John Higgins

John L.
Higgins is currently Chief Executive Officer at Metabasis Therapeutics, Inc. since 2010, Chief Executive Officer at CyDex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Chairman at OmniAb Operations, Inc. since 2022, Chairman at Franklin Center (Minnesota), Chairman at OmniAb, Inc. since 2022, Independent Director at Bio-Techne Corp.
since 2009, and Director at The Pelican, Inc. since 2020.
Former roles include Director at BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from 2004 to 2012, Director at Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc. until 2022, Director at CoMentis, Inc., Director at Blue Zones LLC, CFO & EVP-Administration & Corporate Development at Connetics Corp.
from 1997 to 2006, and Member of the Healthcare Banking Team at Dillon, Read & Co., Inc. Education includes undergraduate studies at Colgate University.