Summary of PDL BIOPHARMA, INC.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

Beginning on January 7, 2013, PDL BioPharma, Inc. (the Company) will participate in conferences with investors and analysts during the 31st Annual JP Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, California, and will make a general presentation at the conference on January 10, 2013. A copy of the Company's presentation materials used in both the conferences and the presentation has been posted to the Company's website and is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Limitation of Incorporation by Reference

In accordance with General Instruction B.2. of Form 8-K, this information, including the Exhibit, is furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 and shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. The information in this Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K will not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information that is required to be disclosed solely by Regulation FD.

Cautionary Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K and the presentations include "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Important factors that could impair the Company's royalty assets or business are disclosed in the "Risk Factors" contained in the Company's 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K and other periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in their entirety by such factors. We do not undertake any duty to update any forward-looking statement except as required by law.