Todd Pettingill | IR |
John Higgins | CEO and Executive Director |
Matthew Foehr | President and COO |
Matthew Korenberg | EVP, Finance, CFO & Principal Accounting Officer |
Joseph Pantginis | H.C. Wainwright & Co. |
James Rutherford | Stephens Inc. |
Matthew Hewitt | Craig-Hallum Capital Group |
Lawrence Solow | CJS Securities |
Esther Rajavelu | Deutsche Bank AG |
David Solomon | Roth Capital Partners |
Good day. My name is Shikander [ph] and I will be your conference operator for today's call. At this time, I'd like to welcome everyone to Ligand's Fourth Quarter 2017 Earnings Release Conference Call. [Operator Instructions]. I now turn things over to Todd Pettingill, Director of Corporate Development and Investor Relations.