Chief Executive Officer & Director
CurrentLigand is a high-growth company with economic rights to some of the world's most important medicines.
Dec 2022 - Present
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CEO, Ligand Pharmaceuticals | Life Sciences Executive & Investor
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Jupiter, Florida, United States
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Todd Davis previously worked as Chief Executive Officer & Director at Ligand Pharmaceuticals and Director at Ligand Pharmaceuticals. Todd Davis holds Mba, Business from Harvard University.
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I am a life sciences executive with more than 30 years of operational and investment experience. Throughout my career, I have created eight pharma businesses and a royalty/credit focused investment business that has raised over $5bn. I have also been personally involved in over $4bn in healthcare financings, including growth equity, public equity turnarounds, structured debt and royalty acquisitions. I have also led, structured and closed over 40 additional IP licenses, as well as royalty-debt deals and have restructured and turned around multiple private and public companies.With insight from pharmaceutical industry commercial and operational roles, exceptional deal-making experience and an understanding of capital markets, I partner with life science experts to realize value in assets that have high potential, are emerging, have been undercapitalized, misunderstood or undervalued. This strategy allows me to consistently achieve exceptional value and investor returns. My early roles at Abbot Laboratories and Elan Pharmaceuticals gave me excellent operational experience in healthcare technology. Moving to Private Equity and my time with Apax Partners represented a steep learning curve as well as a pivotal stage in my career. I instigated the firm’s entry into the specialty pharmaceutical sector and commercial stage investing; highlights included average equity returns of greater than 40% IRR in primary deals associated with new investment areas. Since then, I’ve been at the vanguard of innovation and growth in the industry, with extensive experience across both development and commercial-stage business investments. Subsequent to Apax, I co-founded Healthcare Royalty Partners and Royalty Rx Capital and have pioneered project and royalty finance in the biopharmaceutical sector. Structure is just the tool though - what really matters are assets, science and management. I enjoy working with experienced life science clinicians and executives who are launching, acquiring, or restructuring business ventures with high-potential products and technologies.
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14 roles · 47 years
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Director
High-growth company that has aggregated economic rights to some of the world's most important medicines.
Mar 2007 - Dec 2022
Director
CurrentFounding board member of this start-up gene therapy business that manufactures viral vectors and gene-modified cells, enabling safe and swift transition from laboratory to clinical trials and scalable processes.
2021 - Present
~5 yrs 4 mos
Chairman
Current
Benuvia Holdings Inc.
Financing and development of low-risk assets with high clinical value to improve the quality of life for patients with rare and underserved diseases.
Nov 2019 - Present
Founder & Managing Partner
Current
Royaltyrx Capital, Llc
Biopharma Investment Fund, syndicating family office capital for high return/low risk special situations.
Sep 2018 - Present
Director
CurrentFounding board member of this private biopharmaceutical business serving patients with debilitating, rare genetic diseases through development and commercialization of life-changing, pathogenetically targeted therapies.
Nov 2017 - Present
Chairman
Board member of this innovative oral vaccine company. Vaxart’s proprietary VAAST™ oral vaccine platform uses state-of-the-art recombinant technology that allows modular creation of a wide range of vaccines.
2019 - Mar 2023
Director
Biodelivery Sciences International
Commercial stage specialty pharmaceutical company dedicated to patients living with chronic pain.
May 2018 - Mar 2022
Founder & Managing Partner
Investment firm that purchases royalties and uses debt-like structures to invest in commercial or near-commercial stage assets.
Jan 2007 - Jan 2018
Partner
Private Equity investment firm made up of a fund of funds, secondary investments and a healthcare direct investment business.
2004 - 2006
~2 yrs
Partner
UK headquartered invernational Private Equity company that creates value by supporting transformational improvements in portfolio companies.
2001 - 2004
~3 yrs
Vice President
International pharmaceutical company based in Dublin, Ireland, which had major interests in the United States and was listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
1997 - 2001
~4 yrs
Product Manager
May 1990 - Dec 1995
Naval Officer
1979 - 1990
~11 yrs
2 education records
Todd Davis education
Mba, Business
Harvard University
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United States Naval Academy
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Todd Davis works for Ligand Pharmaceuticals.
What is Todd Davis's role at Ligand Pharmaceuticals?
Todd Davis is listed as CEO, Ligand Pharmaceuticals | Life Sciences Executive & Investor at Ligand Pharmaceuticals.
Where is Todd Davis based?
Todd Davis is based in Jupiter, Florida, United States while working with Ligand Pharmaceuticals.
What companies has Todd Davis worked for?
Todd Davis has worked for Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Virocell Biologics, Benuvia Holdings Inc., Royaltyrx Capital, Llc, and Palvella Therapeutics.
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Todd Davis holds Mba, Business from Harvard University.
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