Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. Partner GlaxoSmithKline Receives Positive CHMP Opinion for REVOLADE™ in Thrombocytopenia Associated with Chronic Hepatitis C Infection

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SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ: LGND) partner GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) announced that today, the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) issued a positive opinion recommending marketing authorization for GSK’s REVOLADE™ (eltrombopag) as a treatment for low platelet counts (thrombocytopenia) in adult patients with chronic hepatitis C infection, where the degree of thrombocytopenia is the main factor preventing the initiation or limiting the ability to maintain optimal interferon-based therapy.

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