PALVELLA THERAPEUTICS INC (PVLA)
Sector: Health Care
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
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Sector: Health Care
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
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Director information for PVLA
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PVLA | Chief Executive Officer of Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Incorporated | 65 | ["Extensive experience in the healthcare industry","Experience in healthcare investment management","Experience as a director of a publicly held biopharmaceutical company"] | ["Compensation","Nominating and Corporate Governance"] | 2026 |
Biography sourced from the proxy statement filing.
Todd C. Davis has served as a member of our Board since December 2024. Mr. Davis previously served as a member of Legacy Palvella s board of directors from April 2017 until December 2024. Mr. Davis currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated ( Ligand ), a role he has held since December 2022. He is the founder and managing partner of RoyaltyRx Capital, LLC, a special opportunities investment firm, a position he has held since September 2018. From 2006 until January 2018, Mr. Davis was a Co-founder and Managing Partner of Cowen/HealthCare Royalty Partners, a global healthcare investment firm. Previously, Mr. Davis was a Partner at Paul Capital Partners, where he co-managed that firm s royalty investments as a member of the Royalty Management Committee from 2004 to 2006. He also served as a Partner responsible for biopharmaceutical growth equity investments at Apax Partners from 2001 to 2004. Mr. Davis began his business career in various sales and product management roles at Abbott Laboratories where he held several commercial roles of increasing responsibility during the period from 1990 to 1995. He subsequently held general management, business development, and licensing roles at Elan Pharmaceuticals, LLC from 1997 to 2001. Mr. Davis currently serves as a member of the board of directors and the Executive Chairman of Benuvia Holdings Inc., a private pharmaceutical holding company, and a member of the board of directors of Pelthos Therapeutics, Inc. (f/k/a Channel Therapeutics Corporation), a publicly held biotechnology company. Mr. Davis also currently serves a member of the board of directors of Ligand, a public biopharmaceutical company, a position he has held since March 2007, and previously served on the boards of Suneva Medical, Inc., a privately-held company from 2008-2017, Helomics, Inc., a privately-held company from 2013-2016, Vaxart, Inc., a publicly held biotechnology company from 2021-2023, BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc., a publicly held specialty pharmaceutical company acquired by Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. in 2022, from 2018 to 2022, the Harvard Business School Healthcare Alumni Association from 2018-2020, and Virocell Biologics, a privately held biotechnology company from 2021-2025. Mr. Davis holds an M.B.A. from Harvard University and a B.S. from the U.S. Naval Academy. Skills & Qualifications: We believe Mr. Davis is qualified to serve on our Board because of his extensive experience in the healthcare industry and healthcare investment management as well as his experience as a director of a publicly held biopharmaceutical company.