LA JOLLA, Calif., May 30, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Innovus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., ("Innovus Pharma") www.innovuspharma.com (OTCBB:INNV) today announced that Morgan Brown has joined the Company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer with responsibility for finance, accounting, human resources, information technology and investor relations.
"Innovus Pharma is extremely pleased to welcome Morgan Brown to our Company," said Dr. Bassam Damaj, Chief Executive Officer. "His expertise and experience will prove invaluable as we carry out our plans for additional acquisitions, commercial partnerships for our products and growth."
Mr. Brown has more than 20 years of financial and accounting experience. Mr. Brown served in a similar capacity at World Heart Corporation, a NASDAQ-listed public medical device company, from 2009 until 2012 when World Heart Corporation was acquired by Heartware International Inc., a larger NASDAQ-listed public medical device company. Since the date of the acquisition, Mr. Brown has been consulting for Heartware International Inc.
During Mr. Brown's tenure at World Heart Corporation, he was involved in numerous financings in addition to the ultimate sale of the company. Prior to Mr. Brown's employment with World Heart Corporation, Mr. Brown worked at Lifetree Clinical Research where he was Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President.
Previously, he worked for NPS Pharmaceuticals Inc., a Russell 2000 NASDAQ-listed public company, from 2000 to 2007, where he served as Vice President Finance and Treasurer. During his tenure at NPS Pharmaceuticals Inc., he was involved in numerous financings as well as merger and acquisition activities. Before NPS Pharmaceuticals Inc., Mr. Brown worked for KPMG LLP in Salt Lake City for more than seven years and managed multiple audit engagements, servicing private and publicly owned clients. He is a licensed certified public accountant in Utah. He has earned a master's degree in business administration from the University of Utah and a bachelor's degree in accounting from Utah State University.
Headquartered in La Jolla, Innovus Pharma is a global healthcare company that delivers innovative and uniquely presented and packaged health solutions through its prescription medicines and consumer and health products for sexual dysfunction among other disease areas.
The Company develops, in-licenses, acquires and markets proprietary pharmaceutical products with unique packaging and presentation for better patient compliance and results.
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