Article: Ligand Sells More Products: $205M For Cancer Portfolio.

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Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. has followed its sale of Avinza rights for $265 million to King Pharmaceuticals Inc. by offloading three more drugs - the rest of the firm's commercial operations - to Eisai Co. Ltd. for $205 million plus royalties, in what Ligand called an ongoing "shareholder value maximization process."

The troubled firm's accounting practices became the subject of an SEC investigation last year, and CEO David Robinson resigned at the end of July, under fire from shareholders. Ligand posted a third-quarter loss this year of $11 million, almost twice the loss during the same period in 2005 ($6.5 million), despite a 6 ...

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