CITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 9, 2006--AXM Pharma, Inc. (AMEX: AXJ), (the “Company”) a manufacturer of proprietary and generic pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products for the Chinese and other Asian markets, announced today that it has elected Elliot M. Maza and Wenzhou Zhang to serve as independent directors of the Company. Elliot M. Maza, who is currently Chief Financial Officer of Emisphere Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: EMIS), a biopharmaceutical company, will also serve as the Chairman of the Audit Committee.