SAN DIEGO, August 19, 2025 – Knobbe Martens partners Joe Reisman and Ryan Melnick serve as IP counsel to Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, a biopharmaceutical royalty aggregator.
Dr. Reisman and Dr. Melnick provided support to Ligand on IP issues relating to its private placement of $460 million aggregate principal amount of 0.75% convertible senior notes due 2030. Ligand completed the offering on August 14, 2025.
More information on the offering can be found here.
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