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. Despite the downsizing, there is movement. Here are some of the latest changes. Recognize anyone?

And here is something that’s become a regular feature. Send us a photo and we will spotlight a different person each week. This time around, we note that Roche hired Karen Lackey as vp and head of medicinal chemistry, overseeing small molecule drug discovery in oncology, virology and inflammation. She joins Roche from GlaxoSmithKline, where she was vp for discovery medicine chemistry and supervised 150 scientists in the US and the UK.

Ambit Biosciences named Alan Lewis chairman and ceo;
iBio hired Terry Ryan as sr vp of business development;
Gentris named Karen Weck as consulting medical director;
McKesson UK named Stefan Herm chief operations officer for international ops;
Adeona Pharmaceuticals named Julie Caudill vp of finance and corporate controller;
Sanofi-Aventis and Merck named Raul Kohan to head their animal health joint venture;
NIH hired Robert Kaplan as director of the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research.
Center for Audit Quality hired Allison Patti as sr director of professional practice, policy and research;

Ladder shot thx to Robert CB on Flickr Creative Commons