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10-K - FORM 10-K - LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS INCd10k.htm
EX-21.1 - SUBSIDIARIES OF REGISTRANT - LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS INCdex211.htm
EX-31.2 - CERTIFICATION OF BY PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER - SECTION 302 - LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS INCdex312.htm
EX-23.1 - CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM-GRANT THORNTON LLP - LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS INCdex231.htm
EX-23.2 - CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM-BDO SEIDMAN, LLP - LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS INCdex232.htm
EX-32.2 - CERTIFICATION OF BY PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER - SECTION 906 - LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS INCdex322.htm
EX-10.361 - AMENDMENT TO DISCOVERY COLLABORATION AGREEMENT - LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS INCdex10361.htm
EX-31.1 - CERTIFICATION OF BY PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER - SECTION 302 - LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS INCdex311.htm

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION BY PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER

PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906

OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the accompanying Annual Report on Form 10-K of Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (the “Company”) for the year ended December 31, 2009, I, John L. Higgins, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Company, hereby certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that:

(1) such Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

(2) the information contained in such Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

The foregoing certification is being furnished solely to accompany such Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, and is not being filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

 

Date: March 3, 2010  

/s/    JOHN L. HIGGINS        

 

John L. Higgins

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

(Principal Executive Officer)