Ketamine One (NEO:MEDI.AQN) Capital Ltd announced that Dr. Corey Hilmas has been appointed to its Medical Advisory Board (MAB) and will be assuming the role of interim chair.
Additionally, Brigadier General (Ret.) Dr. Loree K. Sutton has also been appointed to the MAB.
Dr. Hilmas currently also serves as the chief regulatory officer of the company’s wholly-owned subsidiary KGK Science Inc.
KetamineOne said he is a respected scientist, medical doctor, and former federal food regulator in the US. After having completed his medical degree and a doctorate in toxicology, he worked as a principal investigator for many years and served on behalf of the US government at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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Dr. Hilmas also combines his unique medical and scientific skillset with extensive US regulatory training. He served as a New Dietary Ingredients notification reviewer and as a branch chief within the Division of Dietary Supplement Programs at the FDA.
In addition to working on enforcement matters related to supplement labeling, claims, good manufacturing practices, and fraud, he also served as an expert witness for the FDA and the US Department of Justice, resulting in an FDA Award of Merit from former FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg.
As a recognized regulatory expert with intimate knowledge of the dietary supplement industry, KetamineOne noted that Dr. Hilmas has made significant contributions to building and shaping the regulatory landscape through drafting over 65 comments to multiple US federal and state agencies as well as global food health directorates on topics ranging from soy to supplements and cannabidiol to change regulations.
As for Dr. Sutton, the company said she is a lifelong public servant, physician, and retired brigadier general who was the US Army's highest-ranking psychiatrist.
She is the co-founder of Threshold GlobalWorks, LLC; the founding commissioner of the NYC Department of Veterans' Services; and, in her current position as CEO, Veteran Services USA, has devoted over 35 years of service and leadership to the nation and New York.
Also, Dr. Sutton's decorated military career includes earning a Bronze Star for her actions in combat while deployed to Operation Desert Storm. Selected as a White House Fellow, the nation's premier leadership program, and honored by the National War College as a distinguished graduate, she also commanded the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center at Fort Hood, Texas during the height of Operation Iraqi Freedom hostilities.
Serving as the founding director, Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury, KetamineOne said she pioneered integrative approaches for building resilience, enhancing recovery, and fostering community reintegration.
Meanwhile, the company has granted certain advisors 100,000 stock options to purchase up to 100,000 common shares at $0.30 each for five years from the date of grant.
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