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 AVEO Pharmaceuticals hired Michael Bailey as chief commercial officer. Before joining the drugmaker, he worked at Synta Pharmaceutials as senior vp of business development and chief commercial officer, and previously led ImClone Systems global commercial operation, which included planning the Erbitux launch for several indications.

Asterand hired Dalia Cohen as chief scientific officer;
inVentiv Health hired Joe Massaro as chief financial officer;
INC Research hired C Jo White as vp, clinical development of infectious diseases;
Discovery Laboratories hired Thomas Hoy as vp of manufacturing operations;
Somaxon Pharmaceuticals added Faheem Hasnain to its board;
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals added Steve Paul to its board;
ChanTest named Thomas Oakley as ceo and president;
Metamark Genetics named Peter Blume-Jensen as chief scientific officer;
Itero Biopharmaceuticals promoted Debanjan Ray to vp business development;
Lotus Pharmaceuticals named Xing Shen as its vp of corporate development;
Lotus Pharmaceuticals named Yan Zeng as chief financial officer;
BioCrossroads has added Darren Carroll to its board;
Agios Pharmaceuticals named Scott Biller as chief scientific officer;
The Society of Pharmaceutical and Biotech Trainers named Kevin Kruse as executive director.

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