Veritas Pharma Inc. announced that Dr. Michael K. Pugsley, PhD, FBPhS, DSP, a consultant in safety pharmacology, has joined its advisory board. Dr. Pugsley is a safety pharmacologist and toxicologist specialized in a variety of therapeutic areas in drug development, in particular, central nervous system, anti-inflammatory, oncology, myocardial infarction, and congestive heart failure. Dr. Pugsley was the former Director of Toxicology at Purdue Pharma LP, a privately held pharmaceutical company with an innovative product portfolio of medications for pain management, including their most notable product OxyContin.