ScripsAmerica, Inc. announced that it has hired James F. Buchanan, Pharm.D. as a drug safety consultant who will serve as the company's Medical Director, overseeing all medical and insurance compliance operations. Dr. James Buchanan, PharmD has over 24 years of drug safety industry experience and currently serves as Senior Vice President of Pharmacovigilance and Risk Management at BioSoteria, Inc. He began his industry career at Genentech, working for nine years in the areas of medical information and drug safety in the clinical development department before moving to Gilead Sciences to establish the BioSoteria's drug safety department and serving as Associate Director then Director of Drug Safety.