Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 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.