy points are -- you may...
ALXN: 188.19 (+1.41), AMGN: 169.10 (+0.64), LGND: 87.71 (-0.58)
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Keith Speights, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Mar 29, 1:02PM CDT
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PTLA: 38.48 (-0.47), CLDX: 28.95 (+1.08), LGND: 87.71 (-0.58)
Ligand Pharmaceuticals: Biotech's Jack Of All Trades
at Investor's Business Daily - Wed Mar 25, 4:20PM CDT
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SAGE: 59.50 (-2.56), PFE: 34.93 (+0.04), MRK: 57.69 (+0.03), RTRX: 24.45 (+0.09), AMGN: 169.10 (+0.64), LGND: 87.71 (-0.58), SPPI: 5.98 (+0.04), GSK: 46.57 (-0.67), NVS: 103.45 (-0.62)
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Uptrend Call Working As Ligand Pharmaceuticals Stock Rises 33.9% (LGND)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Fri Mar 20, 11:24AM CDT
SmarTrend identified an Uptrend for Ligand Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:LGND) on February 19th, 2015 at $57.90. In approximately 4 weeks, Ligand Pharmaceuticals has returned 33.92% as of today's recent price of $77.54.
LGND: 87.71 (-0.58)
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Keith Speights, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Mar 15, 10:01AM CDT
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AMGN: 169.10 (+0.64), LGND: 87.71 (-0.58), GSK: 46.57 (-0.67)
Ligand Pharmaceuticals Shares Up 26.3% Since SmarTrend's Buy Recommendation (LGND)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Fri Mar 13, 10:00AM CDT
SmarTrend identified an Uptrend for Ligand Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:LGND) on February 19th, 2015 at $57.90. In approximately 3 weeks, Ligand Pharmaceuticals has returned 26.25% as of today's recent price of $73.10.
LGND: 87.71 (-0.58)
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals' CE-melphalan Under Review - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Mar 10, 4:21PM CDT
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals' (SPPI) NDA for Captisol-enabled melphalan was accepted by the FDA for review.
CYTK: 7.29 (-0.09), LGND: 87.71 (-0.58), SPPI: 5.98 (+0.04), AFFX: 12.57 (-0.13)
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Investing Healthcare - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 10, 8:35AM CDT
LGND: 87.71 (-0.58), SPPI: 5.98 (+0.04)