Hired someone new and exciting? Promoted a rising star? Finally solved that hard-to-fill spot? Share the news with us and we’ll share with it others. That’s right. Send us your announcements and we’ll find a home for them. Don’t be shy. Everyone wants to know who is coming and going, especially with all the layoffs being announced each month. Despite downsizing, there is movement. Here are some of the latest changes. Recognize anyone?

AssureRx hired Al Lucas as vp of sales and marketing;
Oragenics added Marc Siegel and Kevin Sills to its board;
Noven Pharmaceuticals hired Peter Brandt as ceo and president;
Hyperion Therapeutics hired Bruce Scharschmidt as chief medical officer;
Cephalon hired Jerry Pappert as exec vp and general counsel;
MedThink Communications hired Steve Palmisano as vp medical communications;
HeartWare named Sepracor chairman Tim Barberich to its board;
Three Bridges Communications hired Susan Flinn as president;
Bioponic added Barbara Nabrit-Stephens to its scientific advisory board;
Migenix added Pieter Dorsman to its board;
Particle Sciences appointed Robert Lee vp, pharmaceutical development;
InSite Vision named Surendra Patel as vp of operations;
Ceregene hired Maurice Mezzino as vp, chief business officer;
Cerebene hired Andrea Loewen-Rodriguez as sr director, regulatory affairs;
Cell Therapeutics named Craig Philips as president;
Elite Pharmaceuticals named Stuart Apfel as chief scientific officer;
Haemacure named Dawn Benson as its director of quality control and assurance;
Haemacure named Ken Smith as director of manufacturing;
Aegera added Jeremy Curnock Cook and Gary Littlejohn to its board.
Shire added Michael Rosenblatt of Tufts University to it board.