LGND vs MESO Comparison

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and acquiring technologies that aid in creating medicine. The company has partnerships and license agreements with various pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Ligand's business model is based on drug discovery, early-stage drug development, product reformulation, and partnerships. The company's revenue consists of three primary elements: royalties from commercialized products, license and milestone payments, and sale of its trademarked Captisol material.

Mesoblast Ltd is a biotechnology company. It uses its proprietary technology platform to develop and commercialize allogeneic cellular medicines to treat complex diseases resistant to conventional standards of care and where inflammation plays a central role. The company's product candidates include; Ryoncil (remestemcel-L) for the treatment of steroid refractory acute graft versus host disease as well as for the treatment of moderate to severe acute respiratory distress syndrome; Revascor (rexlemestrocel-L) for the treatment of chronic heart failure; and Rexlemestrocel-L for chronic low back pain. The company is managed as one operating segment, being the development of cell technology platform for commercialization.