9 Meters Biopharma, Inc. announced the company has appointed Michael Rice to its board of directors. Mr. Rice is the president and co-founder of LifeSci Advisors, a life sciences investor relations consultancy, and the co-founder of LifeSci Capital, a research-driven investment bank. Previously, Michael was the co-head of health care investment banking at Canaccord Adams, where he was involved in debt and equity financing. Michael was also a Managing Director at ThinkEquity Partners where he was responsible for managing Healthcare Capital Markets, which included structuring and executing numerous transactions, many of which were firsts at ThinkEquity.