Antares Pharma, Inc. announced the appointment of Peter Richardson as Executive Vice President, Research and Development and Chief Medical Officer. In this role, Dr. Richardson will oversee the Company’s proprietary research and development programs, including ideation, formulation, clinical operations, pharmacovigilance and medical affairs. Dr. Richardson has over 25 years of research and development experience in the pharmaceutical and medical device industry. He has created centers of excellence that have enabled and supported product development pipelines encompassing small molecules, biologics, novel formulations, combination products, and medical devices. During his career, Dr. Richardson has managed clinical development programs leading to the submission, review, and approvals of NDAs, sNDAs, BLAs and Marketing Authorization Applications in the U.S., Europe and Japan for over 20 marketed products.