John R. Barr

John R.
Barr is currently President & Chief Executive Officer at Panacos Pharmaceuticals, Inc. He is also a Director at EarlySense Ltd. since 2014 and a Director at Morphic Medical, Inc. since 2023.
Formerly, Mr. Barr was President & Chief Executive Officer at V.I.
Technologies, Inc. from 1997 to 2005.
He served as Chief Executive Officer at AGA Medical Holdings, Inc. in 2010 and at Surgical Specialties Corp.
from 2014 to 2017.
He held the position of Chief Executive Officer at Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. He was Director at Valeritas Holdings, Inc. from 2012 to 2015 and Independent Director at Valeritas, Inc. He was Director at Advanced Medical Technology Association and Independent Director at Apollo Endosurgery, Inc. from 2019 to 2023.
He was President-Global Surgical at Bausch & Lomb, Inc. from 2012 to 2013 and Executive VP & President-Global Surgical at Bausch & Lomb Holdings, Inc. during the same period.
He was Principal at Baxter Healthcare Corp.
in 1990 and President-North American Operations at Haemonetics Corp.
from 1990 to 1997.
He was President at AGA Medical Corp.
from 2009 to 2011 and Operating Partner at Altamont Capital Management LLC from 2018 to 2022.
Education includes an undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1979 and an MBA from Kellogg School of Management in 1981.