Andres F. Negro-Vilar

Andres Negro-Vilar is Chief Scientific Officer for Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc. He joined Ligand in September 1996 as Senior Vice President of Research and Chief Scientific Officer.
He was Vice President of Research and Head of the Women's Health Research Institute for Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories from 1993 to 1996.
From 1983 to 1993, he was the Director of Clinical Programs and Chief of the Laboratory of Molecular and Integrative Neurosciences for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences of the National Institutes of Health.
He received his MD from University of Buenos Aires, his PhD from University of Sao Paulo and a BS from Belgrano College.