Ligand Pharmaceuticals Mergers & Acquisitions

Ligand Pharmaceuticals M&A Summary

Ligand Pharmaceuticals has acquired 16 companies, including 7 in the last 5 years. A total of 1 acquisition came from private equity firms. It has also divested 1 asset.

Ligand Pharmaceuticals’ largest acquisition to date was in 2020, when it acquired Pfenex for $438M. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2020, when it sold Vernalis to HitGen for $25M. Ligand Pharmaceuticals has acquired in 6 different US states, and 3 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include life science (94%) and medical products (7%).

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity17
    • M&A Buy Activity16
    • M&A Sell Activity1
  • Total Sectors Invested 2
  • Total Countries Invested 3
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 4

Ligand Pharmaceuticals

Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

555 Heritage Drive, Suite 200,
Jupiter, California 33458
United States,
(858) 550-7500
www.ligand.com

All (17) Buy (16) Sell (1)
Date Target Value
$mlns
Transaction Type Acquirer Seller SRC
Link
2024-07-08 Apeiron Biologics · Life Science
Vienna, Austria · www.apeiron-biologics.com

Apeiron Biologics is a private biopharmaceutical company that co-developed QARZIBA (dinutuximab beta), a high-risk neuroblastoma drug, which it licensed to EUSA Pharma (UK) Limited (now a Recordati S.p.A. company) in 2016. The company also maintains a portfolio of more than 400 patents including the intellectual property and licenses for an early-stage immuno-oncology portfolio currently being developed by invIOs Holding AG which was spun-off from APEIRON in 2022. Apeiron Biologics was formed in 2000 and is based in

Advisors: Baker & McKenzie , DORDA Rechtsanwälte
100 Add-on Acquisition

Ligand Pharmaceuticals
Advisors: E+H Rechtsanwälte , McDermott Will & Emery

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