NuGen Medical Devices Inc. announced the appointment of Erik Emerson to the Company's Advisory Board. Erik Emerson has over 20 years of pharmaceutical and biotechnology experience. Currently, he serves as the managing partner of KCNT LLC consulting and principal of Pharmacense, a company that provides corporate development and strategic planning services for life science companies.

Erik has held various C-level positions, including CEO and CCO for both public and private pharmaceutical and biotech organizations including Mezzion Pharmaceuticals, and has worked in varying commercial and business development capacities for XOMA, Gilead, and King Pharmaceuticals. Erik has been involved in multiple launches during his time at King, Gilead, Symplmed, and BioMauris. While at XOMA, he worked to identify the most appropriate needle-free device for the pending launch of their proprietary biologic therapy.

He also launched Letairis (ambrisentan) for Pulmonary Hypertension while at Gilead that included a novel safety monitoring program called Lab Sync.