SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ: LGND) announced today that President and Chief Executive Officer John L. Higgins will present at the MDB Capital Group Bright Lights Conference on Tuesday, May 11, 2010, at 1:30 p.m. Eastern time (10:30 a.m. Pacific). The conference takes place at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco.