LJPC - La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company

La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company

4550 Towne Centre Court
San Diego, CA 92121
United States
858-207-4264
http://lajollapharmaceutical.com

Sector: Healthcare
Industry: Biotechnology
Full Time Employees: 169

Key Executives

Name	Title	Pay	Exercised	Year Born
Dr. Lakhmir S. Chawla	Chief Medical Officer	529.43k	N/A	1971
Mr. Dennis M. Mulroy	Chief Financial Officer	N/A	N/A	1955
Mr. James M. Rolke	Chief Scientific Officer	N/A	N/A	1969
Sandra Vedrick	Sr. Director of Investor Relations & HR	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Darryl Wellinghoff	Chief Commercial Officer	N/A	N/A	1969

Amounts are as of December 31, 2018 and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. Pay is salary, bonuses, etc. Exercised is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year. Currency in USD.

Description

La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company, a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of therapeutics for life-threatening diseases. The company offers GIAPREZA (angiotensin II), an injection for intravenous infusion indicated to increase blood pressure in adults with septic or other distributive shock. It is also developing LJPC-0118 for the treatment of severe malaria; and LJPC-401 (synthetic human hepcidin), a clinical-stage investigational product to treat conditions characterized by iron overload, including hereditary hemochromatosis, beta thalassemia, sickle cell disease, myelodysplastic syndrome, and polycythemia vera. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

Corporate Governance

La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company’s ISS Governance QualityScore as of February 3, 2020 is 5. The pillar scores are Audit: 2; Board: 6; Shareholder Rights: 3; Compensation: 9.

Corporate governance scores courtesy of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). Scores indicate decile rank relative to index or region. A decile score of 1 indicates lower governance risk, while a 10 indicates higher governance risk.