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 our regular feature. Send us a photo and we will spotlight a different person each week. This time around, we note that Receptos hired Faheem Hasnain as ceo and president. Most recently, he was ceo and president at Facet Biotech, which was recently bought by Abbott Laboratories. Previously, he held various executive positions at PDL BioPharma, Biogen Idec, Bristol-Myers Squibb and GlaxoSmithKline.

Penn Pharma named Richard Yarwood as ceo;
Selvita named Piotr Prelich as vp of sales and marketing;
Hospira hired Francois Dubois as sr vp of quality;
Lupin Pharmaceuticals appointed Paul McGarty as president;
Advanced Clinical hired Mark Lanfear as vp clinical operations;
Iroko Pharmaceuticals added David U’Prichard to its board;
Trimeris named James Thomas as cfo;
CytomX Therapeutics hired Mark Rolfe as chief scientific officer;
CytomX Therapeutics hired Henry Lowman as vp, research;
PharmaNet Development hired Chris Beaver as director, immunochemistry services;
Lundbeck named Kjeld Kristensen as vp, business development and strategic alliances;
Unigene Labs hired Jenene Thomas as vp investor relations and corporate communications;
Avantor Performance Materials promoted Allison Hosak to director of corporate communications;

Ladder shot thx to Robert CB on Flickr Creative Commons and Hasnain pic thx to SF Biz Times