Ligand Pharma Getting $2M Payment from Merck
From Associated Press (October 22, 2012)
SAN DIEGO -- Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Monday that it will
get a $2 million payment from Merck & Co., which is starting a
new clinical trial of a cancer drug.
Ligand said Merck is beginning a new study of the experimental drug dinaciclib as a treatment for chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Merck is studying the drug as a treatment for several types of cancer as part of a licensing agreement with Ligand.
Including the payment Ligand now expects about $13 million in revenue in the fourth quarter, up from its previous estimate of $11 million, but it reduced its third-quarter revenue estimate by $2 million, to around $6 million. The company still expects to report about $30 million in revenue for 2012.
Shares of Ligand Pharmaceuticals rose 23 cents to $15.86 in afternoon trading.
Posted: October 2012
