Company: PTHS
Filing Date: 2025-05-27
Form Type: DEFM14C
Source: 0001140361-25-020509
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Company: Pelthos Therapeutics Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-05-27
Form: DEFM14C
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 2018. During Mr. Knuettel’s career, he has helped raise more than $300 million via venture equity and debt, public equity and debt offerings in the United States and Canada, convertible debt, PIPEs, bridge loans and other instruments. In addition, he has managed more than 15 mergers and acquisition transactions of companies as both buyer and seller and has handled large-scale licensing transactions with fortune 50 companies. Mr. Knuettel is also a board member at Etheros Pharmaceuticals Corp. since 2023. Mr. Knuettel received his BA with honors in Economics from Tufts University and holds an MBA in Finance and Entrepreneurial Management from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Todd Davis has served as a member of Channel’s board of directors since January 2023. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated since December 2022 and is a member of the board of directors since 2007. He is the founder and has served as the managing partner of RoyaltyRx Capital, LLC, a special opportunities investment firm, since 2018. Since November 2019, he has also served as Chairman and CEO of Benuvia Holdings, LLC, a pharmaceutical holding company. From 2006 to 2018, Mr. Davis was a founder and Managing Partner of HealthCare Royalty Partners, a global healthcare investment firm. From 2004 to 2006, Mr. Davis was a partner at Paul Capital Partners, where he co-managed its royalty investments as a member of the Royalty Management Committee. From 2001 to 2004, he served as a partner responsible for biopharmaceutical growth equity investments at Apax Partners. Mr. Davis began his business career in sales at Abbott Laboratories where he held several commercial roles of increasing responsibility. He subsequently held general management, business development, and licensing roles at Elan Pharmaceuticals. Mr. Davis is a navy veteran and received a B.S. from the U.S. Naval Academy and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School. He currently serves on the board of directors of Palvella Therapeutics Inc., Virocell Biologics and Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated. He is also a former board member of the Harvard Business School Healthcare Alumni Association. We believe Mr. Davis is qualified to serve on the board of directors because of his extensive experience within the life sciences industry, including as a founder and managing partner of a special