Artes Medical Appoints New Vice President, General Counsel; Medical Technology Company Appoints Veteran Healthcare Law Executive to In-House Counsel.SAN DIEGO San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. -- Artes Medical Inc., a medical technology company focused on the development of a new generation of permanent injectable aesthetic products, today announced the appointment of Karla R. Kelly as the Company's first Vice President of Legal Affairs and General Counsel. Ms. Kelly has provided legal services legal services n. the work performed by a lawyer for a client. to the Company since 1999. In her new role, Ms. Kelly will establish the Company's legal department and will be responsible for the legal activities for the Company. The appointment comes at an exciting time for the Company as final FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. approval for its lead product, ArteFill, a permanent, injectable micro-implant that provides aesthetic effects for nasolabial folds or smile lines, is pending. "Karla brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to Artes Medical and we are thrilled to have such a competent and experienced attorney guiding the Company as we move towards final FDA approval for our lead product, ArteFill," said Dr. Stefan Lemperle, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Artes Medical. "Her strong business and healthcare legal background, nursing degree and intimate knowledge of the industry and history of our company makes her well-suited to represent Artes." Ms. Kelly has over 20 years of legal experience. Prior to Artes, Ms. Kelly practiced out of her own law firm, which she established in 2003. Since 1984, she has practiced as a transactional attorney, representing businesses and individuals, in areas of corporate and business law, including the medical device, professional medical services and healthcare delivery systems sectors. With broad knowledge in healthcare law and general business transactions, Ms. Kelly formerly practiced as Special Counsel with the San Diego law firms of Gray, Cary, Ware & Fredenrich and Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps and formerly served as Assistant General Counsel for Scripps Health. Ms. Kelly is published and lectures in the areas of general business, nonprofit law and health care law and is a member of the American Bar Association American Bar Association (ABA), voluntary organization of lawyers admitted to the bar of any state. Founded (1878) largely through the efforts of the Connecticut Bar Association, it is devoted to improving the administration of justice, seeking uniformity of law , the San Diego County Bar Association, San Diego Lawyers Club, and the Association of Corporate Counsel. Prior to receiving her law degree in 1984, Ms. Kelly was an officer in the United States Navy Nurse Corps The United States Navy Nurse Corps was formally established by the Congress in 1908. For nearly 100 years previously, however, women had worked as nurses aboard Navy ships and in Navy hospitals. Reserve. "Artes Medical is an exciting, entrepreneurial company with a deep commitment to its employees, its future customers and its innovative product pipeline," said Ms. Kelly. "I am proud to be part of the Artes management team and thrilled to be part of a company that is involved in developing a new category of permanent micro-injectable aesthetic products." Ms. Kelly holds a law degree from George Washington University George Washington University, at Washington, D.C.; coeducational; chartered 1821 as Columbian College (one of the first nonsectarian colleges), opened 1822, became a university in 1873, renamed 1904. National Law Center and a Bachelor of Arts in Nursing Noun 1. Bachelor of Arts in Nursing - a bachelor's degree in nursing BAN bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies from the College of St. Catherine The College of St. Catherine (also known as St. Kate’s) is a private Catholic college for women located in both St. Paul, Minnesota and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Enrollment currently exceeds 5,200 students. . About Artes Medical Inc. Artes Medical is a fully-integrated medical technology company focused on the development, manufacture and commercialization of a new category of injectable aesthetic products for the dermatology and plastic surgery markets. The company's lead product ArteFill(R) is based on the company's proprietary Aesthetic Tissue Engineering(TM) platform, from which other products will be developed. ArteFill is a unique combination of Precision-Filtered Microspheres(TM) evenly suspended in Purified Bovine Collagen(TM). ArteFill stimulates the body's own natural collagen production to build volume and achieve enduring wrinkle correction. ArteFill's pre-market approval application (PMA PMA (papillary-marginal-attached), n a system of epidemiologic scoring of periodontal disease devised by Schour and Massler in which the symbols denote the areas involved in gingival inflammation. PMA Progressive muscular atrophy ) has been deemed approvable by the FDA. Once ArteFill receives final approval, it will be the first and only FDA-approved permanent injectable micro-implant for the treatment of smile lines or nasolabial folds. Based in San Diego, Calif., Artes Medical was founded in 1999 and is privately-held. Additional information about the company and its products are available at www.artesmedical.com. Artes Medical and ArteFill are registered trademarks of Artes Medical, Inc. |
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