Eric Karas

Eric Karas is the Chief Commercial Officer at ARS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. He is a recognized commercial leader in the biopharmaceutical industry with more than 25 years of sales, marketing, market access and strategic planning experience across multiple specialty product launches. He was most recently vice president & general manager of commercial, North America at Emergent BioSolutions. Mr. Karas also led commercial initiatives for NARCAN Nasal Spray at Adapt Pharmaceutical, which was acquired by Emergent in 2018. Before Adapt Pharmaceutical, Mr. Karas was credited with being at the forefront of Auxilium Pharmaceuticals’ growth during his eight-year tenure and overseeing all global commercial objectives related to its urology portfolio. He also led the launch readiness planning and go-to-market strategy for the launch of XIAFLEX for Peyronie’s disease. Auxilium was acquired in 2015 by Endo Pharmaceuticals. Mr. Karas has also held cross-functional roles in government affairs, public relations, patient advocacy and sales leadership roles at Astellas, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Merck. Industry associations have recognized him for numerous disease awareness and branded campaigns targeting HCPs and consumers. Mr. Karas received his MBA in integrated management from Michigan State University, Broad School of Management, and a B.S. in accounting from Rutgers University.