About Scott Brown
Scott Brown has over 30 years of experience in device development and combination products. Scott Brown founded Princeton Device Solutions, LLC in May of 2021.
Prior to founding the new company, his most recent corporate position was as leader of Merck’s Device Development group. He has a long history of successfully introducing products to the market and has played a key role in the successful development and commercialization of over 19 products. He joined Schering Plough in 1998 to start a Device Development group in support of the growing need for combination products. While building and leading this group he was also been the recipient of Schering Plough’s President’s Award for Development in 2003, Merck’s Presidential Fellowship Award in 2012 and New Jersey’s Thomas Edison Patent Award for the development of Merck’s next generation dry powder inhaler.
Prior to joining Schering-Plough/Merck, he collaborated with engineers and scientists at MIT and Therics to develop a 3D printing machine used for complex tissue implants and oral dosage forms. Prior to this he worked for the UK based PA Consulting Group as a medical device and general technology consultant for many organizations including Biogen, Upjohn, J&J Ethicon, Amgen, Bayer, Alcon, Smith and Nephew, Abbott, Nycomed, Cardiac Pacemakers Inc., Chrysler, Ford and General motors. His academic background includes an MS in Engineering Management, and BS degrees in both Mechanical Engineering and Psychology.
In his spare time, Scott enjoys playing guitar, modding tube amps, building and riding motorcycles (he used to race them) , fishing, hiking and camping.
CV Highlights
Founder and leader of Merck’s Device Development Group for 22 years. Strategically focused drug delivery device and packaging development professional with an excellent track record in determining optimal product strategy, innovation, product development, people, technology and project management with successful regulatory submissions. 30+ years of experience directing/mentoring technical groups in successfully addressing strategic market needs for medical devices and combination products. Areas of technical focus include pen injectors, auto injectors, on body injectors, inhalation and nasal delivery devices as well as manufacturing/assembly systems and process development. Very experienced in bringing products from concept development to successful manufacture and launch.
Specific technical skills and experience include:
- Device and combination product strategy
- Parenteral and respiratory device and combination product development
- Engineering management
- People management
- Marketing focus group study design and execution
- Concept generation and engineering feasibility analysis
- Smart devices
- Design and process failure modes and effects analysis
- Design for manufacture
- Design controls and regulations
- Human Factors Engineering
- Manufacturing line development and start up
- Technical troubleshooting
- Technology due diligence
- Packaging development
- Regulatory strategy and submissions
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A younger Scott Brown at Pocono Raceway