Ligand Pharmaceuticals has announced the appointment of Christel Iffland, Ph.D. as a Vice President of Antibody Technologies.
Dr. Iffland joins Ligand from Merck KGaA/EMD Serono where she served as Group Leader of Antibody Display Technologies, a Senior Scientist of Phage Technologies and Structural Biology and Associate Director of Antibody Technologies. At Ligand, Dr. Iffland will support current and new partnerships and collaborations for the OmniAb franchise, providing scientific guidance and input. Additionally, she will contribute to the continued growth and next-generation innovation of OmniAb and to the technical assessment of new opportunities.
“Christel has been a longtime user of the OmniAb technology and we are delighted to welcome her to Ligand as we further expand our scientific team focused on antibodies and antibody technologies,” said John Higgins, Ligand’s Chief Executive Officer. “Our acquisition of the OmniAb technology last year transformed and expanded Ligand’s business model. Antibody treatments are the fastest-growing segment of the pharmaceutical industry and will continue to be an important area of focus for Ligand as we expand our portfolio of more than 150 fully-funded shots-on-goal.”
Dr. Iffland received her Ph.D. in Molecular and Cell Biology from the Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis in Nice, France and completed post-doctoral research training at both the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute at Harvard Medical School and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Iffland is an author of numerous scientific publications and patents and is a prior recipient of the Merck Award for Patent and Inventorship.
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