New in Town
ILM Learning Center, 379 Princeton-Hightstown Road, Building 2, Suite 3, Cranbury 08512; 609-770-1316; fax. Farah Yasmeen. www.iisnj.info
The Institute for Language and Math, which provides an after-school homework help program and reading enrichment program for kids pre-K to ninth grade, has opened at 379 Princeton-Hightstown Road.
The institute is run by Farah Yasmeen, a professor at Devry University, who holds a master’s in English and education.
The school is part of the Institute for Islamic Studies, the organization that is looking to build a 15,000-square-foot house of worship and community center on Old Trenton Road in West Windsor (U.S. 1, March 30).
Leaving Town
Ligand Pharmaceutical (LGND), 3000 Eastpark Boulevard, Cranbury. www.ligand.com
Eighteen months after California-based Ligand Pharmaceutical acquired Cranbury-based Pharmacopeia for $70 million, the company has closed its New Jersey facility and now operates in La Jolla and San Diego.
Ligand develops drugs for patients with muscle wasting, frailty, hormone-related diseases, osteoporosis, inflammatory diseases, and anemia. It acquired Pharmacopeia for its expertise in developing drugs for arthritis, psoriasis, and similar conditions.
The move-out follows a major round of layoffs here last March, when the company annunced its eventual move.
Deaths
Rita Gifford, 76, on April 21. She was a supervisor of purchasing at Mercer County Community College, where she worked for 31 years.
Albert Rosenthal on April 20. He started his career as a dermatologist in Trenton in 1958 and retired from Lawrenceville Dermatology in March.
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